i remember both venus and serena were coming to the nick bollettieri academy to practice.en a free afternoon to watch them practising. and my father told me, you have to watch them and study them, study their game and their focus and determination. and i said no. i don't want them to see i am studying them. i wanted to watch them but i did not want them to see me watching them. you went into a shed and watched through a peephole. yes, there was a video shed behind the court that they were practising and i watched through this little hole, literally watching the next 25 years of my life without knowing! and years later finding myself transported onto centre court at wimbledon to face serena in the final. not face, aged 17 you beat serena in the final at wimbledon. how did she respond? it was an interesting dynamic relationship. it started when i was young and i was so inspired by what they were doing, i wanted to be both serena and venus on that stage. when i got there i was the 17—year—old that had zero to lose in the match, and she was the two—time defending champion comi