Nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to tennis after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cocaine.
The report indicates that nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to tennis after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cocaine.
It further notes that the Australian, 31, was provisionally suspended on 4 August after a sample he submitted during the Mallorca Open in June was found to contain benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
Kyrgios told investigators from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) that he used cocaine at a nightclub in Magaluf in the early hours of 20 June.
He played his first-round match at the Mallorca tournament two days later, losing in straight sets to compatriot Adam Walton.
The ITIA accepted he used cocaine outside of competition after consulting with an an independent expert.
Kyrgios could have faced a maximum three-month ban but it has been reduced to one month after he entered a treatment programme.
His one-month ban ended on Thursday, 3 September.
Kyrgios, who has fallen to 918 in the world rankings, will also lose his prize money of 6,570 euros (£5,650).
When the positive test was announced, Kyrgios stated he would step away from social media and public life for the next 28 days to “focus on getting myself right”.
The former world number 13 has played just four singles matches this season, having struggled with knee and wrist injuries in recent years.
He last played in the men’s doubles at Wimbledon, where he and partner Alexander Bublik lost in the first round.
After his initial suspension was announced, Kyrgios stated the past few years of injuries had taken “a huge toll on me, both mentally and physically”.
“My body hasn’t been able to do what my mind expects it to do,” he wrote in a lengthy statement on Instagram.
“Coming to terms with being near the end of my career has been harder than I ever imagined.
