‘Those ‘bullied’ girls loved tennis,’ claims coach

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  Two girls who claim they were bullied by their father in bid to make them the new Williams sisters had ‘a fire inside’ and enjoyed the game, a court heard today (Weds). John De’Viana, 55, physically and emotionally abused Monaei and Nephe De’Viana and took them out of school for brutal all-day coaching sessions, it is claimed. Monaei, now 21, claims her father spat at her as she was driven back from a tournament ‘because he considered she had…

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