Kyrgios says he 'belongs' on the ATP Tour again after his win, but admits he thought his career would be over
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00:00Honestly, I saw the draw and you know, I didn't feel confident about you know versing anyone to be honest the way my wrist
00:05Has pulled up, you know the last
00:06Six months hasn't been great
00:08But I mean look, I guess having one win against Mackie kind of, you know, I had something to draw from experience
00:14But he's he's such a good play. He's so tricky and I definitely caught me off guard
00:17I walked on the court and I wasn't used to that ball speed again
00:20But it's been a long journey even to just get to the like to the start line of matches and be scared to even be able
00:25To finish them but to come off and get a win and then feel like I belong again. It's it's pretty special
00:30Yeah, look, honestly, I thought I'd never play tennis again to be brutally honest with you and that was going that way
00:34Honestly, I was having I've had conversations in my camp and my team
00:37you know guys that are
00:38Leaving their families to be here with me to try and get me up to the to the court and I was like look
00:42I don't know how long I can keep doing this for but obviously this you know
00:45It puts a bit more petrol in the tank, but I know I need to be more realistic
00:48I'll see how my wrist pulls up tomorrow
00:50Because it is a grind out here. So