With just a single session of grass court tennis under his belt, and that coming when he was not even a teenager, 16-year-old Shintaro Mochizuki arrived in England in June last year for the grass season.
Weeks later, he was a Wimbledon champion.
The junior grand slam triumph — the first by a Japanese junior in singles since 1969 — surprised many, including Mochizuki himself.
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