Nick Kyrgios Reveals He Contemplated Suicide After Loss To Rafael Nadal In Wimbledon 2019

Nick Kyrgios had earlier discussed his mental health concerns in his social media posts and interviews.

Nick Kyrgios of Australia speaks to media to announce his withdrawal from the tournament due to a knee injury during day one of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 16, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia.

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Australian tennis ace Nick Kyrgios has made some massive claims in the interviews for the forthcoming Netflix documentary "Break Point." He disclosed that he had to spend time in a psychiatric ward after a loss at Wimbledon 2019 owing to suicidal thoughts. Notably, this isn't the first time that Kyrgios has revealed his struggles with mental health. Prior to this, he had been hospitalised in London for his treatment after losing to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon 2019. He had donned a compression sleeve in the men's singles matches of this competition to hide his scars.

"I was genuinely contemplating suicide," Kyrgios said as quoted by the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "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," he added.

"I was like ‘OK, I can’t keep doing this.’ I ended up in a psych ward in London to figure out my problems," he said.

The 28-year-old had revealed that he was "drinking, abusing drugs" and his relationships with family and friends were on the decline during this phase of his life.

"That pressure, having that all-eyes-on-you expectation, I couldn’t deal with it," he stated. "I hated the kind of person I was."

Kyrgios had earlier also discussed his mental health concerns in his social media posts and interviews. While he did reach the finals of the 2022 Wimbledon where he experienced a loss to Novak Djokovic, he has been forced to stay out of action ever since owing to injury concerns. This week he had returned to Elite Tour at Stuttgar after nearly a seven-month time off from competitive tennis but was far from his best and bowed out after an opening round-defeat.

Earlier this year, the tennis player had pleaded guilty to assault of a former girlfriend but he had escaped conviction after apologising. Kyrgios’ psychologist, Sam Borenstein, had said that the Kyrgios had several depressive episodes during the same time and was using alchol and drugs to cope which truggered his impulsive and reckless behaviour.