Breaking: Kyrgios tests positive for cocaine use

BREAKING: Tennis star Nick Kyrgios says he tested positive for cocaine on the Spanish island of Mallorca, calling it a 'huge mistake' and issuing an apology to fans, family and sponsors.

Nick Kyrgios has tested positive for cocaine.

The Australian tennis star says the test happened on the Spanish island of Mallorca, and he's not fighting it. In a statement on Instagram he called it a huge mistake, said he takes full responsibility, and apologised to his fans, his family and his sponsors. The line that stayed with me was the next one. Above all, he said, I'm sorry to the kids who follow me.

He's 31 now, seven ATP titles, that doubles crown at the 2022 Australian Open with Thanasi Kokkinakis. And he was honest about the why. Years of injuries, physical and mental, a body that can't do what his mind expects, and coming to terms with the end of a career being harder than he ever imagined.

Kyrgios has always played with everything showing. This time it's not a racquet he's thrown, it's the truth, and what tennis does with it comes next.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.

Source Read the original reporting at abc.net.au