Ashley To Back Wonder-Kid?

Last updated : 07 July 2008 By Footy Mad - Editor
The 14-year-old won the junior title at Wimbledon on Saturday, and then stunned everyone in tennis by asking 28-year old Russian heart-throb Marat Saffin (twice a Grand Slam winner) to accompany her to Sunday evening's Wimbledon Champions' Dinner.

Saffin laughed it off, and refused, probably before the police came and locked him up(!) ... but it shows the girl is not short of confidence.

So much so, it wouldn't surprise us if the career goes down the pan and she has two kids by the time she's 16.

But ... changing the subject quickly ... she is trying to persuade Mike Ashley, the owner of Newcastle United and Dunlop Slazenger, to become the Sugar Daddy to inspired her to glory.

The LTA, having said that the sport in Britain is up for sale "lock, stock and barrel", has signed Dunlop Slazenger as its official equipment supplier.

Although she was born in Melbourne, Australia, she started at 7 at the Sutton Junior Academy in Surrey.