Facts About No. 1 Wheelchair Tennis Player Diede de Groot
Diede de Groot Just Won Her 3rd Wimbledon Title, and She Could Make Paralympic History
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De Groot was born with a shorter right leg, and she started playing wheelchair tennis at age 7 because she needed to do rehabilitation after hip operations. "I had my first lesson, and I loved it straight away," she said in an International Tennis Federation mini documentary.