1/n We all have our own #Pandemic disconnect moments. For me ( and many others) the biggest pandemic impact was on #Tennis. For circuits and tour it was devastating. For what was then #ProCircuit , the entry ramp for the tour, things still haven’t recovered.
That journey , for me , wound up tangled up with music, sportsmedia and everything else. So we got some stories - #NickBollettieri in the hangar, #MariaSharapova, ESPN and that entire cast of characters.There was some #Science in there too…
...this is very much like what happens when you get blown out repeatedly in #ProCircuit 1st rounds and see guys in your draw showing up in 1st rounds of ATP majors the next year. It's like , damn ! Then the escalation would be #Grammy nominations for a decade but no cigar. It might make you feel like a loser- or make you feel like your at least showing up. What it feels like *right now* mostly depends on if you have stayed in the fight- irrespective of what followed