Game, set, match! Norfolk tennis player secures biggest win of her career |
Olivia Nicholls, who grew up in Acle and learned to play at the village tennis club, partnered with Slovak Tereza Mihalíková to beat Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-7(4), 10-5 in the final in London on Sunday.
Her mother, Ann Nicholls, a retired nurse and former coach at Acle Tennis Club, was bursting with pride.
"What a day," she said. "To be playing on home soil and winning such a big tournament is amazing. For the work they put in, I'm........