“Slams are chaotic,” Daria Saville busts Grand Slam traditions whilst opening up on her ‘ADHD’
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Daria Saville, the Russian turned Australian tennis professional, recently uploaded a post explaining the apparent tormenting situation Grand Slams put her in and expresses her emotions vividly.
During her rather lengthy message to her fans and the global tennis community itself, she laid down her thoughts after playing 4 Slams this year saying “why do Slams feel so different from any other tournaments? Grand Slams are chaotic. It’s busy, it is so freaking chaotic in the player’s arena, and 90% of these people never travel to other tournaments but because it’s a Slam they’ve come to support their players,” quoted the Aussie who got knocked out of the ongoing US Open first round.
“I hope Slams don’t feel like a torture to me,” Daria Saville’s broad illustration of her Grand Slam experience
Daria Saville highlighted her major problems while appearing at Grand Slams saying “It makes me feel like a owe them (fans) a win. I just want to do my job, I don’t come to your job to ‘support’ you. I like to be focused on the progress, but all that goes out the window during the Slam. My thinking becomes so toxic and all I want to do is win and I feel like everyone around me wants me to win. It’s not true but it feels like no one cares I get better. Just win.”
Slamming Grand Slams orthodoxy variables, the 28-year-old quoted “It’s a good problem to have made the final of the tournament the week before but that means I got zero practice on-site. Played the final, traveled the next day, and played in completely different conditions and on the court the next day. There are rules about warm-ups before the matches and so only seeded players and past champions can hit on-site for their warm-ups, people like me have to warm up in the park so yeah the prep wasn’t it.”
Currently ranked at world No. 54, Daria also elaborately expressed and opened up about her mental health issues relating to ADHD saying “outside courts are really hard to play on. It’s very distracting especially for me with my ADHD. Shit happening everywhere, people walking in and out, calls from other courts that you think are for your match, it’s so loud because you’re exposed to everything. Not to mention outside courts are generally quicker than stadiums.”
Rending herself as not being someone who gives up easily, she finally concluded her message by stating “we only get to practice at it 4 times a year. Because like I said Grand Slams don’t feel like any other tournament. I hope one day playing at Slams won’t feel like torture to me and I will enjoy it more. I’m working on it.”
Saville, who made an early exit in the singles category at the New York courts this week, with her partner Leylah Annie Fernandez moved past Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula’s challenge in the first round of the US Open women’s doubles which underwent many drama scenarios, ultimately now stands to face Bernarda Pera and Dalma Galfi for their second round showdown at the Flushing courts tomorrow.
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