Junior tennis player, Elena Dibattista, has found her way with the UTEP tennis team. A native from Agrigento, Italy, Dibattista has been playing tennis since she was eight years old, but before she had tried gymnastics. It was her father who convinced her to join tennis because of the fact she did not like going to gymnastics.
“So basically, my dad was a tennis coach, so that’s why I started (playing tennis). I used to go to a gym, as a gymnastic artist,” Dibattista said. “And at one point I didn’t want to go anymore, and my dad said, ‘let’s play tennis.