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Nick Kyrgios thanks Andy Murray for helping him with mental health struggles

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Nick Kyrgios says he is "very thankful" to Andy Murray for helping him with his mental health struggles.

The Australian, said in June he "genuinely contemplated" suicide and spent time in a psychiatric hospital after losing at Wimbledon in 2019.

Kyrgios said he later got a sleeve tattoo on his right arm to cover up evidence of self-harm.

"He [Murray] saw it [the self-harm], and he said, 'What's that on your arm?'" Kyrgios told TalkTV.

Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored he added: "It was pretty bad at that stage. Andy obviously was trying to give me advice on it.