BLUF

This article discusses Alexander Bublik’s post-match tears at the 2025 French Open. Resilience is often celebrated as grit, but Bublik’s story reveals a different kind of resilience—one grounded in physiology, not just mindset.

Learning Outcomes 

  • Understand that resilience is more than just grit; it’s shaped by physiological capacity.
  • Consider how pressure doesn’t just live in the mind—it moves through the body.
  • Recognise that Bublik’s post-match tears signalled a nervous system release—not  an emotional collapse.

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