Rising Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios’s injury comeback fell flat with a three-set defeat to world No192 Elias Ymer at the Barcelona Open.
World No44 Kyrgios, who has been sidelined with an ankle complaint since his second round loss to Grigor Dimitrov at the Indian Wells Masters a month ago, blew multiple chances to overcome his 19-year-old opponent before going down 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7) in just under two-and-a-half hours on Wednesday.
The 16th seed, playing in his first ATP Tour event as a seeded player, jumped out of the blocks to breeze through the first set in typically cavalier fashion before losing a tightly-contested second set 7-5.