Now Tarquin, I've signed you up for tennis on Tuesday, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays – do you think that's enough? We can pop you into extra classes in the school holidays – they do an intensive camp at the club that should get you on track.

Yes, I'm sure you will be a little weary, but we all have to make sacrifices, you know. If we are going to get you into a Grand Slam by the time you are in your late teens, we really ought to have got the ball rolling before now.