Nick Kyrgios suffers defeat on return to action from knee surgery at Stuttgart Open

<p>Nick Kyrgios was beaten in straight sets by Wu Yibing at the Stuttgart Open as he made his return to the court following an injury.</p>

<p>The Australian was competing in his first singles tournament since October last year and has been sidelined since then following his recovery from knee surgery.</p>

<p>Kyrgios has previously reached the Stuttgart semi-final stages twice and he entered this year's competition as eighth seed.</p>

<p>However, after appearing to be struggling physically throughout the match, he was beaten 7-5 6-3 by Wu in the first round on Tuesday.</p>

<p>"The last time I played on grass was juniors back in 2017, so six years," Wu told the ATP website.</p>

<p>"I was really happy to play Nick in the first round. He's one of the best players on grass and he served well.</p>

<p>"He aced me [so many] times. The key for me was to stay cool, stay patient in the game and find a way. I'm happy [with that result]."</p>

<p>A win means Wu will face qualifier Marton Fucsovics in the second round after the Hungarian came from behind to beat Denis Shapovalov 3-6 6-3 6-4.</p>

<p>Jan-Lennard Struff got off to a winning start with a 6-1 6-4 win against Zhizhen Zhang to set up a meeting against fifth seed Tommy Paul, who beat Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 6-4.</p>

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