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Tough love is nothing new for Matas Buzelis.
Not in the shadows he grew up in.
His grandfather, Petras Buzelis, was a six-time Lithuanian champion for Zalgiris Kaunas in the mid-1950s and 60s, while his mother and father were both professional players in their home country.
Their focus when they were raising Matas? Make him become comfortable being uncomfortable in as many competitive situations as possible.
The same lessons being taught in the school of hard knocks by Prof.