Following a history dating back to the 1960's and Wimbledon
for Junior Natalie Suk, the sport of tennis simply runs in the family.
My mother, she started playing tennis at an early age
and she was a runner up at Wimbledon in 1962
and my father won a national championship 18 and under.
So when I was a little kid we didn't know anything else
but to go to the tennis courts after school.
With my sister, I won three mixed doubles titles,
one French Open and two Wimbledon's
I have a lot of memories, but there are a few that stick out,
one of them is in Houston when he was playing Masters,
it was just like the top nine players and it was a really special tournament.
And I remember I would always be in the players lounges
and I kind of knew some of the players,
always persuading them to play ping pong or something
because I was bored.
And I think whenever I was 11, 12 I realized that it was especially in Czech
or the whole -- everyone knows my last name.
To come from a family like this, it might get too much pressure on you
that everyone wants to see you win, and if you get the name
everyone is going to watch you and, "Okay I'm going win over this person
because she has a name."
I moved to Florida and of course here in the states,
people kind of knew, especially older people, but it's not as --
I mean people don't know my name is, and I kind of probably liked it more.
Despite getting less recognition for her name, Suk's play on the court
is what would eventually lead her to Ole Miss.
She was out in Bradenton at IMG Academy
and I went to look at a couple of players there
and I was introduced to her and watched her practice
and really liked -- you know, she's got a big game
and so when I saw that I was like,
"Wow, this kid still has a lot of upside and can continue to get a lot better."
And then you noted the family history in tennis, kind of the tennis gene
so to speak.
I really started looking to colleges my senior year in high school,
basically in January, which is really late.
And I remember Mark coming and watching me play at IMG in Florida.
The second I came and visited here, it was my first school that I visited,
and I had this feeling, like I knew like I belonged.
And I came home from here and I was like,
"Mom this is where I'm going to be."
And it's a feeling that I can't describe and it's something that I guess
you just have when you know.
People call me Nat Attack, on the team for a reason.
I mean she's got such a big game.
She hits that forehand so hard, I mean, seriously like even if I hit with her
it comes at you in a hurry and she's got to have those kinds of weapons.
When you play that high in the line-up, you have to have some big time weapons.
And with her serve and her forehand, she absolutely has that.
I think I'm very aggressive.
I think I'm a little bit of a streaky player,
whenever I'm on I can beat a lot of good players.
And then whenever I'm not on, I kind of tend to struggle.
But I've grown to kind of decrease the gap.
Great forehand.
Oh Yeah!
Huge!
Awesome!
Lets go!
This point.
It's been great, whenever he sees some technical problem
that he knows is affecting me and needs to be changed, he tells me.
But -- and he taught me everything I know.
I respect his tennis, the way he played tennis, but also his tennis mind
we talk quite a bit actually when he's here I really enjoy talking to him.
He's a very cool down to earth kind of guy
and doesn't put a lot of pressure on Natalie.
Great point Natalie.
That's alright Natalie, keep moving on your feet.
Good point, keep going.
Well I was always there for her when I kind of had a feeling
that she needed me next to her.
So I think it's a little bit of an advantage, since he's played he's very calm,
he understands the situation, like nerves kick in
you do a couple of stupid decisions.
So he's never negative,
he's also probably one of the most positive people in my life.
I speak to Natalie almost everyday when I'm overseas
so I can sense how she feels here.
And when she talks about coaches, about Mark and the stuff here
and about how the whole community bonds together and goes to see football game
and I think it's great.
To me this is the most important feeling, that I know that she's happy here.