MELBOURNE, Australia — Thanasi Kokkinakis’ return to tour has hit a serious snag after he admitted to withdrawing from the lads’s singles on the 2026 Australian Open.
Kokkinakis, 29, stated he wouldn’t be match to compete in Melbourne after injuring his proper shoulder throughout his thrilling victory over American Sebastian Korda in Adelaide final week.
“Sadly, after talking with my crew and docs, I’ve made the choice to withdraw from the Australian Open singles,” he stated in a submit on X on Thursday.
The victory over Korda marked Kokkinakis’ first tour-level match in almost a 12 months after lacking most of 2025 for chest surgical procedure and rehabilitation. His objective was to return and get match for this 12 months’s Australian Open.
“After an extremely robust 12 months, this was the occasion I used to be most trying ahead to, however I am not prepared but,” Kokkinakis stated.
Though he withdrew from singles, the present world No. 670 (highest No. 65) stated he and longtime associate Nick Kyrgios “will nonetheless attempt to play doubles.”
The pair, generally known as ‘Particular Ok’, gained the lads’s doubles title on the 2022 Australian Open.
The primary match of the Australian Open begins on Sunday, January 18th.
