Legal professionals for tennis participant Nick Kyrgios are trying to have his assault cost dismissed on psychological well being grounds.

Kyrgios is dealing with a single cost of widespread assault.

He was summonsed by police earlier this yr in connection to the alleged assault, which is believed to narrate to an incident involving his former girlfriend Chiara Passari.

Kyrgios is at the moment competing within the Japan Open in Tokyo and didn’t seem within the ACT Magistrates Court docket this morning.

As an alternative, his lawyer, Michael Kukulies-Smith, sought the adjournment to permit time for a psychological well being evaluation to be carried out.

Mr Kukulies-Smith stated his shopper’s psychological well being points had been well-known and the court docket granted the request.

The matter is predicted to return to court docket on February 3.

The court docket heard Kyrgios meant to seem in individual when his matter returned, despite the fact that he was not required to.

“My shopper’s choice is to attend in individual,” Mr Kukulies-Smith stated.