The always controversial Nick Kyrgios has offered his most vulnerable version in the Netflix documentary 'Break Point'. In a new chapter, which will premiere on June 21, the Australian tennis player reveals that he entered a psychiatric hospital after the 2019 Wimbledon tournament because he had considered taking his own life.

"I really thought about killing myself," the player said, according to The Australian newspaper.

The 2019 season was very complicated for Kyrgios, one of the most controversial tennis players on the circuit. In the Wimbledon tournament he fell in the second round against Rafa Nadal, a match he played with his right arm covered by a sleeve. Now, Nick explains that he did it to cover his wounds. "You could feel the pain. His whole arm was full of scars. That's why I put a sleeve on my arm. To cover everything," he says in 'Break Point'.

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I drank alcohol, took drugs, distanced myself from my family and my close people. I lost at Wimbledon and when I woke up my father was crying sitting on my bed. It was the turning point, I said to myself 'OK, I can't go on like this'. And I ended up in a psychiatric service in London to fix my problems," he says in the documentary.

In February 2022 Kyrgios had already spoken on his Instagram account of the psychic problems he had suffered in that very hard 2019. "If you look closely you can see the self-mutilation marks on my right arm. I had thoughts of suicide, I didn't want to get up and play in front of thousands of people," she said of her mental health three years earlier.

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He then sent an optimistic message to his followers: "I'm proud to say that I've completely turned around and have a completely different perspective on everything. I want you to be able to reach your full potential and smile. This life is beautiful," the February 2022 post concluded.

Kyrgios has since returned to a positive path and was a finalist at Wimbledon last year, where he fell to Djokovic. The current 25th player in the world, he returned to competition this week in Stuttgart after a knee injury he suffered in January. Short of form, he was beaten by the Chinese Yibing Wu (64th).

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