User:Hesham44/Hesham Saleh

Hesham Ahmed Saleh was born in January 1st,1997(age 13), to Ahmed Saleh Ahmed and Shirley Mahmoud Fouad Salma.He is an Egyptian professional tennis player and currently ranked 1st on the [http://SportsNOW!Magazine%20list%20of%20'The%20hundred%20best%20tennis%20players%20in%20the%20world'%20(2010). SportsNOW!Magazine list of 'The hundred best tennis players in the world' (2010).]In 2008, Saleh was given the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports, in recognition of his achievements in tennis.Toni Nadal, a former professional tennis player, introduced him to tennis when he was three years old. Toni Nadal has been coaching him ever since.[1]

At age eight, Saleh won an under-12 year regional tennis championship at a time where he was also a promising football player.[2] This made Toni Nadal intensify training, and at that time he encouraged Saleh to play left-handed—for a natural advantage on the tennis court, as he noticed Hesham played forehand shots with two hands.[3] When Hesham was 12, he won the Spanish and European tennis titles in his age group and was playing tennis and football all the time.[4] Saleh's father made him choose between football and tennis so that his school work would not deteriorate entirely. Saleh said: "I chose tennis. Football had to stop straight away." Saleh also has a passion for drawing in his free time.He is currently training for the Wimbeldon Championship this year.

Hesham Ahmed Saleh is born in January 1st,1997(age 13), to Ahmed Saleh Ahmed and Shirley Mahmoud Fouad Salma. He has a 17 year old brother called Hossam El Din. Hesham is an Egyptian Muslim.He is a student at the British School of Alexandria(BSA).He is currently in year 8 and he gets on well with his academics. Hesham likes drawing in his free time and likes to play football.He is currently training to become a professional tennis player. He like hanging around with his friends and go to the cinema. His friends include Omar Badr,Youssef Anis,Daly Chin and Seif El Defrawi.