It is 2016, and Andrew Richardson, a 6ft 7in former journeyman British tennis pro who would go on to create a fairytale in New York, is applying for a coaching job at Culford School, a £32,000-a-year institution in Bury St Edmunds. As part of the interview he is running a session with one of their top youngsters.
‘Andrew had a drill where if you hit the ball in the net, you had to run, get the ball and get it back in play as quickly as you could,’ says Culford’s assistant head Dave Watkin. ‘This player, who was very talented, ran
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