A good interview from a young girl who seems to have her head screwed on the right way
which in these days is somewhat of a miracle, so I say the following with the greatest respect and admiration for her tenacity so far. If you have the ability and you want to be the very best that you can be, well you have to
WANT it, to the exclusion of everything else. There will be plenty of time to take your foot off the pedal when you get there. Historically, this is harder to do for girls rather than boys. They are dumped with the extra pressure that she should be off doing "girly" stuff or god forbid even starting dating (hides from dads wrath
) but if she truly wants it she has to ignore all that and knuckle down. Practise with someone who is far better than you and learn, while you pick the balls out of the pockets. Don't let the losses, and there will be many shake the belief that you can improve and eventually your level will raise. I see no reason that a woman cant compete at a decent level on the pro tour. I wish you well Hannah.
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All views expressed are my own and
not that of any player.