Is anyone else concerned about Noles mental status going into Roland Garros?
Professional tennis players, especially at the higher levels, must learn to deal with defeat. Over the years many players who have a great skill-set for tennis stumble over the other mental aspects of the game. Those who come from a background where defeat is seen as a weakness, or where they will be physically or mentally abused and deemed as losers suffer..Other players laugh it off and play golf EVERY player has been disappointed: Sampras never won the French Open, Lendl never won Wimbledon, Henman played worse at Wimbledon, Hewitt plays bad at the Oz open etc. Professional tennis is one of the few sports where both players MUST do compulsory press conferences, or face huge fines and loose prize money. Many players are “distressed” when they must answer the press about their loss. Its all about balancing pressure, defending rankings, sponsorship, media, jet lag, travel, family, relationships(did I miss any?) – not just hitting a tennis ball better than 99.9999% of the rest of the wo
