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Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios will miss the French Open after injuring his foot during an incident in which his car was stolen, his agent confirmed to CNN Sport on Thursday.
According to Daniel Horsfall, Kyrgios, last year's Wimbledon runner-up, was injured in the “high adrenaline” of the robbery in Canberra earlier this month.
Police said Kyrgios' mother was held at gunpoint and her Tesla was stolen during the incident near her home in the Australian capital, Reuters reported.
“During the incident on May 1 they had an armed robbery in the house. With everything that was going on, Nick lacerated the side of his left foot. “We don’t know how,” Horsfall said.
“It's basically taken him about two and a half weeks in terms of his loading schedule to get back on court for what we thought was going to be the Grand Slam.”
When contacted by CNN, Canberra police referred to a statement from May 1 that said a 32-year-old man had been arrested for allegedly stealing a car from a residence in the suburb of Watson.
The statement added that the man had threatened a woman at the residence with a firearm and demanded the keys to a Tesla parked at the residence.
The man was charged with aggravated robbery, driving a stolen vehicle, furious driving and failure to stop for police, police said.
Kyrgios' last tournament was in Tokyo in October. He underwent knee surgery earlier in the year and hoped to return at the French Open.
However, Horsfall said the 28-year-old had suffered a laceration to his foot during the robbery, making practice difficult.
“He couldn't slide, he couldn't get on the court because every time he put on a shoe, it moved and opened again,” Horsfall said.
“As far as we are concerned, his knee is in fantastic condition and the operation went well.
“His physical condition is at a fantastic level. It was just when we reached the last point of that rehabilitation, the load on the court, this strange accident occurred.”
According to Horsfall, Kyrgios plans to return to tour in Stuttgart, Germany, in early June.
“The family has been through a difficult time over the last month,” he told CNN. “Not just Nick and his mother Nill, but also his sister Hali and her partner Costeen, who were there the morning of the robbery.”
The French Open begins on May 22 and runs until June 11. Tournament organizers confirmed that Kyrgios had withdrawn, but declined to provide further information.
