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Volunteering at the London Olympics was a bit of a joke for retired professional tennis player Brenda Perry.
That is, until she was selected out of 250,000 applicants to volunteer in the athlete services team based at Wimbledon Stadium.
"I jokingly said I should help,"says Perry, 55."But Wimbledon is the
tennis Mecca and to have the Olympics at Wimbledon is pretty special, and probably the reason I am going."
Perry, who also worked at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics,says her role is to make life easier for the athletes, including allocating practise courts, dealing with performance anxiety and even picking up rubbish or giving out towels.
She should know the demands after 30 years representing New Zealand on international courts before putting down the racquet to become tour director for Women's Tennis Association tournaments, as well as being involved with Marina Erakovic's management team.
