Nick Kyrgios's girlfriend Costeen Hatzi’s Instagram story goes viral post his Australian Open withdrawal

The 111th edition of the Australian Open kicked off on 16 January 2023. The tournament will run until 29 January at Melbourn Park. But, the Australian Tennis player, Nick Kyrgios had a difficult start to 2023 as he announced that he will not take a part in the tournament. Kyrgios confirmed his exit from the tournament due to injury reasons.

He also shared a post on his official Instagram account. Kyrgios wrote: “man……. this one hurts, to all my fans, I will be back stronger.” In reply to that, his girlfriend, Costeen Hatzi wrote: “The comeback will be better than ever.” Then, she also shared the same post on her Instagram story with a caption: “Devastated. Needs to do what is right for his body.”

Here is the shared Instagram story and post:

 

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A post shared by Nick Kyrgios (@k1ngkyrg1os)

Shared Instagram story (Image Source: Instagram) 

"I'm devastated, obviously.” - Nick Kyrgios

In a press conference on 16 January, Nick Kyrgios said: “I'm devastated, obviously. It's like my home tournament. I've had some great memories here. Obviously, last year, winning the title in doubles and playing the best tennis of my life probably, then going into this event as one of the favourites, it's brutal."

“Look, I'm not doubting I will be back to my full strength and playing the tennis I was playing prior to this event. All I can do now is just look forward, do what I need to do, and come back," Kyrgios added. The Australian physio, Will Maher said: "To Nick's credit, he did try everything, to the point even last week he was having a procedure called a fenestration and drainage where they use a syringe to try and drain the cyst, which Nick has some pretty gruesome photos of. I'm sure he'll probably share them later.

His doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis said: “This coming around is just bad timing. But that's life. Injury is a part of the sport. I guess I can draw some inspiration from someone like Thanasi who has had a bunch of injuries and has bounced back."