Ever woken up and just not fancied going to work? Well, Daria Kasatkina says it is no different for tennis players, as she was asked about compatriot Alex de Minaur’s recent comments about the “never-ending schedule”.
The No.17 opened up on how consuming her tennis season can be, despite acknowledging her “super lucky” position as an athlete.
“Well, honestly, in this one I was agree with Alex, because our schedule is pretty rough,” Kasatkina said in a news conference. “I mean, we have a completely packed schedule. There’s no spot for anything. I mean, it’s not normal, but I think it can happen that the person who is traveling all around the world all the time giving their best, living the life of tennis player, sometimes can feel this feeling that he’s tired, that sometimes you are just not super excited to go on court.
“I mean, this can happen. This is our job. I think everyone can relate that sometimes you don’t want to wake up to go to your job. Yeah, we are super lucky we are having this opportunity to do what we love and get paid for it and travel, like, around the world. It’s a nice life, but sometimes this also happens that when you give everything to something, sometimes you can have this thing that you are tired and you need some rest.
“Yeah, it’s normal. We are all humans. This can happen.”
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