I hated myself, I thought about ending it all

TROUBLED KYRGIOS WAS ON BRINK

- NEIL McLEMAN

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.