Thanasi Kokkinakis surgically repaired his pectoral muscle after trying all the options and coming to the conclusion and determining that there was nothing else but going under the knife.
The first combined ATP and WTA Masters 1000 tournament of 2025 will be next week’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek will defend their titles from last year.
Thanasi Kokkinakis undergoes surgery to resolve a chronic pectoral injury, following recent struggles at the Australian Open and Adelaide International.
Those prospects are looking less and less likely after Kyrgios was spotted in obvious discomfort during a practice session just 48 hours out from his first match against Botic van de Zandschulp. The 29-year-old was forced to call an early end to his hit-out with Japan's Sho Shimabukuro after vision showed him grabbing at his surgically-repaired wrist.
Thanasi Kokkinakis has been forced into the unwanted move of undergoing surgery on his troublesome pec in the hope it will end the "mental and physical torture" he's been suffering. The news came to light amid another massive blow for Jannik Sinner,