Andrey Rublev, final season, confirmed evident private discomfort by bodily projecting himself onto the court docket with extreme reactions. For instance, through the Paris Rolex Masters, the Russian damage himself by repeatedly hitting his leg along with his racket.
We are inclined to underestimate a vital idea too typically: athletes are human beings and never robots able to compete in any circumstance with out having to take care of their feelings.
The Russian champion, talked in regards to the difficult battle he’s combating in opposition to despair: a struggle he’s making an attempt to win with the assistance of the folks near him and because of the assist of knowledgeable figures.
Revealing in an interview with the Guardian how after Wimbledon – final 12 months – he skilled his worst second and explaining how he could not discover a cause to reside.
“I’m feeling much better. I’m still not where I want to be, but I finally have a foundation to stand on. Six months ago I went through the worst moment of my life. It was after Wimbledon. That was the worst moment I had to deal with myself.
It had nothing to do with tennis. It had to do with me, I couldn’t find a reason to live life anymore. Why? It sounds a bit dramatic, but the thoughts in my head were killing me, creating a lot of anxiety. I couldn’t stand it anymore. Now I feel better,” he mentioned truthfully.
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“I was taking pills for depression, but they didn’t help at all. I said to myself: I don’t want to take anything anymore. So I stopped. Marat Safin helped me a lot and made me understand a lot of things.
Then I started working with a psychologist. I learned a lot about myself. Even when I’m not in a good mood or not in the happy place I want to be, I no longer feel that crazy anxiety of not knowing what to do with my life.
You can have everything in life – a healthy family, material things, a healthier relationship – but if there’s something wrong with you, you’ll never be happy. I won’t lie and say I don’t want to win a Slam.
It’s my dream and I’ll do everything I can to make it happen. But if I won a Slam, I don’t think my life would change. It wouldn’t make me happier or less happy,” defined the Russian.
