Nick Kyrgios will open up about the time he spent in a psychiatric hospital, after losing at Wimbledon in 2019, in the upcoming episodes of a Netflix documentary, The Australian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old was defeated by Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the second round of the event that year.
"I was genuinely contemplating if I wanted to commit suicide," Kyrgios says in an episode of the documentary Break Point to be released later this month, according to the newspaper.
"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, okay, I can't keep doing this. I ended up in a psych ward in London to figure out my problems."
Kyrgios had also shared his mental health struggles in an Instagram post in February last year.
"I'm proud to say I've completely turned myself around and have a completely different outlook on everything, I don't take one moment for granted," he wrote.
"I want you to be able to reach your full potential and smile. This life is beautiful."
The Break Point episodes will also shed light on last year's Wimbledon final, where Kyrgios lost to Novak Djokovic in four sets, and the low points of the Australian’s career.
"That pressure, having that all-eyes-on-you expectation, I couldn't deal with it. I hated the kind of person I was," he said.
"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."
Earlier, Kyrgios’ comeback match after a five-month injury layoff ended in a 7-5 6-3 loss against China's Wu Yibing in the opening round of the Stuttgart Open on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old Australian underwent surgery on a knee injury in January and had not competed this season.