A question mark hangs over the tennis future of Canberra’s Nick Kyrgios.

At the Indian Wells event,  Kyrgios was forced to pullout through injury.

Kyrgios was trailing Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (9-7) 3-0  when he quit the first-round encounter with a right wrist injury.

Playing on an injury-protected ranking after being sidelined for almost three years, Kyrgios had held a set point in the first-set tiebreaker.

But it was all downhill after dropping the set.

The one-time world No.13 was visibly upset speaking to a tournament trainer, knowing his night – and possibly his singles career – was over.

The 29-year-old wiped away tears before walking over to van de Zandschulp and conceding the match.

“I wasn’t too confident that I was going to be able to play today,” Kyrgios said.

“Two days ago in practice, I had to stop my practice because I felt pain in my wrist, but I felt like it was OK to take to the court.”

If Kyrgios had won, he would have played the legendary Novak Djokovic in the second round.

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