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King of Clay Court Rafael Nadal recently gave his two bits about the struggles of professional tennis players. Nadal’s exclusive brought back the crucial question of professional tennis’s hectic schedule and the stress it puts on the athletes. Now players can’t be blamed. If one follows the tournament schedules, one can tell easily that this year, players didn’t get much off-season. This is because there are only one and a half months left after the 2023 Davis Cup finals and then the Australian Open will begin.

Previously Holger Rune mentioned that the tennis tournament schedules appear like puzzles. Now following Nadal’s revelation, fans understand the hard work players give to attain the ATP rankings. Want to know Nadal’s exact words about the matter?

Tennis stalwart Rafael Nadal revealed the professional tennis players’ immense pressure

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Recently in the EMEA Confluence 2023 of Infosys, Rafael Nadal went candid about his emotional journey as the world’s top-class tennis star. However, his answers didn’t seem very easy to the fans. Nadal said- “tennis is a sport that don’t leave you be over happy or be over unhappy in terms of you don’t have time because if you are winning you are celebrating too much then you will not be ready for the next events and when you are losing you are over frustrated you will not be ready for the next events now so you need to be strong mentally.

Nadal’s comment appeared very crucial as the current tennis schedule is so tight that players need to be more focused. So at times, it might take away the joy of playing the sport for them.

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Now, many players previously spoke about this issue, where they found balancing personal and professional life quite challenging for them given tennis’ strict schedule. From Carlos Alcaraz to Rune, many players dropped exclusive opinions about suffering from mental health issues due to the unbearable pressure of maintaining an elite position in professional tennis.

Holger Rune’s surprising comment shows tennis players’ immense stress over schedule

Previously tennis’s youth icon Holger Rune made some surprising comments about the hectic schedule of tournaments in professional tennis. Rune said-“It is crazy. It’s too crazy. If you asked me, and I’m young, I’m fine. But it is very, very packed. And especially, you know, finishing with Davis Cup. So it’s really crazy to play on us every week. Again, it’s about trying to schedule, you know, the season, the best possible way for me, you know, for the upcoming season, I think it’s important to have a good team around you that knows which tournament you need to peek in, and which moments of the season your body needs more rest. So yeah, it’s a whole puzzle.”

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Nadal’s comment helped fans to understand the hard work and dedication behind his extremely mind-blowing performances. However, it also revealed tennis players’ truly hectic schedules that don’t even let them celebrate their victories in peace. However, the way Nadal put it, it felt to the fans that there is truly no shortcut to success and tennis is evidence of that.

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