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When I was a child I dreamed of being a professional sportsperson - a soccer star or a tennis pro. Now in my late 20s, I shudder thinking of the pressure/stress, injuries and constant competitiveness that my life would have been if I had gone down that path.

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Soccer is actually okay though.

You can be top 100 in Sweden and be a professional making good money. Being top 100 in Sweden is actually achievable. But in tennis you have top 128 in the world.

The nice thing about team sports is that a team needs support players as well as superstars.

This means there’s a career for people who aren’t the best talent wise but are willing to contribute to the team in other ways.

I don't think that's true these days, even defenders and the like need to perform very well for a team to be successful. There's a high level of performance and skill throughout the entire teams.

But there are simply more spots and to be top 128 in tennis is almost impossible.

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