We recommend the documentary on the career of Mardy Fish produced by Netflix.
We thus discover his very special friendship with Andy Roddick. There is also mention of the supremacy at the time of the Big 3. Andy testifies on this subject with a lot of sincerity and we also understand why he decided to stop his career very early.
But the real purpose of the film is above all to make us aware of the mental distress that a high-level athlete can undergo. The journey on this subject concerning Mardy Fish is uplifting and almost creepy.
In 2013, seized with an anxiety attack that he could not control, he forfeited in 8e of finals when he was to play Roger Federer at the US Open.
This abandonment without a fight would plunge him into a serious depression from which he ultimately emerged victorious, but at what cost: “If I hadn’t consulted I might not be here today”, says Mardy at the end of the film, with tears in his eyes.
Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:28 AM
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