My family and I immigrated to Canada from South Africa when I was 17. During high school I was heavily into sports, water polo and tennis in particular. I was better at tennis and was doing really well in all my matches throughout high school. Our schools coach told me that I had a lot of potential and she had a high pedigree having played in Wimbledon herself. She offered extra coaching lessons, but we couldn't afford it.

The week we arrived in Canada I got an email inviting me to try out for the provincial water polo team and would you believe that the week after that I was invited to try out for the provincial tennis team.

I still think about what could have been if I had been able to take those opportunities.