Garcia ends season early after 'anxiety attacks'

Former world number 4 Caroline Garcia will not play again this play aft being near "exhausted" by worry and panic attacks.

The 30-year-old Frenchwoman did not made it past nan 2nd information of a Grand Slam arena this year.

As good arsenic a enarthrosis injury, Garcia, who is now 36th successful nan rankings, says she has been suffering from nan intelligence toll of life connected nan tennis tour.

"I’m tired of surviving successful a world wherever my worthy is measured by past week’s results, my ranking, aliases my unforced errors," Garcia wrote connected X.

"Mentally, I request a reset. I request to measurement distant from nan changeless grind of tennis.

"I’m exhausted from nan anxiety, nan panic attacks, nan tears earlier matches. [I'm] tired of missing retired connected family moments and ne'er having a spot to genuinely telephone home.

"Physically, I’ve been pushing my enarthrosis to its limit, trying to retrieve while competing, and it’s conscionable not working. I request much clip disconnected to heal properly."

Following a astonishment first-round US Open conclusion by Mexico's Renata Zarazua successful August, Garcia called retired nan "damaging" abuse tennis players suffer online.

World number 1 Iga Swiatek criticised nan circuit schedule successful August, saying players' intelligence and beingness wellness is ignored.

Four-time Grand Slam victor Naomi Osaka withdrew from nan 2021 French Open aft suffering pinch slump and went connected to return a break from nan sport.

American 2023 US Open champion Coco Gauff besides previously spoke astir struggling pinch slump because of nan "pressure that she needed to do well".

Despite winning 11 WTA titles and 2 doubles Grand Slam titles successful her career, Garcia says she has been fixated connected her failures, alternatively than her successes.

"In my mind, I’ve been stuck connected what I haven’t achieved. I ne'er made it to number one, ne'er won a (singles) Slam, ne'er reached an Olympic podium. I’ve been inconsistent, incapable to enactment successful nan apical 10 for a afloat year," she wrote.

"I’m choosing to measurement distant for now. I’m taking a fewer weeks disconnected to recharge, past I’ll commencement preparing for 2025 early—getting fresh physically, mentally, and tactically."