Nick Kyrgios has announced that he will team up with Novak Djokovic in the Brisbane International doubles draw.
It comes two years after the Australian star first teased a doubles partnership with the 24-time Grand Slam champion.
Both men will be kicking off the new season at the ATP 250 event, which begins on December 29, and have decided to join forces to create a super-team.
In December 2022, Kyrgios took to Instagram to share a photo of himself with Djokovic after they faced off in the Wimbledon final earlier that year. “new doubles pair this year…. Loading…… @djokernole you ready??!!” he wrote.
But they were forced to put their plans on hold when the Australian was struck down by knee and wrist injuries. He has played just one match in the last two years and the ATP 250 in Brisbane will be his first official event since June 2023.
The 29-year-old is now making up for lost time, as he has revealed he will team up with Djokovic. Sharing the 2022 post to his story on Monday, Kyrgios wrote: “Doubles at Brisbane. See y’all there.”
Djokovic has also entered the singles draw in Brisbane. The world No. 7 has not played an official ATP match since October 13, when he lost to Jannik Sinner in the final of the Shanghai Masters.
The Serb did enter the Six Kings Slam – an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia – where he suffered another defeat to Sinner but beat long-time rival Rafael Nadal in a third-place playoff.
The 37-year-old has not played since. He pulled out of the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals despite being the reigning champion at both tournaments, ending his season early.
Djokovic stunned the tennis world when he announced another link-up at the end of November, confirming that Andy Murray would become his coach for the off-season and the Australian Open.
Murray only retired five years ago and spent years locked in a fierce rivalry with Djokovic, fighting for Grand Slam titles and the No. 1 ranking. However, the Brit won’t be in Djokovic’s box in Brisbane and is only set to fly out for the first Major of the 2025 season.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion has made it clear that he’s keen to play more often in 2025 after an uncharacteristic season which saw him limit his schedule and suffer some early exits to lower-ranked players.
By signing up to both singles and doubles in Brisbane, there’s no doubt that Djokovic is keen to get match fit before the Australian Open, where he is bidding to win his 11th trophy.
Djokovic and Kyrgios have formed a self-confessed “bromance” over the last two years. Although they once had a feud, Kyrgios was one of the few players who publicly supported the Serb when he was deported from Australia in 2022.
Appearing on the Aussie’s Good Trouble podcast earlier this year, the world No. 7 explained their newfound friendship. “You were pushing all the buttons, man. I thought to myself, ‘Well, you know, I really want to speak to him because I don’t know, like, what have I done?'” he recalled.
“So then two years ago … what happened here in Australia for me, I don’t want to go back, but, you know, we had a tough time, and you stood up for me. That was a big surprise. You were one of the very few colleagues that stood up that used his platform, used his voice, to support me. That’s something that I’ll never forget, and since that moment, our relationship has gotten better.”
