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Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has confirmed that he will not participate in this year's French Open as he is keen on going home and spending more time with his family.
Kyrgios hasn't had as much success as he would have hoped for this season as he has only made it to the quarterfinals of one tournament, at Indian Wells, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in three sets.
Nick Kyrgios is currently at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships where he will be participating in the doubles event alongside American Jack Sock as the duo will be hoping to go deep into the tournament. Speaking in an interview with the Houston event, Kyrgios confirmed his presence at next year's French Open but said he will not participate in this year's edition.
"This will be my only clay tournament of the year. Next year I am going to go to Paris, I'm announcing that now that I'm going to the French Open. We kind of already decided to go home and have that time, you know, just working towards that, you know the time at home is crucial because the next trip is for three months," Kyrgios said.
Nick Kyrgios has re-entered the top-100
Nick Kyrgios started off his season at his home Grand Slam, where his pursuit of the singles title ended in the second round at the hands of Daniil Medvedev.
However, he did have success in the doubles event as he partnered Thanasi Kokkinakis to win the title after beating Max Purcell and Matt Ebden in an all-Australian final.
He followed up the success at home with a quarter-final appearance at Indian Wells where he lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.
Kyrgios reached the Round of 16 at the Miami Open where he lost to Italian Jannik Sinner in straight sets. He beat the likes of Fabio Fognini, Andre Rublev and Adrian Mannarino in the first three matches of the tournament.
After the event in Houston, Nick is slated to return for the grass season.
