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Her mother Tauna, a real “60s child” according to Vandeweghe, who gave her four children nicknames Coco, Beau, Honey and Crash, was a ex- Olympic swimmer while her grandfather played for the New York Knicks in the ’50s.

Vandeweghe is one of three Americans left in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. CoCo broke from her father, Robert Kennis Mullarkey, when her parents moved to the West Coast, only reluctantly visiting him back on Long Island when forced by court visitation rulings. This will be her...

Now, 11 years on, Sharapova has only ever won Wimbledon as “a child”. So when the name Sugarpova came about and I put the two together, I realised how much fun this could be.’. “I’m just very happy with how I competed with those girls”.