Sloane
Stephens spoke about the solitary life that tennis players lead.
The former
world No. 3 discussed the mental health challenges faced by professional tennis
players in an interview with Tennis Channel. She recently posted a comment on
Instagram about the importance of mental health.
Stephens
highlighted that tennis has a difficulty as an individual sport, and it
can become very lonely for players who have to travel throughout the year.
"We
tennis players are very alone. It's a very difficult, lonely sport, and I think
when we take the human aspect of like, 'oh, they're just competing', 'they're
just sad', there are so many elements to being a tennis player and being a
professional athlete," Stephens said.
"I
think people don't actually sit down and take the time to think about their
mental health," she added.
The
American won her debut match at the Rome Open against
Nadia Podoroska but lost
in the second round to Belarusian
Victoria Azarenka.
