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<\/p>\nAustralian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has said he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca and has issued an apology.<\/p>\n
In a statement on his Instagram, he announced he “made a huge mistake and I take full responsibility for it”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry to my fans, my family, my sponsors and everyone close to me,” Kyrgios said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Above all I’m sorry to the kids who follow me.<\/p>\n
“I know the example this sets and I’m deeply disappointed with myself.”<\/p>\n
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) issued a statement revealing Kyrgios had been “provisionally suspended” since August 4.<\/p>\n
“31-year-old Kyrgios provided a sample during an ATP 250 event in Mallorca, Spain, on 22 June 2026,” it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“On 17 July 2026, a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory confirmed the presence of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.”<\/p>\n
“Kyrgios, who reached a career-high world singles ranking of 13 in October 2016, has the right to appeal the provisional suspension, but has not done so to date,” the ITIA said.<\/p>\n
“As with all Tennis Anti-Doping Programme cases, ITIA support is available to Kyrgios.<\/p>\n
“While suspended, Kyrgios is not allowed to play in, coach at, or attend any events organised or sanctioned by World Tennis, WTA, ATP, the Grand Slams, or any national association.”<\/p>\n
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Nick Kyrgios has been open with his struggles with mental health in the past, including with depression and suicidal ideation. (Reuters: Amr Alfiky)<\/p>\n
Kyrgios explained the incident came in the context of years “of injuries \u2026 both physically and mentally”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“My body hasn’t been able to do what my mind expects it to do, and coming to terms with being near the end of my career has been harder than I ever imagined.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kyrgios has spoken publicly about his previous struggles with mental health, telling the BBC in 2022 he struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, as well as depression and self-harm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has won seven ATP singles titles and the 2022 Australian Open doubles title, partnering with Thanasi Kokkinakis.<\/p>\n
In July 2026, he lost in the first round of men’s doubles at Wimbledon and later said it was probably his last appearance at the competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I would probably say pretty confidently my last Wimbledon,” Kyrgios said.<\/p>\n
“It would be hard to see myself coming back here again and competing.<\/p>\n
“That [2022] final was always going to be one of the better memories of my tennis career, but I just can’t see myself getting back to anywhere near that level.<\/p>\n
“I’ve always said I didn’t choose tennis, tennis chose me,” Kyrgios said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“But letting go of something that has been my whole life is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to face.<\/p>\n
“At times I’ve felt helpless and alone. None of that excuses what I did.”<\/p>\n
He said the “good news” was his drug test failure and suspension “has given me a wake-up call” and said he would step away from social media and the public spotlight for the next 28 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’d ask that people respect my privacy during that time, and most importantly the privacy of my family,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’ll do the work and come back better.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has said he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,42895,41238,963,85,747],"class_list":["post-861120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cocaine","tag-mallorca","tag-nick-kyrgios","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}