And also being right on the lake , I know it's cold a lot of the year , but for those months that it's not quite as cold , it's so nice to have the lake right here . I think from playing at the college level , I've become a much better tennis player because everyone at this level is very talented and works extremely hard to get to where they are today . So there's no match that is not extremely challenging .
I also think mental state is a really important thing that we focus on . I think tennis is a super mental sport , and anything can get to your head really quickly . So in practice , it's also really important to focus on that .
But he ended up being my coach . He had no tennis background . But he ended up learning about the game from YouTube and the Tennis Channel , and coaching me all the way until college .
So in practice , it's also really important to focus on that . I think a lot of the challenges that I faced throughout my tennis career are injuries in high school . I think my first major injury was my Achilles , and that took about 8 months to recover from .
So he let me try a bunch of other sports , soccer , lacrosse , tennis . And tennis is the one that I stuck with . But he ended up being my coach .
