TENNIS ace Becky Prince has won the chance to be coached by her hero Tim Henman after beating other wannabe champions in a national tournament.

The 12-year-old will spend a day at Wimbledon receiving training from Tim and British number 9 Hannah Collin along with the 36 other winners of the Robinson's JNR Tennis Challenge.

She had to win through a number of rounds, progressing from local level to regional to win the prize.

The winners will also get a tour of Wimbledon, taking in the centre court and other areas normally sealed off to the public.

For Becky, this latest accolade is the icing on the cake because she also holds the titles for the 12 and under girls singles in the Wiltshire Junior Closed Tennis Championships held at Pewsey and the under-14s girls singles in the Delta Junior Summer Series held at Swindon's Delta Tennis Centre.

Becky, who lives in Wanborough, said: "I am really excited and looking forward to it. I like everything about Tim. I am going to ask him how he got to the top.

"He usually plays at the net so I am going to ask how I can get better at the net.

"I love tennis and I play for about 10 hours a week. I play other sports as well like athletics and hockey but I like everything about tennis. I like the competition and the winning."

It will be the Ridgeway School pupil's first time at Wimbledon but she says her ambition is to win the tournament.

Becky has been playing the game competitively for a year, although she started lessons when she was 10.

Her mum Ann, 42, said: "We are very proud. She loves tennis, she lives and breathes it.

"It started off when a friend asked her to go to free tennis lessons and it took off from there.

"She has played for the county a couple of times and she is hoping to play again.

"The next step would be to try and find a sponsor so she could progress to another level. She would love to got to a tennis academy and do it full time.

"She has had a lot of encouragement from the Wanborough Tennis Club."

Emma Spence, spokeswoman for Robinson's, said the tournament was a initiative ran by the Lawn Tennis Association, sponsored by the drinks company.

She said: "The main aim of the challenge is to give youngsters their first taste of competitive tennis, to identify talent at an early age and hopefully produce some stars of the future."