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Tsitsipas drops a bombshell: "I knew about Kyrgios' positive test before the announcement"

Andrés Tomás Rico - 31 Aug 2026
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Tsitsipas drops the bomb: "I knew about Kyrgios' positive result before the announcement." Photo: Getty Images

After delivering one of the big surprises at the US Open by defeating Arthur Fils in four sets (4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-4), Stefanos Tsitsipas attended a press conference not only to discuss his great duel, which helps him regain confidence after two very irregular years, but also to share his opinion on one of the topics of the year in the tennis world: Nick Kyrgios's positive test for cocaine.

It is well known that the relationship between the two has never been the best. Therefore, his statements regarding this case were going to be interesting, but what was not expected was how explosive they would be.

Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed he was aware of Kyrgios's positive cocaine test before it was made official

“I don’t know what to tell you. I want to be completely honest: I already knew before the announcement. I knew personally. What can I tell you then? I will simply tell you the truth. I knew about Kyrgios's positive test before any announcement was made, and when I saw it on social media, I thought: ‘There you go’. To be honest, to a certain extent, I expected it.”

The Greek continued with his explanation: “I knew that these things happened off the tennis courts. I can assure you of that. I’m not going to try to cover for someone of whom I know the truth. I consider myself a person who treats everyone well, but these were behaviors I personally heard about on the circuit, and I heard other people in the same environment tell me similar things. And again, when I saw it, I said to myself: ‘Well, to be honest, it was more or less predictable’. What surprises me is that it happened so late,” the Greek concluded.

Nick Kyrgios tested positive for cocaine during his stay at the ATP Mallorca last June and is currently provisionally suspended by the ITIA. In fact, the Australian could have appealed the decision, but he waived that right.
 

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