Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios has revealed he was self-harming and had thoughts of ending his own life when he was admitted for psychiatric care in London following his 2nd round Wimbledon loss to Rafael Nadal in 2019. In a new episode of the Netflix doco series Point Break due next week, the Canberran said he’d isolated himself from his loved ones and struggled with substance abuse because he “couldn’t deal with” the “all-eyes-on-you expectation”. He added that he’s never felt “really accepted” in the tennis world and that “people confuse my confidence for arrogance at times because they have no idea what I’ve gone through”. It was a bit of a turning point, though and after taking 7 months off to recover from knee surgery, Kyrgios played his comeback match at the Stuttgart Open on Tuesday, losing in the first round to China’s Yibing Wu. He later tweeted, “Be patient with me my fans please… It’s a process to get back to where I was.”

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