Thanasi Kokkinakis has confirmed plans for a doubles comeback with Nick Kyrgios, saying the pair intend to “run it back” after their disappointing early exit at this year’s Australian Open.
The duo, known as the “Special Ks,” captured attention when they won the 2022 Australian Open men’s doubles title, the first all-Australian pair to do so since Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in 1997.
Both returned in January 2025 but were forced to retire from their first match after Kokkinakis suffered a pectoral injury.
Speaking at the Caulfield Cup, he said, “Unfortunately when we played last year we were nowhere near 100 per cent so we definitely have to run it back. We haven’t played properly since we won it in 2022, so we’d love to try and run it back. Hopefully he’s in good nick and I’m in good nick and we can do it.”
The pair last played regularly together in 2022, reaching the US Open round of 16 and winning the Atlanta Open, and now appear set to reunite early next year.
Source: Nine.
