Lucy Foyster took up wheelchair tennis during her recovery from bone cancer [Barbara Leatham for LTA]A wheelchair tennis player has spoken of the "whole new experience" of making her junior Grand Slam debut – at the age of 12. "This is what I wanted and I achieved it, so it's given me a lot of self-belief," said Lucy after her debut against the junior world number one. After her treatment, her mum Helga was keen for her to give wheelchair tennis a try, and contacted Alfie Hewett, who invited her to the Wimbledon Championships in 2022. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementHe said it was "really special" to see the girl he encouraged to come to Wimbledon competing in her debut slam. "To have that sort of influence on someone is something that does really, really mean a lot to me," he said.