ABHAV CHANANA

When I was 7 years old, I started playing tennis because I used to sit all day at home doing nothing just watching TV all day while my grandma used to place food on my bed but then my mom put me into a small tennis academy with only 2 mini tennis courts and then slowly I started to love playing.

Then next year I moved to a bigger tennis academy and saw a normal sized tennis court for the first time. I was shocked but because I was still 8, I was still on the mini court. Then after 6 months I started playing on the full court for the first time and when I was 9 I won my first tennis tournament. I was really happy. For the first time I achieved something in tennis. That day I thought I would want to be something more with tennis.

Then I moved to an even bigger academy. When I was 11 and I tried hard courts for the first time. Then slowly I started playing with better and better players and at one point I was top 100 in under 14. I was only 12, then because of COVID i didn’t play at all for a year. Then I moved to the Netherlands when I was 13. I played there with my dad for a year, I won some tournaments lost some and at one point I was top 50 in The Netherlands. Then I left and my dad drove 15 hours to drop me to Spain last year in April. I loved it and now I am staying here alone since I love it here. Hopefully, in the future i can play some ITFs and tennis Europe tournament.