Nick Kyrgios has returned home playing down the hip injury incurred during his Wimbledon heroics and planning some much-needed rest before targeting the US Open.
Wimbledon wildcard Kyrgios became a worldwide tennis sensation when he toppled world No.1 Rafael Nadal to reach the quarter-finals.
But the 19-year-old made a low-key arrival at Canberra airport on Sunday morning, signing autographs for a handful of die-hard young tennis fans.
His brother Christos and mother Norlaila greeted him at the terminal. "There's no better feeling than being home," Kyrgios told reporters.
He was looking forward to sleeping in his own bed and his mum's cooking after 12 weeks on the road.
Kyrgios pulled out of this week's grass court tournament in Newport, Rhode Island citing a hip injury and also exhaustion from his breakout grand slam run.
He said his hip was feeling all right and the extra leg room of business class helped.
He'll soon head back to Melbourne to train before flying off for his US hardcourt campaign in the lead up to the US Open.
"I'm just feeling really exhausted," he said.
"I'm just going to relax and not think too far ahead."
Kyrgios is conscious of the sudden and intense public spotlight.
"It's something I'm going to have to get used to if I keep having the same level of success that I've had. I'm just going to have to deal with it... in the right way, " he said.
His family will keep him grounded, his mother said.
"The difference is he has an elder brother who is eight years older than him and an elder sister," Norlaila told AAP.
"They'll keep him in line... They'll keep him humble and tell him to behave himself."
The family had dinner reservations tonight for a celebratory welcome home meal.
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