By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Australian Nick Kyrgios should wait for an additional match to earn his first win of the 2023 season.

In the opening spherical of the ATP 250 BOSS Open in Stuttgart, Germany, it was China’s Wu Yibing who spoiled Kyrgios’s comeback with a 7-5, 6-3 win.

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First win on grass for Wu taking out Kyrgios 7-5 6-3!@boss__open | #BossOpen pic.twitter.com/pPhXRvClIL

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“The last time I played on grass was juniors back in 2017, so six years,” Wu mentioned after the win. “I was really happy to play Nick in the first round.

"He’s one of the best players on grass and he served well. He aced me (so many times.) The key for me was to stay cool, stay patient in the game and find a way. I’m happy (with the result).”

The Australian star has not competed on the tour degree since final October in Japan.

Since then, Kyrgios has been out of motion after he had surgical procedure to restore a small tear in his left lateral meniscus in January. Kyrgios additionally needed to deal in May together with his monther being allegedly held a gunpoint after a thief tried to steal Kyrgios’s automobile.

Kyrgios, early within the match, gave the impression to be struggling bodily at one level telling his group on the sidelines that he was “unable to walk without pain.”

Despite potent serving from Kyrgios, the present World No. 64 Wu broke the Australian within the twelfth sport of the primary set. Wu took the primary set, after which claimed the one break of the second set. That allowed Wu to clinch the victory for his third profession high 30 win.

Kyrgios, at present World No. 25, is searching for to get again to his finest in time for Wimbledon the place he was runner-up final yr to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.

Be affected person with me my followers please…. It’s a course of to get again to the place I used to be. I do know it’s onerous so that you can see me carry out like as we speak, however I would like extra time and hopefully can get again to the place I used to be.

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) June 13, 2023

Wu will subsequent face Marton Fucsovics within the subsequent spherical.

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