Former world number 9, Andrea Petkovic has expressed reflection on her social networks concerning the increase in gains on the WTA circuit in particular. An evolution that does not only have good according to her and would paradoxically lead to more solitude.
“The increase in cash prize on its negative side. While at the start of my career, we were still sharing a bus and trading in packets with other players, sleeping three to save money, ham and cheese with breakfast buffet and formed friendships for life, the increase in the size of the teams has also increased loneliness on the circuit. »»
The German also insists on the coach and trained relationship which, if it can be akin to friendship, does not get closer to the world due to a salary payment.
“The people you pay are not your friends. I repeat: the people you pay are not your friends. This may seem to be the case and you can end up being friends, but as long as there is a dynamic of salary power at stake, there is no equality and a friendship is not a real friendship if there is no equality. »»
Posted on Saturday May 3, 2025 at 5:20 pm
