Myskina Says Being A Mother Is Tougher Than Playing a Match

Written by: Staff on 5th November 2011

Myskina Says Being A Mother Is Tougher Than Playing a Match

Former Russian tennis player Anastasia Myskina (R) assists Russia team player Maria Kirilenko (L) during a training session ahead of the Tennis Fed Cup World Group Final in Moscow, Russia, 02 November 2011. Russia will take on the Czech Republic in the Tennis Fed Cup World Group Final on 05 and 06 November. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY |

Former Roland Garros champion Anastasia Myskina says that watching tennis now sends her to sleep, most of the time.

The one-time world number two lifted the French Open trophy in 2004 after defeating Elena Dementieva in the first all-Russian final at a major, and retired after playing her last match there in 2007. She is now a mother of two boys with another child expected in March.

“When I watch the girls live in Fed Cup, I think it’s really nice memories,” she said in Moscow, where Russia are playing the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup final this weekend. “When I watch tennis on TV I go to sleep. But Fed Cup is great memories and I think it would be nice to step on court, but when Fed Cup finishes I think it’s fine. I like my life.”

Myskina, who once posed naked on a horse, Lady Godiva-style, went from the challenge of winning matches to the challenge of being a mother.

Neither role has been easy.

“Being a mum is tough – you understand what’s good for you and the babies, while tennis is just a game, it’s fun because you have a different life when you step on the court. But when the baby is sick you go crazy. When I lost a match it was really bad time, (but) now I know it was a great time. So, being a mum is tougher.”

“DAILY TENNIS NEWS WIRE”

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