Former tennis No 1 Ivan Lendl with his golf girls

Former world tennis No 1 Ivan Lendl with his golfing daughters, left to right, Marika (17), Isabelle (16) and Daniela (14), at this week's Jones/Doherty tournament in Florida.

If you want to read an excellent article by Florida Sun-Sentinel staff writer Randall Mell about Ivan and his girls, log on to:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/golf/sfl-flspmell16sbjan16,0,192269.column?page=1

Just to give you a little "taster," here's a little excerpt from the article:

Witty, charming and engagingly funny, Lendl is nothing like the dour Czech he was perceived to be at the height of his (tennis) career. That doesn't mean he has gone soft, though. He's still a competitor intent on teaching his daughters how to excel in their sport.

That means striking a balance between pushing and nurturing, something he will tell you he doesn't have perfected.

"I don't subscribe to the theory that kids should not be pushed at all," Lendl said.

"I think there are times when they have to be pushed, and times when you don't push at all. If you don't push them into something, they will just end up doing a zillion things and not be very good at anything.

"Sure, sometimes I probably push too much, and sometimes where I should push, I don't. Everybody makes mistakes, and I'm sure I do, too. I just try to do my best."

The Lendl sisters all attend the David Leadbetter Academy in Bradenton, Florida.