A young Australian tennis player, inspired by Billie Jean King's victory at the BJK Cup, dreams of achieving the same success.
for the first time to face Mexico in Brisbane, and poised to be the country’s next big tennis star – was in a Crown Casino hotel room with her parents, Greg and Sarah, as well as her long-time coach, Brad Dyer.
“She had the home crowd behind her, and that was a massive moment for Australian tennis, to have an Aussie win at home. When you watch on TV; it’s like, ‘That could be me’ – and that’s the extra motivation you sometimes need, to imagine yourself in those moments and really push for that.”Then-world No.1 Barty retired barely a month later
Taylah Preston with Billie Jean King Cup Australian captain Sam Stosur and her teammates in Brisbane.Preston has scorched up the WTA singles rankings to No.136 after missing the 2023 Australian summer with a disc-related back injury that kept her off tour until April last year.
“I certainly couldn’t do it, but for an 18-year-old to want to do that and get better from the disappointment of losing her first WTA final 24 hours earlier .… was pretty impressive.” “She’s not trying to be a runner, or a counter-puncher, and wait for someone else to hand her the match – she’s going out to win,” Stosur said.
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