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Heather Watson: British number two thought about stopping tennis during title drought

Britain's Heather Watson says she thought about quitting tennis before ending her four-year title drought.

Watson had been outside the world's top 100 at the start of 2020 but is now ranked 49th after beating Leylah Fernandez to win the Mexican Open.

It was the 27-year-old's first WTA title since the Monterrey Open in 2016.

Watson said: "I thought I wasn't doing good enough, nor getting the satisfaction or results, so why continue to suffer through it?"

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's The Inside Track, the British number two added: "I was pretty low.