‘I couldn’t breathe during match’
Caroline Garcia says she “couldn’t breathe” as the World No17 revealed the mental health challenges faced by her and many.
Two days after beating Naomi Osaka, the French star lost to Pole Magdalena Frech, 4-6 6-7.
Garcia, 30, had already spoken of anxiety, stress and bulimia.
And after her second-round exit, she said: “In this match, I couldn’t even breathe.
“How can I find the solution on my serve if I can’t even breathe — the simplest thing in the world? It’s only the second round of the Australian Open. Why am I in such a state? I do not know.”
Garcia added: “But for a certain period of time, it’s been like this and I can’t get over it. And in fact, it eats me up.
“Sometimes I say to myself, ‘but why am I doing this?’ If we could understand and manage emotions overnight, there would be no stressed person left on earth.”