Jessica Pegula has ascended from the lowest of the lows to the most prominent place in the tennis world. But her journey to reach an amazing standing in the tennis world was not that easy. While the 29-year-old tennis player is still in the hunt for her first Grand Slam title, she herself has been through a lot of distress while getting to the position where she is today.

Recently, the fifth-ranked tennis player opened up about her mental health and also detailed her ways of dealing with tough moments both on and off the tennis court. Pegula, by opening up about her mental health concerns, has joined several sports personalities in highlighting an important issue.

Jessica Pegula opened up about handling mental health

For the past few years, mental health has been a very concerning topic in the tennis world. A lot of tennis players, including Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka, have openly talked about finding time for themselves and dealing with their mental stress. And now Coco Gauff’s best friend has also talked about the same in a recent interview with the WTA, showing her real side and focusing on her mental health. Along with that, Pegula talked about how she handles pressing problems around her.

She said, “I let myself feel whatever I need to feel and then I’m like, okay. I need to shift the perspective and snap out of it and for me, that works. I wouldn’t say, I have like a ton of anxiety but I think that’s also because I do keep myself busy and I like to work on things and have goals or challenges depending on if it’s tennis or if it’s off the court or if it’s something personal to me.”

Further, the US Open champion’s doubles partner also talked about how there are a lot of things that kind of add up and can help a person get through tough times. But for her, sometimes she can be very hard on herself. So, she tries to bring in different perspectives to shift things and bring her back to reality.

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Not only that, earlier this month, after facing a fourth-round defeat in her home Grand Slam, she bluntly questioned the journalists about a misleading claim that was made after her US Open exit.

When Pegula fearlessly dealt with a misleading claim

In the quarterfinals of the US Open, where Pegula faced Madison Keys, she suffered a heavy loss, but there was more to the story. The media outlets took her reaction too far and portrayed her as crying right after the loss, going away from the actual story.

During her press conference after the loss, she made it clear that even after not doing so well in the singles category; she had to play a doubles match just an hour after the defeat, but she was not crying.

What do you think about Pegula’s clear stand on mental health, both on and off the tennis court? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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