Nick Kyrgios: It's the best I've felt in two years

In an interview with 9News, Kyrgios confirmed his plans to return and talked up his hopes of big success.

"Honestly, this is probably the best I've felt in two years," said the always-confident Aussie.

"I played that amazing year in 2022. Then at the finals at Wimbledon and US Open, that's when I started feeling some issues in my wrist. I had that wrist reconstruction and now I'm feeling amazing.

"It was a 15 miracle per cent chance that I was going to get back to playing at this level and here we are.

"To get back out there in front of the home fans is going to be sick."

Those positive sentiments from the 2022 Wimbledon singles finalists have now been backed up by Thanasi Kokkinakis, who won the 2022 Australian Open doubles title with Kyrgios in that same year.

Speaking to Tennis365 as he prepares to play in the UTS Grand Final in London, Kokkinakis said that he is considering reviving his doubles partnership with Kyrgios at the Australian Open next month.

"He played great in the UTS New York event (in August) and hopefully we can have him back on the tour in January," said Kokkinakis.

"Tennis has missed him and I'm sure the Aussie public would love to get behind him again.

"It's tough when you have been out of the game for so long as you never know how your level is going to be when you start playing matches.

"I'm sure his level will be great because he has been ready to play for a while now. I have no doubts he will be in good form. Motivation is such a big thing in tennis and I'm sure he will be hungry to come back and play again."

When we asked whether his doubles dream team with Kyrgios would be revived at the Australian Open, Kokkinakis replied: "Maybe. We are thinking about it."

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