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.

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Australian doubles pair James Duckworth and Aleksandar Vukic have eased into the second round of the men's doubles after opponents Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis retired during the second set of their match on John Cain Arena.

Doubles tennis rarely receives much attention in the first week of a grand slam, but that's not the case at this year's Australian Open. Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios are set to team up at the AO for the first time since taking out the men's doubles in 2022.

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Thanasi Kokkinakis succumbed to injury as he and Nick Kyrgios withdrew from their Australian Open doubles match

Thanasi Kokkinakis was told by his doctor not to play. And at any other tournament, any other time, he would have listened. But this was the Australian Open and he was playing with Nick Kyrgios.

Thompson, alongside Ajla Tomljanovic and Thanasi Kokkinakis headline festivities at John Cain Arena, while Talia Gibson, Aleksandar Vukic and James Duckworth also feature. Should all those players prevail, it will be the first time since Wimbledon 1989 ...

Kokkinakis battled with his pectoral trouble during his marathon second-round loss to No.15 seed Jack Draper and later confirmed it was a long-standing issue that had him going through “mental torture and physical torture”. He conceded he would probably have to pull out of doubles as another long stint on the sidelines awaits.