Nick Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended from tennis aft investigating affirmative for cocaine.
The Australian submitted a illustration during the Mallorca Open connected 22 June that was aboriginal recovered to incorporate benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.
Former satellite fig 13 Kyrgios has been provisionally suspended, external since 4 August.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Kyrgios could entreaty against the provisional suspension "but has not done truthful to date".
In a station connected Instagram, Kyrgios said helium made "a immense mistake" and takes "full responsibility" for it.
Under the suspension, Kyrgios cannot play, manager astatine oregon be Grand Slams oregon immoderate events sanctioned by the men's and women's tennis tours.
The 31-year-old has played conscionable 4 singles matches this season, having struggled with genu and wrist injuries successful caller years.
He past played successful the men's doubles astatine Wimbledon, wherever helium and spouse Alexander Bublik mislaid successful the archetypal round.
In a lengthy connection connected Instagram, Kyrgios said the past fewer years of injuries had taken "a immense toll connected me, some mentally and physically".
"My assemblage hasn't been capable to bash what my caput expects it to do," helium wrote.
"Coming to presumption with being adjacent the extremity of my vocation has been harder than I ever imagined.
"None of that excuses what I did."
Kyrgios helium would beryllium stepping distant from societal media and nationalist beingness for the adjacent 28 days to "focus connected getting myself right".
Cocaine is classified arsenic a stimulant and substance of maltreatment connected the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list.
Reduced sanctions use for athletes who trial affirmative for the substance retired of competition.
However, Kyrgios' illustration was submitted during a tourney successful which helium played singles, yet losing successful the archetypal circular to Adam Walton.
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