Australian Open title contender Andrey Rublev reveals how a tennis great saved him when he quit his medication after depression left him feeling life wasn't worth living
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Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev has opened up about his mental health struggles, revealing that the advice of a former world No.1 has done more to help him turn his life around than taking antidepressants. The world top-10 player has an impressive 16 titles to his name, but is unfortunately better known to many fans for his emotional on-court eruptions.
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Rublev admitted this week in Melbourne that his infamous meltdown at Wimbledon, where he hit himself several times with his own racquet last July, was when he hit rock bottom. 'That was the worst moment that I face about myself. It was not about tennis,' Rublev told The Guardian.
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'It was to do with myself, like after that moment I don't see the reason of living life. Like, what for?. 'This sounds a bit too dramatic but the thoughts inside my head were just killing me, creating a lot of anxiety, and I couldn't handle this anymore.
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Andrey Rublev says he 'didn't see the reason of living' after his meltdown at Wimbledon in July last year, when he repeatedly hit himself with his racquet. The volatile Russian says he is in a much better place now in regards to mental health. 'I start to have a bit of bipolar. I don't know if you can say it like that. But the one who made that start is me.
'Now I feel better. I can see the things that were happening.'. Rublev revealed that his fellow Russian, tennis great Marat Safin, has been there to help him on his mental health journey, encouraging him to seek out a psychologist. 'Since Wimbledon some things changed,' he said.
