Recent Physical & Emotional Injuries
I would be lying to you and myself if I said I was fine. It’s been a long five and a half months on the road. The initial joy I had bouncing from city to city chasing the dreams of professional tennis subsided a month ago and since it felt more like a grind than anything. Since Grace visited me in March, waking up with the same intrinsic motivation to improve has slowly dissipated without much desire to do anything other than play tennis, workout, and eat. When I first started feeling this way, it came in waves. An afternoon here, an evening there, I noticed the occurrence of my melancholy steadily increasing. Over the last week, these emotions seem to have absorbed into my physical body. Last week during my tournament in Portugal, I suffered a strained groin in my fourth match of the week. I was able to adjust my movement and footwork to accommodate my injury and finish out the tournament along with my club match on Sunday. A long stretch of losses, eight to be exact, ended when I w...
