In an interview with “L’Equipe”, the French, fourth world player, spoke of the anxieties, doubts and bulimia crises that punctuated her 2022 season.
By Laura Pottier
A smile can hide many suffering. Caroline Garcia may have finished the year 2022 in apotheosis, with in particular a first title at the Masters WTA (which brings together the eight best players of the season), her rebirth was not a long quiet river. “Often, you are judged or criticized when people know 10 % of what is going on, testifies the Frenchwoman in the columns of the Team , Thursday, January 5. There have been a lot of doubts in the midst of victories (…) even when everything seems positive, certain things can be difficult to accept. “
In a long interview granted to the sports daily, Caroline Garcia returned in more detail on her difficult relationship with food. “You feel so empty, so sad, that you need to fill yourself up. It was the distress of not succeeding in doing what I wanted on the court, no longer winning and suffering physically, details the French, who had had Tutyed the summits in 2018 (4ᵉ worldwide) and was descended beyond 70ᵉ world place last May. Eating gave me for a few minutes. (…) It was an escape. It is uncontrollable. “
“I fell into excess”
“Quite hard” with herself because she wanted to return an image of athlete Fit (“in good physical condition”), the 29-year-old player learned little by little to make deviations and maintain a better report with his body. “I had fallen into excess. Today, it’s better. I manage to have fun when I feel it. If I want to eat that, I do it being aware of doing it. And I see That, the next day, it’s okay. Sometimes you need proof that it will do nothing on your body, “she says, detailing having gave up several times to the temptation on the one hand of pizza.