Paula Ormaechea, the anguish behind the sport: “I used to get on a plane and think: if it falls everything is fine” | A conversation from the most human side, two years after the loss of her father

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Paula Ormaechea, the anguish behind the sport: “I used to get on a plane and think: if it falls everything is fine” | A conversation from the most human side, two years after the loss of her father

The 31-year-old Argentinian tennis player told what it's like to live with depression and walk the path to rebuilding the soul. Panic attacks, alternative therapies, grounding, reading and love. “Playing tennis accentuated the pain.”