I started playing street hockey, but there were tennis courts near my house, and it was my father who suggested I try. I don't really know why.
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I've been athletic since I was a kid. My parents got me playing tennis when I was seven years old and I started to play competitively.
When I was eight and a half, my parents moved to a part of Queens where there was a club nearby. We joined, and if you believe in someone up above, I think I was meant to play tennis.
I played street hockey in Riverside Park when I was a kid. I played goalie. I didn't make the hockey team in college, so I played lacrosse instead. I didn't play hockey again for 20 to 25 years, and then my son became interested in the game. I decided to pick it up again. A friend let me play backup on his team.
I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
I started tennis around age 2.
One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.
You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.
I grew up playing every sport.
I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.
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