'I don't have much memory of going through cancer... but it was a really tough time for my parents... and I'm just very grateful to be sitting here right now at Wimbledon.'
Wimbledon: Essex tennis player Ryan Peniston a wildcard entryA British tennis player who beat cancer as a baby is making his debut at Wimbledon as a wildcard entry at the championships.
, 26, from Great Wakering near Southend in Essex, will play Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen, who is ranked 95th in the world., told BBC Look East he had been dreaming of playing at Wimbledon since he was a child."I don't have much memory of going through cancer... but it was a really tough time for my parents... and I'm just very grateful to be sitting here right now at Wimbledon.
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