The top seeds won the final four points to squeak past the Serb/Aussie tandem.

The 37-year-old is committed as ever "physically, mentally, as well and ready to compete, whatever it takes, however many hours it takes with the youngsters."

There were no service breaks in the 2:27 match at the Brisbane International.

The former No. 1 defeated Australia’s Rinky Hijikata in straight sets in the first round of the ATP 250 event on Tuesday night.

Djokovic made a rare doubles appearance alongside Kyrgios, a former Wimbledon finalist, to kick off the 2025 season with a thrilling win over Alexander Erler and Andreas Mies.

On the eve of his return to the court, Djokovic has weighed in on the tennis’ high profile doping cases and criticized what he perceives as double standards in the sport

The former Wimbledon finalist hit out at the two athletes for incurring anti-doping rule violations while they were each ranked No. 1 in the world.

Kyrgios will make his return to tournament tennis at the Brisbane International when he takes on 21-year-old Giovanni Perricard of France.

The Australian swing just got a little more interesting.

The Aussie will be unranked at the 2025 opening week stop, having played just one match since the start of 2023.

Rybakina routed top seed Aryna Sabalenka to win the the Brisbane International in a perfect tune-up for the first major of 2024.