SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – For several years, and even more since the isolation measures, players have been depressed in silence.
By LENA
By Christian Despont (Tribune de Genève)
They wander masked in the aisles, where the waffle carts have disappeared, like the auctioneers, the entertainers and the French players. When they arrive in the videoconference room, in front of empty chairs, when they drop the mask, they no longer manage to hide a little sad expression, sometimes a deep discomfort.
“We were happy to resume competition, explains Jérémy Chardy. But all these weeks in solitary confinement, in fear of being tested positive, all these quarantines in a hotel room, without seeing anyone, are starting to weigh down. “
Tennis, and in particular its itinerant middle class, did not wait for the Covid to suffer from an unsuitable lifestyle. Rumors suggest that among those absent from Roland-Garros, some are hiding depression. It is for this reason that Noah Rubin, American player with the engaged opinions, created the structure “Behind the racket”, where he collects the confessions and the messages.
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