An evolution in her mental approach, aided by ‘buying into’ the concept of therapy, was a major factor in achieving this dream.
“In the past, if I ever had nerves come up or something, I typically would not play as well. So it started getting to the point where when nerves came up, I was thinking, ‘Oh, no, now I’m going to play badly.’ It would almost kind of start this internal panic,” Keys shared Saturday.
“For whatever reason, it was kind of just like this light bulb moment where I started really buying into, I can be nervous and I can still play good tennis. Like, those things can live together.”
