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Nobody actually played tennis in my family.

I don't play tennis at all.

There is this brutal side to tennis. It was invented as a game for kings and cardinals and people with a lot of power who didn't have to share the field with other players.

It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country.

I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots... I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

I'm actually a pretty good tennis player!

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.