LONDON: If you’re good enough, you’re old enough. It’s a sporting maxim which has always raised its head in sport amid arguments that throwing a budding star into the deep end too early can lead to premature burnout.
The argument has raged particularly fiercely in tennis for decades with the likes of former US prodigy Tracy Austin and current champion Jennifer Capriati, among others, blossoming as child-prodigies and competing with distinction at Grand Slam level having barely entered their teens.
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