It is of little wonder that Story found a talent for tennis, with his parents and two older siblings all sport fanatics.
“Apparently I was whacking a little plastic ball with a wooden spoon around the kitchen in my nappy,” he said.
“My Saturday mornings consisted of football, tennis and then swimming, and throughout the week there would be all sorts of things going on.
“I was around 10 or 11 when I started to tone it down and by 12 it was pretty much just tennis.”
Story started playing at David Lloyd Cardiff and Lisvane Tennis Club before progressing to a coaching programme at Cardiff Met.
At 14 he started working with Tennis Wales’ Chris Lewis, at which point Story says “it became pretty full on”, with Lewis saying “we can make something of this”.
“Chris was able to take me to an international level. There was quite a lot of travelling on the junior tour, playing in Australia, America, India – I got to see a lot of places and Chris was by my side for a lot of them.
“I played Junior Wimbledon. In 2018 I made the semi-finals of the doubles and then in 2019 I beat the number two seed in the first round and then lost.”
Story also competed at the Junior Australian Open and in the US Open qualifiers.
“I’ve had a taste of the Slams and I’m hungry for more. I really enjoyed Australia, it would be brilliant to go back, that was a wicked experience.”
