I hope to talk with Kvitova more about our incidents in the future - Seles
In an interview to The Telegraph the former American player Monica Seles recalled the knife incident she had back in 1995. After that, she suffered a eating disorder that made her lose a lot of weight. Seles said: “I lived a very insulated life. It was strange because from the age of 16 you employ people, you become a corporation. Yet at 16 what the heck do you know? You are struggling, as a teenager to even know who you are or what hair colour you want this week. It was very lonely and especially with that generation, it was so male-dominated; all the agents, coaches were all male. I had very deep depression but as someone who was a very strong competitor and had a very strong game face, it was very difficult to admit to myself let alone to the outside world and my agent. I was dealing with all men who didn’t understand feelings, it was all about facts, and so it took a long time. But it was one of my proudest moments because I did the work myself to figure things out because I didn’t have anybody to turn to. It gave me a strength that I don’t think anyone else could take away.”
Seles was asked if she would talk with Petra Kvitova, who also had a knife accident caused by a man back in December 2016. “It is a bond that probably neither one of us would like to have. I hope maybe when we are old that we will be able to share more."
from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2ngXwTC
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