Tennis is the most guillotine sport for athletes. It is a devouring machine of bodies and also minds. The list of tennis players who have been forced to stop because they are overcome is infinite. In it was the name of Amanda Anisimovawho retired in mid -2023, when with only 22 years he said enough. He could not more and decided to step aside. “Being in a tennis tournament has become something unbearable,” he said at that time.
Anisimova decided to hang the racket due to the comments against his physique he received on social networks. This joined the sudden death of his father by A heart problem When the tennis player was 19 years old. “It was the worst of my life,” said the tennis player. Family support and psychological therapy were their tools to get out of the well. Little by little he found the desire to wield a racket again.
Also thanks, in part, to the painting, your escape valve to release your mind to such an extent that this Saturday faces the biggest challenge of your career. Is one step away from raising his first Grand Slamonly Swiatek opposes between her and Wimbledon. Now tennis smiles at him. He has reached the final after surprising with his power and aggressiveness to the powerful Sabalenka, number one in the world. And at 23, anisimova is the 12 of the WTA ranking.
«This shows you that it is possible and I think it is a very special message that I am being able to show. When I took the rest, Many people told me that I would not be among the best Again because I had been for a long time. It was difficult to digest it, because I wanted to return, get many things and win a Grand Slam one day, ”he threw anisimova at a press conference.
This year he has won in Dohafu a finalist in Queen’s And when the week ends and the ranking will be updated, it will look for the world's top 10 in your career. «I always knew within me that I was going to the circuitregardless of the time you need rest. I felt that there were many things that I still wanted to achieve in this sport. Once I returned, I found a new passion for tennis. It is a passion that I did not feel before, or when I was a teenager. Each victory is much more special now, ”he details.
His mental resilience and power with the racket have taken his first Grand Slam final. Anisimova has knocked down all the walls. «I feel that it was important that I showed me so honest and so vulnerable on a subject that, perhaps, it is still something stigmatized in a way. I got other people to see this issue with a different perspective. You can suffer from mental health. It is as important as physical health, especially when we talk about a sport and dedicate yourself to this professionally ».
