# @behindtheracquet on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CSUtdYarPBJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/158817-behindtheracquet-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-08-08T18:32:36.000+00:00

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“I broke into the top 100 in 2017. It was my goal since an early age. If you’re in the top 100, then you consider that you succeeded in tennis.
 
At the end of 2016, I changed my coach after 10 years. I moved to another city so there were some other changes happening. I started really bad. That season, 2017, I had 9 or 10 losses in a row on the Challenger level. I was devastated and I didn’t know what was happening because I was giving my best on the practices and everything.
 
There was a tournament in Casablanca, Morocco, a 250 event, and I entered for the qualis. I went there for the qualis, I qualified, and beat Kližan in the first round. That was my first ATP win. That came from nowhere — I couldn’t even win a match on the Challenger level, and now all of a sudden I won an ATP match.
 
I had more and more confidence after each tournament. I was really motivated, and finally I broke into top 100 in August or end of July. It was an unbelievable feeling after the tournament in the morning when I checked my rankings and there were two digits for the first time.
 
I was around 90. I think that year — yes, it was 2017 when I broke into top 100. I finished the year around 85 or 90, and then [my father] got sick. My mother [passed] when I was 16 or 17. I feel that her sickness in some way held me back a little bit, but after she passed away my results were coming back, the good results. Even during her sickness I was practicing, I was trying my best, but mentally probably wasn’t 100% there.
 
Those were tough times with my parents, but I pushed through and I didn’t allow [myself] to lose my focus from the goal, what am I doing, and what are my goals in the sport.
 
I remember them every day, but when I’m on the court I can manage; I'm only thinking about the game and how I should play. Maybe there are some moments when they come to my mind, but I’m taking motivation and strength from that. That I know that I work hard, that I was dedicated on the practices, and that I’m trying to improve each and every day and the results will come.” @lacidj_95 #BTR

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Behind The Racquet | @BehindTRacquet | https://gondola.cc/BehindTRacquet | Brand |
| Sarah Campbell | @SarahCampbs | https://gondola.cc/SarahCampbs | Copywriter |

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