“There is always a fear of not succeeding and disappointing the people around me, but the feeling of wanting to achieve my goals is a lot stronger.⁣ ⁣ Tennis changed my life when my family and I moved to Australia. I got into the best Australian team and I was training with the best juniors. Seeing other people train and what professionalism is at a young age opened my eyes and I decided I wanted to be a professional player. My coach was living 1.5 hours from my hometown so I had to travel by train every day to get to practice, but I just wanted to do whatever I could to achieve my dream.⁣ ⁣ All the way throughout juniors, my parents helped me with my tennis. When I turned 19, I decided I needed to take more control over my career, so I started managing my tennis on my own. This was a lot harder than I thought. Some days I had $50 in my account and wasn’t sure how I was going to make it through the week, but I was too proud to ask for help. ⁣ ⁣ Shortly after my boyfriend got sick with ...