When asked a question about mental health in tennis during a post-match interview with Adam Addicott of UbiTennis, Tiafoe didn’t hold back in admitting that his recent results had taken a mental toll—although it was his exact descriptions that definitely got people talking:
FRANCES TIAFOE: It’s brutal. Highs and lows. Think about where I’m at: Literally this week last year I was 10 in the world and now I’m barely seeded here, losing to clowns, I mean…
I hate to say it, but I’m just gonna be honest with you guys. Like, he’s having a bad season, it’s kind of all over the place. I took the game for granted and got a little too comfortable.
You stop having fun with it and you find yourself in a weird position. Then you forget what you were doing to win. You start doubting yourself and all these kinds of things.
But it’s the game. It’s like anything—nothing is peaches and cream all the time, right? It’s about how fast you can kind of get out of that.
