With all these great players passing their athletic genes (Fed's brood, Djoke, Muzz, Serena, Kimmie, Flavia/FFF, Vika and now Nads); I wonder how many kids will take up the family business.
Just like basketball, baseball and football It will most likely be some scrub offspring that turns out to be a great player ..e.g Kobe Jellybean Bryant whose dad Joe Bryant was a scrub in the NBA..if Agassi and Graf's offspring isn't a great tennis player by now there's no better e.g. of great tennis genes IMOWith all these great players passing their athletic genes (Fed's brood, Djoke, Muzz, Serena, Kimmie, Flavia/FFF, Vika and now Nads); I wonder how many kids will take up the family business.
Have any of them shown an interest in tennis? I’ve seen Serena post a bit about Olympia, but it’s always hard to say where these things go. I could possibly see some of the European player’s children possibly leaning toward another sport to avoid comparisons.With all these great players passing their athletic genes (Fed's brood, Djoke, Muzz, Serena, Kimmie, Flavia/FFF, Vika and now Nads); I wonder how many kids will take up the family business.
if Agassi and Graf's offspring isn't a great tennis player by now there's no better e.g. of great tennis genes IMO
Jaden Agassi is doing very well in Baseball I believe.That’s a great example! They should be the parents of a multi-major winning champion, but I’ve also read they haven’t pushed their kids towards tennis, so we may never know. Such talent isn’t always passed through genetically anyway. At least not creatively: look how many musicians, actors/actresses, writers who have had children who tried their hands at their parents’ specialities and failed.
That’s a great example! They should be the parents of a multi-major winning champion, but I’ve also read they haven’t pushed their kids towards tennis, so we may never know. Such talent isn’t always passed through genetically anyway. At least not creatively: look how many musicians, actors/actresses, writers who have had children who tried their hands at their parents’ specialities and failed.
The angle I was thinking of on this is maybe, even if a kid is a great athlete, who wants to be compared to their parents, most especially Jaden Agassi, who IS apparently a very good baseball player. If your parent, or worse both, HOF tennis players, it makes sense that they might chose a different sport to, hopefully, excel at.I find it telling that Korda has both daughters in pro golf and never pushed his son into tennis. It’s a very demanding sport with injuries galore. Golf is a walk in the park by comparison.
The best parent child tennis combination I can think of is Vera and Helena Sukova. Vera was a Wimbledon finalist and Helena did her better by making it to 4 Grand Slam finals in singles. As a family they hold a distinct record, Helena with her brother Cyril won 2 mixed doubles at Wimbledon , so that made Mom and her two kids making some kind of Wimbledon final.That’s a great example! They should be the parents of a multi-major winning champion, but I’ve also read they haven’t pushed their kids towards tennis, so we may never know. Such talent isn’t always passed through genetically anyway. At least not creatively: look how many musicians, actors/actresses, writers who have had children who tried their hands at their parents’ specialities and failed.