The court might be her happy place. It doesn't seem like she has any issues with the game of tennis itself, but rather everything that comes with being a successful pro athlete.

If she's an introvert, then it's hell for her when people demand she behaves as an extrovert, and acts like something is wrong with her naturally-introverted self.

I also gotta imagine the media is harsh on her in a way that might be unique to her (biracial black/japanese woman from NYC that represents the very-racially-homogenous country of Japan).


All this to say that I think she's doing the right thing by playing on and attempting to work out her problems instead of running from them.