Nick Kyrgios: "There was a point where I was almost done with the sport"

| by Kadir Macar

It's been a journey full of ups and downs for Nick Kyrgios but he enjoys the fruits of his hard work at the 2022 Wimbledon.

After his sensational breakthrough in 2014 that was backed by another Grand Slam quarterfinal in 2015, Nick Kyrgios struggled to make it to last 8 at a Grand Slam again. However, in 2022 he enjoys probably the best season of his career when he already triumphed in doubles at the 2022 Australian Open and now he can also win his first singles Grand Slam title at the 2022 Wimbledon.

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"I was just thinking how things can change. There was a point where I was almost done with the sport. Obviously I posted this year about the kind of mental state I was in in 2019 when I was at the Australian Open with self-harm and suicidal thoughts and stuff. I’m sitting there today after the match...to be a semi-finalist at Wimbledon, it's a special accomplishment for everyone, but I think especially for me."

Nick Kyrgios

"If you had asked anyone if I was able to do that the last couple years, I think everyone would have probably said, ‘No, he doesn't have the mental capacity, he doesn't have the fitness capacity, he doesn't have the discipline’, all that. I almost started doubting myself with all that traffic coming in and out of my mind. I just sat there today and soaked it all in. But at the same time I feel like I don't want to stop here either."

Nick Kyrgios

“To be able to do this, I just feel like I'm more mature. I think earlier in my career if I made a third, fourth or quarter-finals, I'd be on my phone a lot, I would be engaging online a lot, would be keen to go out to dinner and explore or just do things to kind of, not necessarily soak in the achievement…but just not conservatively just go back to my house at Wimbledon with my team, put my feet up, get treatment and eat, get good rest."

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