Exclusive: Czech tennis player Martincova returns to court for a few months
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Czech tennis player Tereza Martincova has returned to the Championship Tour after an eight-month suspension. In this exclusive interview, she talked about how much she has changed in her tennis life, her desire to return to compete for tennis and her desire to do so WTA Tour the players.
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Previously, Martincova talked about a tennis “rebel”, perhaps because of her unique tattoo or candid words. In her glorious era, 2022this 30– The above Prague locals are also ranked 40exist WTA Ranking. She beat people like Samantha Stosur and Jelena Ostapenko.
After about eight months of rest in mid-March, Martincova competed for her first game, but she was still looking for confidence and the right pace. She has a negative 4-6 The season was recorded, but she said she did not give up.
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She resumes action
“I have to say, it started a little rushed because I was in the competition based on the fact that I started training. I had a big sigh about the doctors and physiology and said they didn’t think it was a good idea. Of course, they were experienced and so confirmed.
“I went to the first two tournaments and it turned out that the leg wasn’t ready. It had a new position and I had more or less two bones pounding each other. I got bone edema.
“I had to stop for three to four weeks again. They told me it could take three months. I’m kind of screwed up in that regard. In practice, you’re still watching your sport, but in the game, you have a different mindset. I should have waited longer.”
Changes in her team
“Physiology is a big factor for me right now. I never fell in love with it completely. Now, I absolutely cannot be without a physical therapist. I am not going to be strictly competing, but general preparation. It’s a big change for me.”
Her daily work changes
“I have to say (her daily routine) has changed completely. I always need to train a lot. But now we’re on the stage where I can’t train too much with that leg.
“I had to cut the court in special practice and step up again in a completely different thing because without it I absolutely couldn’t do it. It was new to me.”
Her technical changes
“I have a big problem with my wrist (a year ago – editor’s notes). In this case, I changed the string and luckily this helped me because I was facing surgery.
“But with my legs, I felt the opposite. I had to be careful not to change the technology. It was the knee after all. I had to lean on my legs, but I started to struggle to lean.
“My tennis style is that I have to walk more of the body because I don’t have an arm and just kick it with my arms.”
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Return to the game
“I have to say it’s a comeback, but it’s more like it. It’s challenging because I’ve never had such a long rest. Also, after the surgery, it was supposed to be easier. It’s a big unknown for me, and I’m still learning how to operate it. It’s something I’m not familiar with.
“I have to take it a little bit because it’s not about playing now and getting used to my game. It’s all about getting hurt. Where it lets me go, where it doesn’t let me go, it hurts me, it doesn’t hurt me.
“Now I need to keep my legs going as long as possible. I find that the more games I play, it gets worse and worse. I can’t do that in Trnava without painkillers. Now, it’s hard for me to deal with it because I can’t compare myself to the level I’m used to, which is very difficult for me.
Psychological impact of long-term rest
“I think I even need to close off from tennis because I’ve been in for a long time. It helped me. I can’t say I’m in a state of depression, I can’t play tennis. I believe I can do it. I believe we can do it because I have a great team around me.
“I built it with baby footsteps. This approach helped me. On the other hand, I was told that I was a big lead overall. And I was on the field very early, too.”
Don’t work with psychologists
“I don’t work with psychologists. I have a good person around me. That’s all the coaches.
“My family and background have helped me a lot. I don’t need to talk to anyone in this regard.”
Time of uncertainty
“I really don’t know anything right now. I don’t know what to compete next week, what I might be participating in, where to go or how I will go.
“For example, after Trnava, I don’t know if it will get more hurt every day, or if it will get better. I’ve already had some experience, so I’m trying to put together a program. It’s about watching and making a decision at the last minute and then going back to the beginning.”
Change WTA Circuit
“I’ve been out of it for a while, but there’s a lot of talk about the ball. The bigger I get, the more I notice it.
“Otherwise, they are trying to improve the player’s conditions so that they have the best service. Of course, it’s kind of like the best service.
“The finances are increasing because that’s probably the biggest stumbling block in tennis, where the players are undervalued. I don’t want it to look like we’re not making money, but the issue of redistribution of money from the association is a big problem.
“By percentage, they give to players hardly NHL,,,,, NBAand NFL. There are a lot of battles going on right now and they are trying to change that. ”
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About Creation PTPA
“I’m at PTPA (Professional Tennis Players Association, Editor). I can say (Novak) Djokovic has been working hard to improve the players. They gave us important speeches about what they planned.
“They showed us the graphics and numbers so that we really knew what the situation was. I was born and I insisted on the fact that these players were fighting for or that the fact that we were fighting for was justified.”
Life after her career
“I definitely want to coach. I believe that. Last season gave me confidence in that. In that regard, I think I already know that it helps a person not to worry about the end.
Martincova’s power
“I love tennis so much and I want to prove to myself that I can still push myself backwards. The challenge motivates me. I find myself getting older. This is where the problem starts when my knees start to get more hurt than it does to me. I’m not at that stage.”
Her future plans
“They went from a tournament to a game. It depends on how I felt, no feeling, of course, my performance, not doing it. It depends a lot on my knees, just being able to tell myself that if I wanted to play two or three games in a row, I could do it.
“The surgery taught me to take everything with gradual steps. I want to go back to the biggest game.”
