“I’m at breaking level and sadly I’m not alone.
“Add in to the combination the emotional and psychological stress associated to my nationality swap and there may be solely a lot I can take care of and take as a person lady.
“If this makes me weak, then so be it, I am weak.
“Nonetheless, I do know I’m sturdy and can get stronger by being away and recharging.
“It is time I listened to myself for a change.”
Former top-five gamers Elina Svitolina and Paula Badosa ended their seasons early in latest weeks.
Ukraine’s Svitolina mentioned she had “not been feeling like myself”, whereas Badosa has spoken in regards to the psychological toll of an ongoing again drawback.
Different gamers have additionally spoken in regards to the influence of the tennis calendar.
5 gamers retired injured in two tournaments in China final week, with six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek saying the season is just too lengthy and intense.
The Girls’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) has made it obligatory for high gamers to take part in every Grand Slam, 10 WTA 1000 occasions and 6 500-level tournaments.
The vast majority of 1000 occasions on the WTA and males’s ATP Tour final two weeks, as do all 4 Grand Slams.
Gamers can skip obligatory occasions in the event that they injured or have private causes, however they are going to obtain no rankings factors or prize cash if they don’t play.
Former world primary Novak Djokovic, who has slimmed down his schedule in recent times to guard his physique, has known as on gamers to be extra united, exterior in forcing change.
