Submitted by JonnyC last June 16th 2007, 02:06 AM

Being 18 years old and having to be out on the tennis courts five days a week every week since the age of 7, I was beginning to realize just how bored I was getting with the sport.

Sure, my plans to go professional were still in tact -- I'd been working myself to death with the hope that one day I'll be the best player in the world.

But at that moment, I was just tired.

My practice sessions ranged in various ways: be it who I hit with, who I trained w