Kyrgios on track for Melbourne Park return: Open chief

Australian Open boss Craig Tiley is confident Nick Kyrgios will be on court for the 2025 tournament. Video by AAP.

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00:00We would love to have Nick back playing in 2025.

00:03We believe he will be, he's out there practicing playing,

00:06been in touch with his team over the last couple of days,

00:08and he's fully expecting to play and we expect him to see Nick on the court playing.

00:13The confidence that we get about Nick playing is that in his preparation,

00:18we know he's doing more than he's done before.

00:20We know that he wants to do it.

00:21We know that he's mentally preparing to get ready to play in January.

00:25He's got to be physically healthy to do that.

00:26No player wants to walk onto the court unless they know they can be in a position where they can win.

00:30And Nick knows, as a team, a tennis instructor, we'd love to see him on the court.

00:35The lineup that we've got coming on the men's side and the women's side in January is phenomenal.

00:41And we've got these great storylines now,

00:43where there's going to be one parallel rivalry,

00:45Sinan Al-Karraiz, Sabalenka, Sri Lanka, the rise of the Aussies,

00:48the rise of the Americans as well.

00:50Some of the American players have had a great year.

00:51And then you add Nick into the mix,

00:53I think it's going to be,

00:54I just want to encourage people to go and get their tickets.