The current world number 25, who is often in the news due to some controversy or the other, termed the second-round four-set defeat against the Spanish great as the lowest point of his career.
In the documentary series, Break Point on Netflix, Kyrgios – who is often dubbed as the bad boy of tennis – said, “I was genuinely contemplating if I wanted to commit suicide.” Kyrgios was sporting a white sleeve on his right arm to hide tell-tale self-harm scars.
“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 ‘OK, I can’t keep doing this’. I ended up in a psych ward in London to figure out my problems.
“I was drinking, abusing drugs, lost my relationship with my family, pushed all my close friends away. You could tell I was hurting. My whole arm was covered in scars. That’s why I actually got my arm sleeve. To cover it all.
“That pressure, having that all-eyes-on-you expectation, I couldn’t deal with it. I hated the kind of person I was.”
Nadal – the then world number two – defeated Kyrgios 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3) to enter round three. The 2022 Wimbledon encounter between the two brought back the memories of 2019 and fans were anticipating another mouth-watering battle between two fierce competitors.
However, Nadal’s hopes of completing a calendar grand slam were dashed as he had to withdraw from the semi-final match due to an abdominal strain he sustained during his quarter-final win against Taylor Fritz.
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