Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios admits to self-harming and 'dark thoughts' during candid Instagram chat

Nick Kyrgios has admitted to self-harming in the past after opening up on social media about his mental health issues. Kyrgios reached arguably the zenith of his career so far by winning the Australian Open men's doubles title alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis in January. Ad/> He is also in a good place off the court but as he revealed on Instagram, that hasn't always been the case.

TennisKyrgios: I don't want to be like Federer09/02/2022 AT 15:20 Responding to a fan question about overcoming self-doubt, Kyrgios said: «No one knows what I've gone through, all the struggle I've overcome. “I have self-harmed, was having dark thoughts about life. »I always have my back and have all the confidence in the world.

I lean on my loved ones.” Kyrgios: I don't want to be like Federer Rotterdam title 'the happiest day of my career', says Auger-Aliassime Kyrgios has travelled much less regularly around the world in the last couple of years. That's been largely due to the coronavirus pandemic but even as it threatens to get under control, the 26-year-old declared the mental and physical challenges of tennis are why he prefers to stay closer to home. The Canberra-born star said: «My relationship with my family wasn't great a few years ago because I was always away and didn't have my family around me.

I was winning, losing, going through relationship problems, dealing with other problems and I was pushing them away because you feel like the world’s against you. /> “I'm going seven months a year abroad in a new place every week. That’s why tennis is so hard in my opinion.

The mental game is ridiculous. »Physically, you have to be an absolute animal. What other sport do you have to play for three plus hours, possibly seven times in two weeks?