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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rachel Steinberg

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Pickleball ace thaddea lock charts rise to stardom after stumbling into sport - Caught on Camera

Thaddea Lock is England’s number one female pickleball player (Paul Currie/Pickleball England Handout/PA) -

Thaddea Lock never expected she would become England’s number one female pickleballer, nor that the sport she tried on a whim would earn her an invite to Hollywood star Jamie Foxx’s Super Bowl party.

The former tennis pro’s trajectory to the top of her game is the product of a “why not?” attitude that has so far served the 37-year-old almost impossibly well.

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