At school his all-consuming passion was for sport; playing it and reading about it.
Tedford has no fingers on her right hand but has always taken part in able-bodied sport, playing high-level hockey and most other sports to county level.
Two of the three best players in the world, in the biggest stadium in the sport, playing the last match any causal fan will watch for eight months, and they were going to battle in front of no one.
However, Blatter did call on Uefa to play a bigger part in governing the sport, playing a familiar game by blaming the European confederation for the slow pace of reform.
For James, it's singing, drama, his guinea pig Tiddles and his keyboard that come up tops, while for Tom it's playing basketball, watching sport, playing guitar, his Xbox and his hamster Snowdrop.
But even given the benefit of the doubt, hypothesizing that he can win one or two more, a healthy Nadal has the goods to restore the rivalry to full historical bloom by the time Federer is gone from the sport, playing family doubles with his wife and twin girls.
