{"id":879178,"date":"2026-09-04T02:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879178\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:34:15","slug":"nick-kyrgios-enters-treatment-program-after-accepting-one-month-ban-for-cocaine-use-nick-kyrgios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879178\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios enters treatment program after accepting one-month ban for cocaine use | Nick Kyrgios"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fallen Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios<\/a> has entered a treatment program after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive to cocaine.<\/p>\n

After admitting his \u201chuge mistake\u201d when initially suspended for failing a drugs test<\/a> on June 22 at an ATP 250 tournament in Spain, Kyrgios is allowed to compete again from Friday.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios, who had been provisionally suspended since 4 August, had faced a ban ranging from a baseline three-month period to up to four years.<\/p>\n

During an interview with International Tennis<\/a> Integrity Agency (ITIA) investigators, Kyrgios explained his use of cocaine had occurred socially during a night out, days before he was due to play in Mallorca.<\/p>\n

The ITIA consulted an independent scientific expert at a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)-accredited laboratory, who stated the explanation was consistent with the level of cocaine found in his sample.<\/p>\n

As a result, the ITIA accepted Kyrgios\u2019s use of cocaine was outside of competition.<\/p>\n

Under Wada rules, the default suspension for a breach of this type is three months, which can be further reduced to one month if the individual commits to a treatment program approved by the ITIA.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Wimbledon finalist also forfeited the 6570 euros he won in Mallorca for losing in the first round to countryman Adam Walton.<\/p>\n

But his suspension was reduced for agreeing to enter a treatment program.<\/p>\n

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said Kyrgios, whose career world ranking peaked at No 13, could appeal against the provisional suspension but he opted against doing so.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recently failed a drug test in Mallorca after testing positive for cocaine,\u201d Kyrgios posted on Instagram last month. \u201cI made a huge mistake and I take full responsibility for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry to my fans, my family, my sponsors and everyone close to me. Above all, I\u2019m sorry to the kids who follow me. I know the example this sets and I\u2019m deeply disappointed in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrgios, who played only four official singles matches on the elite ATP Tour this year, has battled knee and wrist injuries in recent years and has all but conceded he is finished as a singles force.<\/p>\n

The ITIA said Kyrgios was suspended for a \u200cpositive test for benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, with a World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory confirming the positive result on 17 July.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old was banned from playing, coaching or attending any tournaments sanctioned by the men\u2019s and women\u2019s tennis tours worldwide and national-level events in Australia.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios last played in the men\u2019s doubles at Wimbledon in London on July 2, when he and partner Alexander Bublik lost in the first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fallen Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has entered a treatment program after accepting a one-month ban for testing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-879178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879178","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=879178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}