Kyrgios targets March return after knee surgical procedure

Nick Kyrgios’s knee surgical procedure was a “nice success” with the temperamental Australian focusing on a return for the Indian Wells ATP Masters in March, his supervisor stated Tuesday.

The 27-year-old went beneath the knife in Canberra on Monday after pulling out of the Australian Open on the eve of the match, saying he was “devastated” to overlook his dwelling Grand Slam.

“The surgical procedure was an excellent success,” his supervisor Daniel Horsfall informed the Melbourne Age newspaper.

“We couldn’t have been extra happy with the end result of it. Now we might be pushing forward for a speedy restoration and are aiming to see everybody at Indian Wells.”

Kyrgios, thought-about an outdoor probability of profitable the Australian Open, had surgical procedure to restore a small tear in his left lateral meniscus.

It had brought about a cyst to develop within the piece of cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between the shin and thigh bones.