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"Andy was always a big supporter of me,"
Kyrgios said in an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored on
TalkTV.
"As soon as I came on the tour, he kind of saw a work in
progress and took me under his wing.
"Then he realised later in my career that I don't think I was
coachable or I was on my own path, but he was always someone
that was looking out for me.
"He saw it (the self-harm), and he said, 'What's that on your
arm?' It was pretty bad at that stage. Andy obviously was trying
to give me advice on it. But I was just so stuck in my ways at
that time that I didn't listen.
"Obviously I'm very thankful. I thank him a lot."
Kyrgios wrote a lengthy Instagram post in February last year
about his mental health struggles, at the end of which he said
he was in a much better place.
Currently sidelined through injury, the Australian said he feels
proud for being able to help people who are having mental health
issues.
"I've almost been a beacon for people who are struggling," he
added. "When they feel like they're overwhelmed and they're
going towards drinking, drugs and stuff, they open up and they
feel like I'm relatable," Kyrgios said.
"That's been the most powerful thing in my career, people coming
to me with genuine issues."
(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by
Peter Rutherford)
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