The deep revelation of Nick Kyrgios about his mental health that shocked the world of Tennis

the australian tennis player Nick kyrgioscurrent number 25 in the world ranking of the atprevealed today that he was in a psychiatric hospital because he wanted to commit suicide, during the tournament of Wimbledon 2019.

One of the most controversial players on the circuit, kyrgios I lived a very problematic 2019, especially when he was beaten by the Spanish Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in the second round, obeys the news agency today AFP.

“I drank alcohol, took drugs, I distanced myself from my family and my close people. I lost at Wimbledon and when I woke up my father was sitting on my bed crying. It was the turning point, I said to myself ‘Ok, I can’t continue like this’. I ended up in a psychiatric service in London to fix my problems.”said the Australian tennis player.

kyrgios He came to play with long sleeves to cover the marks that were caused by suicide attempts: “If you look closely you can see the self-mutilation marks on my right arm. I had suicidal thoughts, I didn’t want to get up and play”.

Since then, Kyrgios has recovered a positive path and was a finalist at Wimbledon last year, when he lost to the Serbian Novak Djokovic.

The 25th of the world atp He returned to competition this week in Stuttgart, after a knee injury suffered last January, and fell to the Chinese Yibing Wu (64a).