Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Monday November 25, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.
Caroline Garcia published a long update this Monday on X to announce her return to competition but also to share her new ambitions and intentions for the coming season. The French number 1, who has been out of action since September, also seems to be returning with a completely new state of mind.
“Let the adventure begin.” Here is Caroline Garcia again (31 years old). Two months after having decided to take a break from her career and at the same time end her season well before the end and what her schedule initially planned, the French number 1 is back. Monday, via a very long publication on she was going to return to competition. And therefore plans to participate in this Australian Open (“See you in a month in Melbourne”) which she left in the 2nd round last January. “In just a month, if all goes well, I will return to the courts at the Australian Open. It's not just a return to competition – it's a personal confrontation. Every day I work hard, I push myself to be ready physically and mentally”, assures Garcia, who mainly shares in her development her new ambitions as well as her state of mind. With obviously the firm intention of favoring the human aspect over the sporting aspect.
Garcia: “The objective is no longer the destination but the journey”
“I want to discover what it means to play for me – to pursue my own goals, to find my own reasons, to ultimately discover the joy of being a tennis player. To not let others define me. I don't want to more than winning a Grand Slam or returning to the top 5 are my goals I want these successes to be the consequence and the result of being happy, working hard and continually improving as a player and as a person. . The objective is no longer the destination, but to embrace the journey, with all its challenges and its beauty. Victory must be a consequence, not an end in itself”, writes in particular the ex-protege of Bertrand Perret, who will emerge in 2024 from one of his worst. tennis years for a long time, except for the Miami thinning (she reached the quarter-finals).
Garcia: “I want to do it for the person I will become through this process”
A little way of the cross which today leads the person concerned to review her conception of victory. “I want to do this, not for the trophies, not for the rankings or the expectations and dreams of those around me, but for the person I will become through this process. When this chapter ends, I want to be able to look back and knowing that I succeeded – not just as an athlete, but as a human being that I faced every difficulty, every doubt, and made my own path that I left behind. behind me the unbearable weight of expectations and advanced with courage and determination Whatever the outcome, I want to be able to look back and say: I did it my way, and that was enough.” Hoping that this new philosophy will allow Garcia to finally free himself on the court, and shine there again.
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