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CNA938 Rewind - The Wellness Hour - Pawrenting: ASICS' new ambassaDOG
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Sabalenka urges Zverev to open up to family over mental health issues
LONDON :Aryna Sabalenka advised Alexander Zverev to seek help for his mental health problems before they can destroy him, with the world number one pointing to herself as an example of a player who benefited from speaking with a therapist and her family. Zverev crashed out 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 against Arthur Rinderknech at Wimbledon on Tuesday for his first opening-round loss at a Grand Slam since the 2019 edition of the tournament, leaving the German third seed down in the dumps. The 28-year-old, who has had to deal with a number of off-court problems in recent years, told reporters after his defeat that he felt "empty" and was considering therapy. "I had a therapist for five years in my career," Sabalenka said after her win over Marie Bouzkova on Wednesday. "I stopped I don't know, maybe in 2022. It's crazy to hear from someone like Alexander, because he has surrounded himself with his family. "It's really important to be open and to talk about what you're experiencing because if you're going to keep it inside, it's just going to destroy you. I think that's something happening to him. "He just needs to open up to whoever is close to him ... people who can accept whatever you're dealing with. The moment you start talk about your problems, you start realising a lot of things. It helps to solve them." Madison Keys, whose Australian Open triumph in January came in her 46th Grand Slam, had spoken then about how therapy helped her play her best tennis and she said on Wednesday that mental health was being discussed more openly on the tours. "I think it's definitely got more open," Keys said. "I don't really remember it being a talking point much. I think more and more players are open to saying, 'I'm talking to someone'. I would say there's probably more of us that are speaking to someone now than there was before. "We have people every single week at tournaments, which is super helpful. Just to have that support, I think they've done a really good job at really helping all of the players through what is a really tough career." Sabalenka said she no longer needed a therapist and that she often dealt with her issues by interacting with her team. "We always talk a lot ... we can talk about whatever," the Belarusian added.
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Swiatek slams 'intense' calendar as players feel the grind to protect rankings
Iga Swiatek criticised the relentless tennis calendar on Sunday, with the former world number one saying that players should not be forced to compete in more than 20 tournaments a year to maintain their rankings. Now ranked fourth in the world, Swiatek described being trapped in a system where she had to choose between representing her country and focusing on herself after she reluctantly skipped Poland's Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in April. The 11-month grind has been one of the cornerstones of the lawsuit filed by the Professional Tennis Players' Association (PTPA) against the sport's governing bodies in March after the union described it as 'unsustainable'. "The scheduling is super intense, it's too intense. There's no point for us to play over 20 tournaments in a year," Swiatek told reporters when asked about the biggest challenge to players in terms of mental health. "Sometimes we need to sacrifice playing for your country because we need to keep up with playing these WTA 500s, for example, because we're going to get a zero in the ranking. "I think these kind of obligations and the rules about mandatory tournaments just put pressure on us... I think people would still watch tennis, maybe even more, if we played less tournaments. The quality would be better." Swiatek is the eighth seed at Wimbledon this year and she faces Polina Kudermetova in the first round on Tuesday. The claycourt specialist with four French Open crowns fell in the semi-finals at Roland Garros this year and she quickly switched her focus to grass which has historically been her weakest surface. She reached her first grasscourt final on Saturday at the Bad Homburg Open where she was left in tears after losing to top seed Jessica Pegula, but Swiatek is happy with her improvement on grass as she comes to grips with the faster surface. "It's not like a huge change. It's not like 180 degrees change. I wouldn't say now suddenly everything is perfect, because it's still a difficult surface. It's still tricky," Swiatek said.
