After officially ending her career with a first-round doubles loss at the recently-finished French Open, Czech five-time doubles Grand Slam champion Lucie Safarova is looking back at her tennis development with a series of childhood photos on Instagram, so I thought it would be nice to add them to my Little Tennis Stars page.
The 32-year-old Safarova, former No.5 in singles and No.1 in doubles, opened her throwback series with this lovely old photo, which kept motivating the WTA star to keep going during the tough times of her career:
This is how my story started… with my dad following my big sister.