“I always played tennis because I loved the competition and had so much fun during my matches. Practicing was always tough and I never liked it a lot, but I knew I had to practice well to be able to be competitive during the tournaments. It was totally worth it and I really enjoyed everything. During my career, I realized every time I lost a match I was thinking I would have another chance next week. As they say “new week new chances”, and that’s how I always saw it from the inside, especially when it’s so difficult to win a tournament and all players except one, lose.
From when I was 19 to 25 years old, I was ranked between top 70-90 in the world. At some point I got bored of it because I though I could do it better. So in 2017 I hired a new coach, started working with a mental coach and followed super strict diet. I had bigger goals, more expectations and my journey was all for improving my tennis and being more professional, 24/7. I changed so many things about my game, my way of...