The real cost is your youth, and the income is often debt unless you crack the top fifty. Everyone sees the glamour of the tournaments, but they don't see the empty pockets after paying for your own coach, travel, and racquets every single week. I was a state junior champion, but by twenty-three, the *bhishon* pressure to fund my own dream broke my backhand and my spirit. Now I frame other people's trophies instead of holding my own.
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