Lawn tennis season starts: Tennis professional Kyrgios surprises with comeback in Stuttgart

“I’m really happy to be back and playing tennis at a high level,” said the 31-year-old. He doesn’t know yet whether he can say that he feels confident. After recovering his wrist and having four knee operations, he put a lot of work into his body. “Let’s see how I feel tomorrow,” Kyrgios said.

It was only the second appearance this year for the former top 20 player, the first since the beginning of January. At the end of December he attracted attention with a show fight against the Belarusian world number one Aryna Sabalenka and clearly won it. Kyrgios had also previously taken a long break and had not played a match since March 2025.