At 12 years old, Ksenia Efremova is widely considered to be one of the brightest young talents in tennis and has become something of a star already, amassing more than 35,000 followers on Instagram and securing sponsorship deals with Nike and Yonex.
One afternoon when her older brother was practicing on the tennis court, Efremova picked up one of his rackets -- as she would often do -- and began hitting a basket of balls."She started to throw the balls to herself," Julia Efremova, a former professional tennis player, tells CNN. "I looked at it and I was amazed because all the balls were flying over the net and she did the motions perfectly.
'I want to become a legend'Few children will experience the kind of pressure and expectation that Efremova has already dealt with for years, but Mouratoglou says her situation is comparable to that of Gauff's when she was rising through the ranks.Failing is an important part of the process in learning to deal with that pressure, Mouratoglou explains,"because failing is understanding.
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