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Nick Kyrgios believes his well-documented mental health issues have taken a couple of seasons off his career and he will play on for only one or two more years after he finally gets back on court.
The 28-year-old has struggled with knee, foot and wrist injuries since pulling out of this year's Australian Open at the 11th hour and has played only one ATP Tour match since the Japan Open in October 2022.
The Australian confirmed at the weekend that he would not be playing in his home Grand Slam for the second successive year and there was more bad news in a new podcast for fans hoping he might play on well into his 30s.
"I only want to play for about another one to two years, and be at the top, and go down my own terms," Kyrgios said in an interview on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast.
"I would hate to have another surgery or anything like that. I think I've still got the ability to have a good one to two years and then that's it.
"I think I'll be at peace with everything I've achieved and...I'm going to have to just say: 'Look, to everyone out there who wants me to play more, you're just going to have to be okay with me not playing anymore'."
In a wide-ranging interview, Kyrgios discussed his image in the game and his relationship with the media, as well as revisiting the mental health issues that had him contemplating suicide in 2019.