Source & Pictures:Birmingham Mail
- Toddler stuns tennis coach with natural flair on court
- Described as "Perfect pupil", "Very, very good" and with an unusual long attention span for one so young
- Extremely rare to coach children this young
Could this be Britain's answer to the future Serena or Venus Williams?
While most her age group will be happy glued to the telly set watching Teletubbies and sucking on their dainty thumbs, two year old Niyasha Berryman finds content in a game of tennis.
The tiny tot left such a lasting impression on tennis coaches she now gets private lessons at her local Penn Tennis Club- Sutton Coldfield.
Niyasha has taken to tennis like a duck to water and often has tantrums at the end of each lessons as she simply refuses to leave the court
"She just doesn't want to leave the court", said coach Matt Lancaster praising the club's youngest pupil.
"But she's really good and is always smiling which makes my job easier".
According to Niyasha's proud mum- 24 year old Tennesa Young; the tot's addiction to tennis began last summer at the tender age of one when she was given a racket by her grandmother watching a tennis match:
"It would be 7.30am and she'd be hitting the ball against her bedroom wall. This was all a bit much for me so we took her to a small tennis group for 30minutes at a time."
It was here that the child prodigy was discovered. A coach told Ms Young Niyasha was "Very, very good" and had a "long attention span" thus she would benefit from private tennis lessons.
Niyasha's coach at her current Tennis Club confirms it is "pretty rare" to coach a child this young given their short attention span and is hopeful if Niyasha continues with this spirit, then nothing can prevent her from competing at all levels.
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