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ATP: Nick Kyrgios will probably no longer compete in 2020

After renouncing the US Open, Nick Kyrgios has put a big question mark over participation in the French Open in Paris.

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Nick Kyrgios is no friend of Roland Garros anyway
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Nick Kyrgios is no friend of Roland Garros anyway

"There's a very slim chance I'll play in Europe. Almost none to none, to be honest," he told Australian television channel Channel Nine.

Instead, Kyrgios will "use the time to stay at home, train, be with my family and friends," as he said: "And I'll just act responsibly and wait until I think things are better to play with. "

The clay court major in Paris should rise from September 27th. For the US Open in New York (from August 31), in addition to Kyrgios, the 19-time Grand Slam champion and defending champion Rafael Nadal , the US Open champion of 2016, Stan Wawrinka , Gael Monfils and denr Women's world number one Ashleigh Barty canceled. Julia Görges and the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also forego a start in New York City.

Kyrgios has doubts about the Australian Open in 2021

Kyrgios also has doubts about hosting the Australian Open next January. "These are sad times in Melbourne so I'm not sure if the Australian Open will take place," he said. The Australian metropolis had recently recorded a sharp increase in corona infections. The authorities then tightened the conditions for the residents of Melbourne.

The organizers of the French Open can certainly cope with this waiver - Nick Kyrgios' friendship with the Parisian Ashes is not particularly deep. The situation is different with the indoor tournaments in autumn, for example in Vienna or later in Paris-Bercy, where the Australian would certainly have been a welcome guest.

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