Also, just a little shout out for 2010-born Nauhany Leme da Silva (she goes by 'Nana')
One of my real favourite youngsters - athletic, powerful, good ball skills
She's come through qualis and won her R1 match, beating a top-500 player
AND she has a heart-warming backstory - her family are pretty poor - her dad taught her tennis on bumpy municipal courts, and makeshift courts in car parks and such
She only was detected and started going to 'proper' tennis lessons at an academy two or three years ago
Also, just a little shout out for 2010-born Nauhany Leme da Silva (she goes by 'Nana')
One of my real favourite youngsters - athletic, powerful, good ball skills
She's come through qualis and won her R1 match, beating a top-500 player
AND she has a heart-warming backstory - her family are pretty poor - her dad taught her tennis on bumpy municipal courts, and makeshift courts in car parks and such
She only was detected and started going to 'proper' tennis lessons at an academy two or three years ago
And she seems a lovely girl, full of smiles
Love hearing about these stories, rooting for her now!
