Finding Sanity Through Culinary Pleasures: Jessica Pegula on Nutrition in Professional Tennis

The American tennis player and world number three, **[Jessica Pegula](#)**, shared her thoughts on the challenges of maintaining dietary habits for professional athletes.

«We travel every week, so it’s really hard to be super strict with our food all the time. To be honest, I feel like we sometimes ‘cheat’ more than in other sports. Food is one of the few joys we have!

You’re constantly on the move, and you’re taken out of your normal environment each week. Sometimes the only thing that helps keep your sanity is a visit to a nice restaurant,» Pegula said, as reported by Tennis.com.

Jessica Pegula is currently competing in the WTA 500 tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany. She has reached the quarterfinals, where she will face her fellow American, Emma Navarro.