{"id":180751,"date":"2023-08-29T18:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=180751"},"modified":"2023-08-29T18:26:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T18:26:53","slug":"is-lily-miyazaki-the-next-british-tennis-player-destined-for-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/is-lily-miyazaki-the-next-british-tennis-player-destined-for-stardom\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Lily Miyazaki the next British tennis player destined for stardom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Is Lily Miyazaki the next British tennis player destined for stardom? Meet the Surrey-born maths genius, 27, making a name for herself after claiming her first win at a grand slam<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highly intelligent and little-known 27-year-old has trodden unconventional path\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>She was born in Tokyo and lived in Switzerland before moving to the UK aged 10<\/li>\n<li>READ MORE:\u00a0British ace Lily Miyazaki reaches the second round of the US Open\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Her\u00a0accent is pure Surrey, but Lily Miyazaki has been on a global journey to become the latest British tennis star.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Emma Raducanu&#8217;s fairytale story two years ago, Ms Miyazaki has come through qualifying to make a name for herself at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>After making it to the first round of last year&#8217;s Wimbledon, she is set to play in the second round at Flushing Meadows in New York tomorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a398,000 she has already earned from the tournament is around a quarter of her total career prize money.<\/p>\n<p>But the highly intelligent and little-known 27-year-old has trodden an unconventional path to the glamour of the tennis grand slams.<\/p>\n<p>She was born in Tokyo to Japanese parents and spent five years living in Switzerland before moving to the UK aged ten.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74843379-12457879-image-m-38_1693329985372.jpg\" height=\"816\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A delighted Yuriko Lily Miyazaki after making the main draw following her hard fought final qualifying round win US Open Championships 2023<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74842349-12457879-After_graduating_with_a_maths_degree_she_added_a_master_s_degree-a-19_1693329151284.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After graduating with a maths degree, she added a master&#8217;s degree in information technology management, all while improving her tennis skills<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/17\/74841609-12457879-image-a-3_1693326812852.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The highly intelligent and little-known 27-year-old has trodden an unconventional path to the glamour of the tennis grand slams<\/p>\n<p>While Ms Raducanu moved seamlessly from her A-levels to playing at Wimbledon, Ms Miyazaki wasn&#8217;t ready for the professional circuit and took up a college scholarship, spending five years at the University of Oklahoma in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating with a maths degree, she added a master&#8217;s degree in information technology management, all while improving her tennis skills.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Sutton, Surrey, she switched her allegiance to Britain from Japan in March last year \u2013 Japan doesn&#8217;t allow dual citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Miyazaki will not have to look far for advice in handling her finances.<\/p>\n<p>Her father Yoichi is head of investor relations for a Japanese company dealing with mergers and acquisitions, while her brother Shintaro works in investment banking.<\/p>\n<p>The tennis star, who attended the \u00a323,000-a-year Emanuel School in London, is said to enjoy reading, golf and playing the piano \u2013 a skill she inherited from her former concert pianist mother Akiko.<\/p>\n<p>While tennis is popular in Japan, Ms Miyazaki&#8217;s love of the game was nurtured on the courts of the Sutton Tennis Academy in Surrey, where she was a regular throughout her childhood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74842351-12457879-image-m-24_1693329468884.jpg\" height=\"664\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>While tennis is popular in Japan, Ms Miyazaki&#8217;s love of the game was nurtured on the courts of the Sutton Tennis Academy in Surrey, where she was a regular throughout her childhood<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after her first-round win on Monday, she said: &#8216;To be honest, I wasn&#8217;t the best junior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Maybe I was average-ranked. Also physically I was quite small. I didn&#8217;t think I was ready for the main tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m happy that I went to college. It gave me four, five years to get myself physically better. I think it was the right decision for me.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just 5ft 5in and ranked 198 in the world, she still faces a big challenge to make it to the top.<\/p>\n<p>But friends back home in Sutton say she has all the personal attributes to be a success.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/18\/74842353-12457879-image-m-21_1693329177596.jpg\" height=\"671\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Based in Sutton, Surrey, she switched her allegiance to Britain from Japan in March last year \u2013 Japan doesn&#8217;t allow dual citizenship. Pictured on on a trip to Porto<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/17\/74841607-12457879-image-a-1_1693326795502.jpg\" height=\"875\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There will certainly be a smile on Ms Miyazaki&#8217;s face tomorrow if she manages to upset the odds by beating Olympic champion Belinda Bencic<\/p>\n<p>Liam Rabbitte, a junior tennis coach in Sutton who has known Ms Miyazaki for about five years, said: &#8216;She is such a genuine and nice person. She is really kind and polite and friendly and will always take time to chat with you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She&#8217;s been on a journey to where she is now for a long time, but she&#8217;s always been just one of the people in the club who is friendly and approachable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she has the dedication to be successful, Mr Rabbitte said: &#8216;She is 100 per cent dedicated. She is very committed, she trains hard, takes it really seriously, but from what I can see she really enjoys it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>There will certainly be a smile on Ms Miyazaki&#8217;s face tomorrow if she manages to upset the odds by beating Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s going to be a tough match for sure,&#8217; she said, adding: &#8216;The good thing is that I have seen her many times and she probably hasn&#8217;t seen that much of me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12457879\/Lily-Miyazaki-British-tennis-player-Surrey-maths-genius-win-grand-slam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Lily Miyazaki the next British tennis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Lily Miyazaki the next British tennis player destined for stardom? 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