Nick "head to head" Kyrgios, we love it or we hate it.
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Whimsical Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios admitted he had found himself in a "dark and lonely situation" over the past few years as he battled the depression brought on by the overwhelming pace of the ATP Tour.
“I don't think people understand how lonely (a sport) tennis can be,” he said in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph in Sydney on Sunday.
"You can't really talk to anyone"
“You are alone in the field.
You can't really talk to anyone.
You have to find the solution on your own.
I had trouble with this aspect, ”explains the 25-year-old player, who is familiar with the algarades on the court.
His behavior at the Cincinnati Masters in August 2019 earned him a fine of $ 113,000, which then led him to label the ATP as a "corrupt" organization before retracting.
“I remember waking up in Shanghai a year ago, it was 4 pm and I was still in bed with the curtains closed.
I did not want to see the light of day, ”describes the current 45th in the world, saying he has been“ seriously depressed ”at times in the past.
“I felt like nobody wanted to know me as a person, that they just saw me as the tennis player to use me.
I didn't feel able to trust anyone.
It was a lonely and dark place, ”says Kyrgios.
"I became depressed because of what I thought I should be"
“A lot of people put pressure on me, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
I lost all joy in playing and I was getting out of control, ”he adds.
"I became depressed because of what I thought I should be," says the native of Canberra, who has chosen not to take part this year neither in the US Open nor in Roland Garros due to the Covid pandemic -19.
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