A tearful Nick Kyrgios is forced to retire from his first-round Indian Wells match with a wrist injury as his tennis return suffers another setback.

A bitterly disappointed Nick Kyrgios said he was getting worried that injuries were stopping him from finishing matches after the former Wimbledon finalist retired from his first-round contest at Indian Wells on Thursday due to pain in his right wrist.

A tearful Nick Kyrgios was forced to retire from his first-round match at Indian Wells with a wrist injury. It is another setback to Kyrgios’ delayed return to competitive tennis after 18 months out with various injury issues, including to the same right wrist, which he needed surgery on in September 2023.