How 'spiralling' Nick Kyrgios saved himself

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Australian tennis prima Nick Kyrgios has revealed conscionable however chaotic his archetypal fewer years connected circuit were, plagued with partying and intelligence wellness struggles - and however he's turned it around.

Kyrgios, on with Thanasi Kokkinakis, volition beryllium the focal constituent of the archetypal occurrence of Netflix's Point Break, which chronicles the pair's tally to the Australian Open rubric successful 2022, arsenic good arsenic off-court issues.

In the documentary, which premieres connected Friday, Kyrgios revealed that his beingness was "spiralling retired of control" and that helium was "drinking each azygous night".

He credited his caller partner, Costeen Hatzi, for redeeming him aft a 'chaotic' archetypal fewer years connected tour.

"I was similar - 'OK, I can't support doing this'. I conscionable had to beryllium kinder to myself," helium said.

The excerpt besides showed that helium doubts he'll ever resume a 'full' tennis docket again, saying the clip distant from loved ones wasn't worthy it.

"I worth my family, my close, adjacent friends and Cossie excessively overmuch to enactment tennis successful beforehand of that anymore - I don't deliberation that's healthy.

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"I don't truly person immoderate expectations present successful my matches - I conscionable privation to spell retired there, person fun, and instrumentality the unit off, and we tin benignant of unrecorded much of a mean beingness - it's overmuch amended similar this, that's for sure."

Kyrgios is yet to play successful Australia this summer, after an wounded ruled him retired of the United Cup, which concluded with America being crowned champions.

He won't play until the Australian Open begins connected January 16.

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