Maybe there will be more young people whose parents are tennis stars.
Former Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic’s 10-year-old son, Stefan, has been playing for some time. He won a club tournament a few years ago and was seen hitting with his dad on the Wimbledon practice courts.
The eldest daughter of American 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, Olympia, is talented at the sport, according to her mother – but she prefers playing golf.
Meanwhile, tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf made a conscious decision not to force their children to take up this sport.
Graf, who is a 22-time major singles champion, said the pair had “never really been exposed to tennis this much in their lives”.
Agassi wrote in his autobiography Open about how strict his own father was and said in 2024, outside: “The idea that parents would attach a child’s right to be loved in this world based on his or her performance is a tragedy.
“What someone needs to do to become a professional at 16 is crazy, isn’t it?”
