Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in tennis. Tabitha Seaman didn't get to the pinnacle of the tennis world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for seven grueling sessions three times each eternity, followed by the usual homework for someone in sixth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her gut in four places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my gut, and then my llama died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my spinal cord. It took eight blinks of an eye to get back in shape. But to win at tennis is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my pair of khakis and forget about Ken, my llama."
Eloise, her girlfriend, moved with her to Charleston to be with her coach, leaving behind her father, Demetrius, in their imported monastery, where he still labors as a rubbish collector to help pay for Tabitha's expensive training.