Nick Kyrgios's manager clears up retirement rumours once and for all after star said he was ready to quit tennis

Nick Kyrgios' manager has shut down talk of imminent retirement for his injury-plagued superstar client declaring the 2022 Wimbledon finalist still has 'a lot more to give'.

Speculation about the future of Kyrgios, who managed to play just one match in 2023 due to injury, had intensified after his declaration in a recent podcast interview that he didn't 'really want to play anymore'.

Kyrgios was also forced to withdraw from the Australian Open in January due to a wrist injury and the 28-year-old's return to the court remains unknown.

But while his manager, Daniel Horsfall, conceded says Kyrgios' claims of exhaustion from the game were true, he would be back on the court with the search now on for a balance between the sport and his happiness.

'I think that clip was from the Jay Shetty podcast,' Horsfall said on Thursday.

'Nick got really open and emotional with Jay, and I guess he visited some past demons.

'But for sure, all those things that he said like exhaustion, injuries or surgeries. It's all true.

'But, you know, he's going to soldier on, he feels like he's got a lot more to give.

Kyrgios is continuing his rehabilitation from knee and wrist injuries which Horsfall said created a daily battle, while keeping his mind busy with other off-court activities in Los Angeles. He has also joined OnlyFans to give people a 'behind the scenes' look at his life.

But Horsfall was confident a return to the court would come, but only when Kyrgios was 100 per cent ready to go.

'It's a constant battle every day,' Horsfall told SEN.

'We can have a really good week, a really good day, or a really good month and then the next day after that could be something that's just derailed us completely.

'It is just about making sure that you take every day and giving it the best shot that you have.

'We were just in LA recently, with his injuries if he's not playing, he's doing his best to recover.

'I got him really busy, we sent him overseas, he's started to film his own talk show, he did a big PR run and he's doing stuff through his foundation.

'He's getting active and still being involved in tennis. He's just doing what he can to get his body right before he goes back out there and plays in front of a crowd.

'It's just about finding that balance where you don't feel like you're, I guess, a prisoner to the game as they say.

'It's more how do you find that balance of being able to play and be happy at the same time?

'I think we're doing a pretty good job in finding that balance for Nick at the moment.'

Kyrgios has a protected ATP ranking of 21 which will allow him an immediate return to the top events on the tour when he makes his comeback.