LONDON (AP) 鈥� bid an emotional goodbye to his career following a first-round doubles loss on Wednesday.
Kyrgios and partner Alexander Bublik were beaten 6-3, 6-4 by sixth-seeded Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic in the first round on Court 17.
鈥淚 would probably say pretty confidently my last Wimbledon,鈥� Kyrgios said, adding that toward the end of the match he was 鈥渓ooking around and taking everything in” and 鈥渋t was tough.鈥�
鈥淚t would be hard to see myself coming back here again and competing,鈥� Kyrgios added.
Kyrgios was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the 2022 singles final.
鈥淭hat final was always going to be one of the better memories of my tennis career, but I just can鈥檛 see myself getting back to anywhere near that level,鈥� he said.
Kyrgios and Bublik were given a wild card invitation to the doubles draw by the All England Club.
鈥淭he wild cards are a very heavy, unreliant thing to plan schedules on. So I鈥檓 obviously super grateful for that opportunity,鈥� Kyrgios said. 鈥淭his has always been a venue and a place where I鈥檝e played my best tennis. My career kicked off here and my life changed forever after that.鈥�
Kyrgios has struggled with injuries in recent years and played only sparingly. He wouldn鈥檛 call it the end of his entire career or discuss whether he would like to say goodbye at the Australian Open.
鈥淚鈥檝e just got so many thoughts right now,鈥� Kyrgios said. 鈥淵ou go from making finals of Grand Slams to struggling to play multiple singles matches.鈥�
Still, Kyrgios enjoyed playing doubles one last time at the grass-court Grand Slam.
鈥淕oing out with someone like Bublik who keeps it pretty lighthearted, it鈥檚 a lot of fun,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut at the same time, a lot of things were running through my head the last couple of games.鈥�
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