Nick Kyrgios cleared to return to tennis after accepting one-month ban for positive cocaine test - BBC Sport BBC Homepage Skip to content Accessibility Help Your account Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds More menu More menu Search BBC Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds Close menu BBC Sport Menu Home Football Cricket Formula 1 Rugby U Tennis Golf Cycling Athletics More A-Z Sports American Football Athletics Basketball Boxing Cricket Cycling Darts Disability Sport Football Formula 1 Gaelic Games Golf Gymnastics Horse Racing Mixed Martial Arts Motorsport Netball Rugby League Rugby Union Snooker Swimming Tennis Full Sports A-Z More from Sport England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Quizzes News Feeds Help & FAQs Tennis Scores & Schedule Quizzes Calendar Kyrgios given one-month ban for positive cocaine test Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Nick Kyrgios has won one and lost three of his four singles matches this year Published 4 hours ago Nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to tennis after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cocaine. The Australian, 31, was provisionally suspended on 4 August after a sample he submitted during the Mallorca Open in June was found to contain benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine. Kyrgios told investigators from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) that he used cocaine at a nightclub in Magaluf in the early hours of 20 June. He played his first-round match at the Mallorca tournament two days later, losing in straight sets to compatriot Adam Walton. The ITIA accepted he used cocaine outside of competition after consulting with an an independent expert. Kyrgios could have faced a maximum three-month ban but it has been reduced to one month after he entered a treatment programme. His one-month ban ended on Thursday, 3 September. Kyrgios, who has fallen to 918 in the world rankings, will also lose his prize money o