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<\/p>\nMa began\u00a0putting in work at the KTC when she was about six.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI got into tennis because at first I started figure skating, but my parents said I wasn\u2019t graceful enough, so I decided to do a sport instead,\u201d said Ma. \u201cI chose tennis as my first option and, from the first day, I felt like I loved the competitive sport and I wanted to compete more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hubbard is glad she landed at 750 Front St., noting Ma is coachable and has natural tools.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s just physically big for her age and strong,\u201d Hubbard said, noting she does strength work with David Stride of Stride Sport and Performance. \u201cShe does a lot of squats, a lot of physical stuff like that.\u00a0She hits the ball just as hard as a 17- or 18-year-old boy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHer mental game is really strong, as well. She doesn\u2019t get too upset when she\u2019s losing. If she\u2019s winning, her body posture and mental game are all the same. It\u2019s very neutral.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ma said her backhand needs work, but she has a strong forehand and dangerous serve.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to become a professional and play in a Grand Slam,\u201d Ma said. \u201cI\u2019m working toward being top five in Canada.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ma, a St. Ann\u2019s Academy student, is ranked seventh in B.C. and 35th in Canada in the U14 girls division, winning a tournament in Kamloops earlier this month to boost her stock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She is scheduled to compete at the U14 Fischer Indoor Junior National Championships, which are slated to get underway on March 29 in Vancouver.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s got all the qualities you look for,\u201d said Hubbard. \u201cTennis Canada is looking at her. Provincially, she\u2019s going to be training in the Lower Mainland a lot more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ma began\u00a0putting in work at the KTC when she was about six.\u00a0 \u201cI got into tennis because at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-527945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}