WIMBLEDON finalist Nick Kyrgios has revealed he considered suicide and spent time in a London psychiatric hospital.
The Aussie reached his first Grand Slam final in SW19 last year and made a losing return to grasscourt action after knee surgery in Stuttgart this week.
But Kyrgios, 28, suffered a troubled 2019 when he was defaulted from the Rome Masters for throwing a chair and he was hit with fines totalling £90,000 for five different cases of unsportsmanlike conduct at the Cincinnati Masters.
He was later given a suspended 16-week ban.
The Aussie lost in the second round at Wimbledon to Rafa Nadal four years ago and was photographed drinking in a local pub, the Dog and Fox.
In Episode Six of Netflix series. Break Point, speaking during last year's Championships when his father Giorgos had travelled over from Australia, Kyrgios said: "My dad just wants me to be happy, because there were times at Wimbledon where I wasn't at the best head-space.
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