World No.123 Lulu Sun (born Radovcic) has an incredible multinational background. The Wimbledon quarterfinalist was born in New Zealand to a Chinese mother, Lele, and a Croatian father. But the story of her multicultural upbringing doesn’t end there. Let’s delve into the interesting details.
Lulu Sun was born in April 2001 as Lulu Radovcic “at the end of the world,” in Te Anau, a very small town in New Zealand that, according to Sun, has “practically more sheep and deer than people.” She lived there with her mom and maternal grandmother, who had bought the property a few years before her birth. Sun then briefly lived in Shanghai before moving to Switzerland, enabling her to add French to the English and Mandarin she speaks fluently. She is also working on her Korean and Japanese and learned some Spanish in school.
Explaining how her diverse heritage has shaped her character, Sun said: “Chinese obviously from my mum’s side is very disciplined, hard-working. From my dad’s side, Croatian, he’s from the seaside, so very laid back and calm. I guess that’s a good combo.
“Also, I think from my mum’s side I get that feistiness and competitiveness. And then the Swiss side is, like, neutral, yeah (laughing). Then from New Zealand, I get that adventure side.”
The…
