As Nick Kyrgios gears up for a long-awaited return to tennis, he’s doing it with two high-profile exhibition events lined up before the end of 2025. First, the 30-year-old is set to compete in the World Tennis League as a tune-up for his much-talked-about Battle of the Sexes showdown in Dubai against Aryna Sabalenka. But despite his absence from tennis, Kyrgios remains his confident self.

But this time, some of that confidence is tempered by the sense of pressure Kyrgios is feeling with his own lack of match sharpness and reputation at stake. “I was in Hong Kong recently, and a lot of the male players were like, ‘Look, you’re representing all of us.’ So here I am in the firing line again,” he told AAP.

Even so, the Aussie insists he’s ready to handle whatever comes, even delivering a wa

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