Nick Kyrgios suspended after testing positive for cocaine
Kyrgios said he made no excuses but painted a picture of a player struggling with the twilight of his career, citing the mental toll of recent injuries.
Nick Kyrgios, the former Wimbledon finalist and 31-year-old Australian tennis player, has been provisionally suspended from the sport after testing positive for cocaine use. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced the suspension following a positive test for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, which was detected in a sample collected during an ATP 250 event in Mallorca in June.
Kyrgios, who once held the career-high ranking of No. 13, was provisionally suspended on August 4, 2020, after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) laboratory confirmed the presence of the banned substance on July 17, 2020. In a public apology, Kyrgios admitted to his "huge mistake."
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