By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Monday, June 19, 2023

Nick Kyrgios withdrew from Halle right now citing points together with his surgically-repaired knee.

The 2022 Wimbledon finalist, who misplaced his Stuttgart comeback match to Wu Yibing 7-5, 6-3, stepped out of Halle in an effort to make sure his well being for Wimbledon.

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"Very unfortunate news: I won't be able to compete at Halle this year," Kyrgios stated in a video posted on the event's social media channels. "I'm still dealing with a couple of things with my knee.

"I'm simply attempting to offer myself one of the best alternative to compete at Wimbledon. As you all know, that event means quite a bit to me, and I simply need to do the whole lot proper by my physique. I did not need to go on the market and never provide the identical efficiency I gave final 12 months.

"So hopefully next year, I'll be healthy enough to play. See you soon."

Unfortunately Nick Kyrgios (left knee) withdraws from singles. Get properly quickly Nick!He is changed by Aslan Karatsev. (Lucky Loser) #TWO23 #TerraWortmannOpen #Tennis #ATP #ATP500 #ATPTour #HalleWestfalen 📸TERRA WORTMANN OPEN/HalleWestfalen pic.twitter.com/4bw5iFxO8p

— TERRA WORTMANN OPEN (@ATPHalle) June 19, 2023

Kyrgios is presently ranked No. 31 and can be seeded at Wimbledon, nevertheless he won't be defending the 180 rating factors he earned in his 2022 Halle semifinal run. That might jeopardize his Wimbledon seeding, although clearly Kyrgios' fundamental precedence is regaining his well being and health to play The Championships.

The explosive Kyrgios underwent an arthroscopic surgical procedure to wash up his lateral meniscus and take away a paralabral cyst within the closing week of January. Recovery from that surgical procedure sidelined him till Stuttgart final week.

The 28-year-old Aussie scored a mixed 61 victories in 2022 (37 singles and 24 doubles wins) and has been restricted to only one match post-surgery.

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