Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis retire from their Australian Open doubles match

Australia's Nick Kyrgios, right, and Thanasi Kokkinakis leave the court after retiring from their first round doubles match against compatriots James Duckworth and Aleksandar Vukic at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Australia's Nick Kyrgios, right, and Thanasi Kokkinakis leave the court after retiring from their first round doubles match against compatriots James Duckworth and Aleksandar Vukic at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)


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MELBOURNE, Australia — Nick Kyrgios' return to the Australian Open is over after he and partner Thanasi Kokkinakis stopped playing while trailing in the second set of their first-round doubles match. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis won the men's doubles title at Melbourne Park in 2022. They retired from Thursday night's match while down 7-5, 3-2 against another Australian team, James Duckworth and Aleksandar Vukic. Kyrgios and Kokkinakis came into the match dealing with physical issues after losses in singles.

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