TENNIS saved Jarmila Gajdosova in a time of heartbreak. When her personal life unravelled, the tennis court became her sanctuary. She played on when she knew she could easily lock herself in her room and cry for days, and when her loyalty to Australia was questioned. Within a few days last April, Gajdosova’s life changed like she never imagined it would when she and her tennis-playing husband Sam Groth parted. Gajdosova, 24, was shocked that her two-year marriage was over. “It’s something you don’t expect or hope will happen to you,” Gajdosova said. “It was … very strange, it was something that happened very quickly. I was here only (back in Australia) for a few days, then suddenly, over the weekend, it happened, and there I was alone again. “It’s something that obviously I am still trying to recover from. It’s a slow process but hopefully I will get there one day.” Amid the emotional hell, she admits she could have thrown it all in. But the game took her mind away from the pain. In turn, the world No.33 has had an impressive year with her ranking hitting a career-high of 25 in the month after her marriage break-up.
