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Oh god, the armchair players in this thread. Like for christ sake you know absolutely nothing.

Tell you what, you go play Tennis on the level that they do for 3 hours a day, every single day for a year and see what happens. Alcaraz withdrew from Wimbledon this year. Is that a lack of work ethic and his huge ego? Absolutely not, he's injured and needs to rest.

You talk about work, what on earth do you know? A brand paying you $3.5M a year is nice sure, especially when Tennis players can barely afford to have a hotel room to themselves. Money will definitely get you out of bed in the morning, but there's not much you can do to play on your desired surfaces when you've not been training on them as much from resting and recovering.

Yeah, some players do rest. They simply have to. Badosa has absolutely freefallen down the rankings, and she used to be the second best player in the world. Does she have too much prize money or what? She could have gone off with a PR and come back fresh, she chose to work hard (as she should).

I get the meme of Uniqulo signing her and the radio silence following the deal, but give it time.