Nick Kyrgios: Former Wimbledon finalist accepts one-month suspension from International Tennis Integrity Association for testing positive for cocaine

Tennis player Nick Kyrgios has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for a cocaine metabolite during an ATP tournament. The suspension was reduced from three months after he participated in an approved treatment program.
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Nick Kyrgios has accepted and served a reduced, one-month suspension under anti-doping rules after testing positive for cocaine at an ATP Tour event in Mallorca. <p>Kyrgios, who had been provisionally suspended since August 4, had entered into a treatment programme approved by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to reduce the three-month default suspension under WADA rules.</p><p>The Australian gave a sample at an ATP tournament in Majorca in June which tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/tennis/scores-schedule"><strong>Latest US Open scores and results</strong></a> 🎾</li><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/tennis/live-blog/32833/13576448/us-open-tennis-news-draw-schedule-results-and-updates-from-flushing-meadows-in-new-york">US Open news blog</a> </strong>I <strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/32833/13577827/us-open-draw-schedule-results-from-the-final-grand-slam-tournament-of-2026-at-flushing-meadows-in-new-york">Men's and Women's draws</a> I <a href="https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/32832/13577913/us-open-2026-order-of-play-and-match-schedule-for-arthur-ashe-stadium-louis-armstrong-stadium-and-more">Order of Play</a></strong></li><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/ContentPromo" target="_blank"><strong>Download Sky Sports app for analysis, news and video</strong></a> 📺</li><li><strong>Not got Sky?
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