Warwick teen ready for dream Wimbledon debut
Redza said when he first started playing "I didn't think anything of tennis", but he stuck with it and when he was nine years old he had to make the choice between pursuing tennis or playing football."From then on its been really good fun playing tennis," he said.
Redza is currently ranked sixth in the UK at the under-18 level and has recently been selected to play for Great Britain at an event in Romania.Mr Naughton said he was "very proud" of him and added: "It's one thing having talent, but the next thing is you've got to have that desire and work ethic behind it."His mother, Fifi, said he had been "working and training hard" to be ready for Wimbledon and had also secured a four year tennis scholarship at Santa Clara University in California, starting in January 2026.
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