A teenage girl from Telford is due to represent Ghana at a major tennis tournament in Africa next week.
16-year-old Gwen Klu, from Hadley, will play for the West African country in the Billie Jean King Cup, which will be played in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana.
She was inspired to pick up a racket when a tennis coach came into her primary school, offering the opportunity to play at Telford Tennis Centre.
Klu said she felt "honoured" for the opportunity and hoped to set a good impression so she could get more opportunities in the future.
Klu has also been playing at the Ellesmere Tennis Academy for three and a half years, regularly representing Shropshire's county teams.
She is eligible to play for three countries, as she was born in the UK, her dad is a former Ghanaian volleyball player and her mum is from France.
After performing well and achieving an ITF junior world ranking, she was noticed by the West African country and ultimately chose to represent them.
"Ghana gave me the opportunity first so I just took their their call," Klu said.
"I feel like this is quite a good experience and good opportunity to be able to travel different countries in Africa and also to discover the cultures.
William Klu
Klu said her only focus is playing her best, regardless of who she plays
She will be playing in the Africa III group of the tournament, where she could come up against players from ten other countries, including Algeria, Nigeria and Tunisia.
The countries will play in a round-robin format with the best two teams getting promoted to Europe-Africa II.
Klu said her only focus is playing her best, regardless of who she plays.
"I've had a few people from Nigeria, for example, that I've already played against, so I'm not bothered about who I'm playing really. I just want to go there and do my best," she added.
She added she hopes the tournament would attract sponsors for financial support because, at the moment, her family pay for her to be able to compete.
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