PARIS : WTA Finals winner Caroline Garcia said she struggled with bulimia as she looked to "fill a void" when things were not going her way on court.The Frenchwoman, who won top tier titles in Wuhan and Beijing in 2017, said the last couple of years had been marked by "tears and sleepless nights" and eventually an eating disorder."Everyone is different.
Some will stop eating and for me it was the opposite: I used to take refuge in food," Garcia told French sports daily L'Equipe on Thursday."You feel so empty, so sad, that you need to fill yourself.
It came from the distress of not managing to do what I wanted to do on court, of not winning anymore, of suffering physically."Eating would appease me for a few minutes.
We all know it does not last but it was an escape route. When you're alone, it's harder to control. In tennis, you spend a lot of time alone in your room.