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Nick Kyrgios reveals how his alcohol and drug abuse was

Jimena Rodriguez

Mexico City / 10.05.2022 20:29:20

“It was very serious, to the point of hurting myself and that’s not right,” he confessed Nick Kyrgios in a personal interview with Wide World of Sports, where he was also honest about his relationship and of course about a style of tennis that has been repeatedly flagged for misbehavior. Not since John McEnroe has a player caused so much division among fans of white sports, but perhaps after his confessions some change their minds.

At 27, the Australian reveals that he battled alcohol abuse y drugs and that before the pandemic he “hated” his life, since he felt that he was constantly disappointing everyone around him. The player, with six titles on the ATP tour and recent winner of the Australian Open in men’s doubles, confesses that he hardly drinks anymore and has adopted a healthier lifestyle looking to regain a healthy relationship with his family “I literally just have a glass of wine with dinner. I have a better diet and try to train more.”

also share that still affected by abuse on social networks received for years, largely around racism “I have to deal with it all the time. Now I try to use it as motivation, but that’s easier said than done.” Current 78th in the world, came to be on the 13th step of the world ranking and although for many years he was criticized that his behavior did not lead him to be at the top, perhaps with a new lifestyle he will achieve it.

Su love of basketball is meditation for himbut tennis remains a love-hate relationship, a world that led him to meet people “who didn’t care who I was as a human being, instead of just as a player, like the crazy tennis player” remember. Now Kyrgios seeks stability, one that he has also found in a new sentimental relationship with the interior designer Costen Hatzi.

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