Nick Kyrgios will reveal in upcoming episodes of a Netflix documentary that he frolicked in a psychiatric hospital after dropping at Wimbledon in 2019, The Australian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old was knocked out by Rafael Nadal within the second spherical of the championships that 12 months whereas carrying a white sleeve to cowl up his proper arm.
“I was genuinely contemplating if I wanted to commit suicide,” Kyrgios says in an episode of the documentary Break Point to be launched later this month, in accordance with the newspaper.
“I lost at Wimbledon. I woke up and my dad was sitting on the bed, full-blown crying. That was the big wake-up call for me. I was like, okay, I can’t keep doing this. I ended up in a psych ward in London to figure out my problems.”
Kyrgios wrote a prolonged Instagram publish in February final 12 months about his psychological well being struggles, on the finish of which he stated he was in a significantly better place.
“I’m proud to say I’ve completely turned myself around and have a completely different outlook on everything, I don’t take one moment for granted,” he wrote.
“I want you to be able to reach your full potential and smile. This life is beautiful.”
The Break Point episodes chronicle Kyrgios’s run to final 12 months’s Wimbledon last with the spotlight of his profession thus far prompting recollections of the 2019 nadir.
“That pressure, having that all-eyes-on-you expectation, I couldn’t deal with it. I hated the kind of person I was,” he says.
“I was drinking, abusing drugs, lost my relationship with my family, pushed all my close friends away.
“You may inform I used to be hurting. My complete arm was coated in scars. That’s why I really received my arm sleeve. To cowl all of it.”
Reuters was unable to reach Kyrgios or a representative for comment.
Kyrgios’s career renaissance was interrupted around the turn of the year by a knee injury. He returned to action on Tuesday but lost his opening match at the Stuttgart Open.
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Source: www.perthnow.com.au
