'I was playing junior tennis in Puerto Rico, and because the Puerto Rican tennis association was part of the United States Tennis Association, I was lucky that I could travel to the United States and play in the junior circuit in the summer. I played my first match when I was 8, and I lost 6-0, 6-0 - so there's hope for everybody out there - if you don't have a good start, you can always have a better finish. 'I kept asking for tennis lessons and finally when I was 7, I took my first tennis lesson. I would go to the club after school when they would take lessons, but I was too young, so all I could do was get a racquet and hit against the wall,' she said. My big brothers were all playing tennis and I wanted to be like them. In the question-and-answer session with host Blair Henley, Fernandez opened up about her beginnings in tennis, which began when she followed in the footsteps of her older brothers as a toddler in Puerto Rico. Hall of Famer and WTA legend Gigi Fernandez opened up in an expansive online interview for the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Thursday, in which she discussed how she turned a non-traditional tennis upbringing in Puerto Rico into one of the most legendary careers on the doubles circuit.

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