Karue Sell
December 8, 2024
“I think the hardest part about actually playing pro tennis is realizing that, as a career, it doesn’t change much. As a kid, you dream about this career and you see the stars. Then, after actually having a little bit of experience traveling with pro players or playing at the top level. It’s the same stuff. Obviously, the money changes, but it’s the same waiting around, the same pressures.. I grew up in the golden era of tennis, watching Roger, Rafa and Novak. Coming up, I wanted to be like them. And I realized as a young kid that I had the talent, but when you hit your mid-teens, it’s hard to figure out everything else that it actually takes to make it there. Tennis is very hooking in a way where you always think you’re going to figure it out. You’re always waiting for that day, and it never comes. But that’s what keeps you going. It was my dream to play professional tennis, and my parents were very supportive of that. But around mid-2019, I sort of called it. At that point it was very difficult financially for me to stay on tour. I would play for a
“I think the hardest part about actually playing pro tennis is realizing that, as a career, it doesn’t change much. As a kid, you dream about this career and you see the stars. Then, after actually having a little bit of experience traveling with pro players or playing at the top level. It’s the same stuff. Obviously, the money changes, but it’s the same waiting around, the same pressures.. I grew up in the golden era of tennis, watching Roger, Rafa and Novak. Coming up, I wanted to be like them. And I realized as a young kid that I had the talent, but when you hit your mid-teens, it’s hard to figure out everything else that it actually takes to make it there. Tennis is very hooking in a way where you always think you’re going to figure it out. You’re always waiting for that day, and it never comes. But that’s what keeps you going. It was my dream to play professional tennis, and my parents were very supportive of that. But around mid-2019, I sort of called it. At that point it was very difficult financially for me to stay on tour. I would play for a