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Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming tennis tournament in Estoril to attend his grandfather's funeral.
Kyrgios posted on social media this morning, announcing he will return to Australia.
The news came alongside his birthday on Thursday, which he described as "bittersweet".
"I just want to take this opportunity to let you all know, and especially the people of Estoril and Cascais know that I have unfortunately withdrawn from the Estoril Millennium Open to go back to Australia and attend my grandfather's funeral," he wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
He made a separate post on Facebook two days ago to commemorate his grandfather.
"Always supporting, always knew the score, what was going on and even knew that Federer was the goat. Fly high CK," he wrote.
"Always watching papou."