{"id":180955,"date":"2023-10-21T08:23:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T08:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180955"},"modified":"2023-10-21T08:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T08:23:47","slug":"strictlys-annabel-croft-on-how-husband-mel-gave-me-strength-to-give-up-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/celebrities\/strictlys-annabel-croft-on-how-husband-mel-gave-me-strength-to-give-up-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Annabel Croft on how husband Mel \u2018gave me strength’ to give up tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly: Annabel Croft discusses late husband with Johannes<\/h3>\n

Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft has shared a heartwrenching insight into her first meeting with late husband Mel Coleman and how he inspired her to follow a different path.<\/p>\n

The former tennis champion, whose husband died of colon cancer at the age of 60 back in May, has explained how it was Mel who \u201cgave her the strength\u201d to pursue a life beyond the world of competitive sport.<\/p>\n

In an interview with <\/span>MailOnline<\/span>, Annabel recalled that she had been resolutely a single person when she met Mel, aged just 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

While she was one of Britain\u2019s most promising tennis players, having been the youngest person to play at Wimbledon when she was 15, the former British no 1 was very unhappy with her life as a sports star.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, meeting the relaxed and charming Mel when she was asked to partake in a TV show about learning to sail changed all that completely. <\/span><\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Strictly\u2019s Annabel Croft on devastating words son shared after husband\u2019s death<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cOur first handshake was captured on film,\u201d she recalled. \u201cHe was earning \u00a350 a week sailing round the world. He didn’t own a pair of proper shoes. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI had this life that was outwardly glamorous, but I’d been in a bubble, playing from the age of nine, on the international circuit from 12. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an adult world of managers, contracts, sponsors,\u201d she explained. \u201cI’d never gone to parties or gone dancing, like teenagers do. I wasn’t fully formed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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