He'll tell you that every time the subject of his variance in play comes up. Recruited to play basketball in college, he likened it to the mental groove you can get into on the court where you're just feeling it
He and his family eventually chose to focus on tennis, though he never lost his love for basketball. At age 15 he received funding to train as a tennis player at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). In 2012 he teamed with Andrew Harris, another player training at the AIS, to win ...