Thea Frodin erstwhile played a young Serena Williams connected the large screen. Now, the teen is acceptable to travel successful the American great's footsteps astatine the US Open.
Five years ago, Frodin was chosen arsenic a tennis-playing assemblage treble for the histrion formed arsenic her puerility idol successful the Oscar-nominated movie 'King Richard'.
That progressive the past 12-year-old American moving alongside histrion Will Smith arsenic helium portrayed Richard Williams, the begetter of sisters Serena and Venus.
"Being capable to play the relation of idiosyncratic that I looked up to for my full beingness was ace special," Frodin told the WTA website., external
"I was honoured. She was 1 of the players that I looked up to most, conscionable erstwhile I was starting to play.
"She's specified an inspiration to me."
Now, Frodin volition marque her main-draw singles debut astatine her location Grand Slam, wherever Serena and Venus volition this twelvemonth squad up successful the doubles.
To marque the juncture adjacent much special, she has been drawn against satellite fig 2 Elena Rybakina, a two-time large victor and the reigning Australian Open champion.
"I'm trying to enactment successful the infinitesimal arsenic overmuch arsenic possible," said Frodin.
"This is simply a immense accidental for maine to bask the moment, person amusive and spot what I tin do.
"The atmosphere, however large the assemblage volition be, I consciousness similar I acceptable good successful that environment."
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