Nick Kyrgios has been forced to pull out of this year’s French Open after sustaining a cut to his foot during an alleged armed robbery.
According to the Australian Capital Territory Police force, a 32-year-old man threatened Kyrgios’ mother Noralia with a gun and demanded she hand over keys to her son’s car. A Telsa Model X that is worth in the region of AUS$191,000. The man then allegedly asked Noralia to demonstrate to him how to use the vehicle before he left with it.
Speaking afterwards about the ordeal, Kyrgios said he was able to slow down his car via the Telsa app which he had on his phone. Enabling the police to find and follow the vehicle. A man has since been detained by police in connection with the incident and has been charged with robbery, failing to stop a motor vehicle for police, driving while suspended, driving a motor vehicle without consent and obstructing/resisting public officials.
Kyrgios’ manager, Daniel Horsfall, has confirmed that the tennis star cut his foot whilst going to help his family. It is unclear when or how exactly he managed to cut his foot but it is described as a ‘big laceration.’ As a result of the injury, he will not be able to play at Roland Garros. However, there is some good news from Kyrgios’ team which is that his knee surgery went according to plan.
“The knee surgery went as well as it possibly could and his rehabilitation was fantastic and we were at the point where we were doing on-court loading and management,” Horsfall told The Canberra Times.
“We needed to be at a point that he could comfortably play five sets. Right when we were getting stuck into the loading period, the [alleged] armed robbery happened at his house. During the ordeal he cut his foot quite badly.
“We don’t know when it happened, but it’s quite a large laceration. The location of the wound, it’s been open for almost a week and a half now. It’s not healing correctly and he can’t put in the work on court, so he’s been off court for almost two weeks now.
“His knee is fine, it’s just that he can’t get his loading up so we can manage the rest of his body correctly and he doesn’t injure something else when he gets out there.”
Kyrgios hasn’t played at the French Open since 2017. Out of his five appearances in Paris, his best results were reaching the third round in 2015 and 2016. Overall, he has a win-loss record of 5-5 at the Grand Slam.
The 28-year-old is now targeting a return to the Tour during the grass swing with his next planned tournament set to be in Stuttgart. Kyrgios, who was runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last year, hasn’t played a Tour match since October. So far in his career, the Australian has won seven ATP titles and been ranked as high as No.13 in the world.
