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Nick Kyrgios beaten in straight sets in just 65 minutes at Brisbane International as Cameron Norrie wins
Cameron Norrie (left) reached a career-high singles ranking of eighth in 2022, while Nick Kyrgios' highest is 13th in 2016
Nick Kyrgios' first ATP Tour match since March ended in a first-round defeat at the Brisbane International, while Britain's Cameron Norrie fought off three match points as he booked his place in the second round.
Australian Kyrgios, 30, who had played only six ATP singles matches in the past three seasons and was given a wildcard for the event, was beaten 6-3 6-4 in just 65 minutes by Aleksandar Kovacevic.
The defeat follows Kyrgios' victory in the 'Battle of the Sexes' exhibition match against women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka last month.
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Nick Kyrgios appears set for little more than a peripheral role during Australia’s summer of tennis after a brisk, anticlimactic and – for fans of the 30-year-old – worrying defeat at the Brisbane International in his first competitive singles outing in almost 10 months.
The Canberran, who is recovering from knee and wrist surgeries and played only five times on the ATP Tour in 2025, offered little resistance against American Aleksandar Kovacevic in the first round at the Pat Rafter Arena on Tuesday. The 27-year-old American, ranked 58 in the world, breezed past the Australian 6-3 6-4 in just 66 minutes, without giving up a break point opportunity.
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Brisbane: Nick Kyrgios has revealed after exiting the Brisbane International that the knee and wrist surgeries which derailed his career also robbed him of the invincibility he felt during his career-best 2022 season.
Kyrgios’ Australian Open wildcard audition will continue via doubles only after his first singles match in 10 months ended in a 6-3, 6-4 defeat in barely an hour to emerging American Aleksandar Kovacevic on Tuesday.
The contest, in front of a crowd cheering his every move, was a reminder that Kyrgios is understandably a shadow of the player who stormed into the Wimbledon final against tennis legend Novak Djokovic four years ago.
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