Nick Kyrgios has closed the curtain on a disappointing 2018.
The 37th-ranked Aussie withdrew from his scheduled Moscow round of 16 match against Mirza Basic due to a cranky elbow injury.
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The 23-year-old Kyrgios announced he would return home to Australia to rest and recover in preparation for 2019.
"Sorry guys, I won’t be able to play today, this evening, it is obviously very unfortunate, dealing with ongoing elbow injury," Kyrgios said in a statement. "It kept me at the start of the season for months or two, and now it started to bother me a little bit this week. I am going to choose to wrap up my season and to go home. I will start a recovery and see you in 2019 and hopefully be back in Moscow."
Kyrgios finished with a 25-13 record in an injury-marred season.
Seven of Kyrgios' 25 wins came in the opening weeks of the season when he won his fourth career title in Brisbane then reached the Australian Open round of 16 before bowing to Grigor Dimitrov in four sets.
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