Today, SUNSPORT looks at the performances of Barbados’ top sportsman, Darian King, this newspaper’s choice of Sports Personality Of The Year.
IT WAS DEFINITELY his year.
Yet Darian King almost gave up on 2015 long before it even began.
We all know the incident by now.
Darian throws racquet at tarpaulin. Racquet bounces off tarpaulin. Racquet hits lineswoman. Media hits back at Darian harder than racquet hits lineswoman.
What most don’t know, though, is that King very nearly quit tennis following that unfortunate 2014 mishap after having to deal with the backlash and a lack of funding to stay on tour.
“Honestly, a lot of negative thoughts crept in and it pushed me to stop playing for a while. It taught me a lesson, definitely,” said the 23-year-old on reflection.
“I honestly felt everyone was against me.”
Please read the full story in today’s Sunday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.
