# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVY8FvzGes9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/58058495-pinknews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8e027a89ec.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-02T17:01:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

Australian tennis player Destanee Aiava announced that she was retiring from professional tennis in a 14 February post to her Instagram, likening tennis to a “toxic boyfriend.”

In an 18 February interview with Clay Magazine, Aiava shared a bit more insight on her decision to leave the sport, revealing that the enjoyment was truly never there for her.

“I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed this sport. The only reason I enjoyed it was because of the good things that came with it. And for me personally, that’s not worth waking up every day and hating my job and basically living a lie. I’m getting hundreds of people coming up to me saying, ‘You must love it.’ Some days, honestly, I would have rather done anything else but hit on a tennis court,” she said.

Aiava shared some words of encouragement to those who might be in similar positions in their lives or career, saying “I would like to be remembered in this sport with how honest I am with my experiences. I really just hope to inspire other people who are in a similar position as I am of going the same way and to put themselves first. I just realized that as much as everyone says bad and negative things, at the end of the day, no one really gives a f*ck.”

#DestaneeAiava #tennis #sport #LGBTQIA

## Stats

- **Views:** 5,932
- **Likes:** 394
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 1

## Tags

lgbtqia, sport, tennis, destaneeaiava

---
Copyright (c) Gondola