Nick Kyrgios has confessed that his 'sexual frustration' left him too 'horny' to play tennis when the game took him away from his first girlfriend.
The controversial Australian tennis star was brutally upfront about how playing on the international circuit for months at a time saw him disconnect with family and loved ones on the latest episode of his new podcast, No Boundaries.
Kyrgios, 26, also admitted relationship woes caused by being apart from girlfriends affected his on-court performance.
'With my first girlfriend, I was away from her for six months at a time,' he said.
Nick Kyrgios (pictured with on-off girlfriend Chiara Passari) has opened up on how played abroad seven months a year played a toll on his relationships
'When you're trying to perform at the highest level, you start missing someone like emotionally, physically and it becomes a sexual frustration.'
'I'm on court and I can't play because I'm a bit horny if you know what I mean.'
'It doesn't matter if you're in an office job. If you're not seeing you're significant other, it affects you, your work, your mood, everything.
'I was the moodiest mother****** when I was away from from my missus for that long.'
Once ranked as high as 13 in the world, Kyrgios also revealed being in different time zones previously placed strained his family and caused him to disconnect.
'My relationship with my family wasn't great a few years ago because I was always away and didn't have my family around me,' he said.
'I was winning, losing, going through relationship problems, dealing with other problems and I was pushing them away because you feel like the world's against you.
'I pushed everyone who was close to me away and I fell out with people and that's something I'd never want again.'
Nick Kyrgios (left) admitted his relationship with his family (pictured) 'wasn't great' a few years ago
Kyrgios had no sympathy for footy stars moaning about being holed up in quarantine hubs during the Covid-19 pandemic and insists tennis players have it tougher than many other professional athletes.
'You have AFL guys complaining about that they have to do a one month bubble in Australia and I'm like dude I'm going seven months a year abroad in a new
