Rublev confides again: "Be aware of every step".
Andrey Rublev is reborn in Montreal.
Plunged into a worrying period of doubt, the Russian is on the road to victory. He defeated Sinner in the quarter-finals and is now preparing to face Popyrin in a final in which he will be the overwhelming favorite.
However, things have not been easy for Rublev. Very frank, he recently confided that he has been battling with depression for several years and doing his best to limit the impact of this battle on his level of tennis.
Naturally, during his appearance at the press conference following his victory over Arnaldi in the semi-finals (6-4, 6-2), the current world number 8 was asked about this. Asked how to deal with this type of problem, the 26-year-old declared: "It's a tough question because I need that advice too! (laughs).
I mean, the one thing I hope to learn and wish I'd learned when I was younger is to... how do I put this... do everything with full awareness.
Be aware of every step, every feeling you have, to make sure it's yours, because when you live the life you want, you feel so much better.
Otherwise, it's just a kind of lie to yourself.
I guess we all start to struggle because deep down we understand that something is wrong, but we don't want to accept it."
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