BY SIMON CAMBERS
MELBOURNE (AP) — If anyone wanted the secret to producing a sporting champion then you might think that having the DNA of sports-playing parents would be the key factor.
But while genetics play a big part, when it comes to some of the parents at this year’s Australian Open, what they are looking for in their children, most of all, is the right attitude.
“For me, what’s important is to give him (her seven-year-old son, Leo) opportunities and to try things in life,” Victoria Azarenka said. “My only rule with him is the effort is non-negotiable.
“If you try to do something, you give 100 percent effort. Result is something, he’s as competitive as I am, he’ll want to have result, but the effort is non-negotiable. If he commits to something, he’s there 100 percent.”
There were eight mothers in the draw for this year’s Australian Open,
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