Greg Rusedski
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He was already done.
I mean, there was no technical work to do.
So it was putting in the hours and then understanding tactically what to do out there.
And I think that developmental period from a young age, the more technically sound you can be, that allows you to do the other options better.
And so if you look at Connor, he has quite a bit of truth to what he's saying for nine or 10.
If
If you look at Federer, he doesn't know technically how to do something on court and teach somebody.
Andy Murray admitted the same when he worked with Novak Djokic.
I don't know how to teach technique, and I need to get better at that.
And I think some people are more naturally gifted at that, or you have to have the right people teaching you those things to be able to maximize your career because you're talking โ
0.5 of a percent to make it in the top hundred in the world of all tennis players trying.
So you've got to do something pretty special to get there.
You're mortgaging the house for him.
What about me?
Well, my brother played still socially as well.
And my parents had to make a choice when I was 12, which was very difficult on him, difficult on the family because we couldn't financially afford to do it.
But he was still given the opportunity of education because my parents believed education was the way to a better life.
So he was privately school educated.
He was encouraged with his art.
He just wasn't getting a seven day a week thing because we couldn't financially afford it.