Beating a 23-time Grand Slam champion at your first time at Wimbledon is certainly a flex. Here's everything you need to know about this rookie tennis champ
Tennis player Harmony Tan has never qualified for Wimbledon throughout her tennis career—until this year. And it was indeed a shock when she managed to beat seven-time Wimbledon champion, Serena Williams, in the first round at Wimbledon this week.
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In an epic match that lasted three hours and 10 minutes, the 24-year-old manoeuvred her way to a win with some impressive strokes.
“When I saw the draw I was really scared,” Tan said to reporters after the match. “Because it’s Serena Williams, she’s a legend. I thought if I could win one or two games, it was really good for me.”
As the world looked on after the shocking win, the question on everyone’s mind was: who on earth is Harmony Tan? The young tennis player is relatively unknown and is a fresh face at Wimbledon.
Below, find out everything you need to know about the new star in the tennis world.
1. She trained in the Val-de-Marne League
While many French tennis stars opt to begin their training in the French Tennis Federation, Tan chose to train in the Val-de-Marne League and has continued to train privately at the Bollettieri Academy in Florida.
She also trains at the home of Melanie Molitorova, the mother of five-time Grand Slam singles winner Martina Hingis, in Switzerland.
Her parents reportedly helped her to pay for this high level of training by selling a house.