Once proud champions and bitter rivals, now Mac and my Dad are best mates

They are both proud champions and didn't like to lose — especially to one another. I'm told that it was not unusual for them to have plenty to say to one another.

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People assumed that when the BBC asked my Dad to join their broadcast team two years ago, that there would be fireworks from John, who had been working over here for years.

But I am sorry to disillusion you, these days John and my Dad get along just fine. Sometimes, they see one another at Lakers basketball games in Los Angeles and they will always have a chat to one another.

Even so, I think the two of them commentating on the same match is bound to be of great interest to everyone who remembered them playing against each other. Dad has other responsibilities, though. As coach to Andy Roddick, he is heavily involved in the game again after deliberately staying away for so many years.

I am sharing a house with Dad, just five minutes from Wimbledon courts, and Andy has been round once already. Although there is quite a big age gap between them — and my brother Brett is older than Andy — they seem to be having a lot of fun while they work on getting Andy's game in the best shape it can be.

Probably like a lot of girls of my age, I thought for a long time that Andy was cute. He's tall, he's good looking and those are cool attributes for any guy. He also happens to be funny and he works hard as well. Andy and Dad both took a lot of confidence from his win at the Artois Championships, the warm-up grass-court tournament for Wimbledon.

Dad may look calm in his courtside seat at Wimbledon — in contrast to the emotion he used to show on court — but inside I know he's going through the wringer. It's a nervous business sitting on court when you are close to one of the players.

But Dad is enjoying himself. We have been eating so far in restaurants in Wimbledon village as neither of us has volunteered to do any cooking.

I suspect that is soon to change — and I'll have to get in the kitchen. Dad does get recognised when we are walking around the grounds, or in the village, and you can hear people say, "Oh, look, there's Jimmy Connors!"

They don't think he can hear them, so they are always startled when Dad turns round and says, "Hi". Dad is always willing to sign autographs or have his photograph taken. He has been away in Europe for around six weeks. My mum was with him for over a week in Paris and she was on the court the day Andy lost.

But she gets so nervous for Andy and she told Dad she won't go again. She thinks that living through dad's career provided enough stress for one life!

I expect she'll be shuttling in and out of the TV room when Andy is playing at Wimbledon. Brett went with Dad to Australia earlier in the year, but I wasn't the least bit jealous. London is my favourite city. Wimbledon is my favourite tournament.

Yet when I was growing up I had no idea that my Dad had won Wimbledon twice before I was born. In fact, it was not until I reached second grade that I discovered my Dad was a champion.

Some kid said to me as we went to class, "I saw your Dad on TV last night." I said: "Really?" When Dad called home later that day, I remember saying to him, "Dad, did you know you were famous?" I had no clue. He just hadn't made a big deal about what he had accomplished.

Even all these years later people still remember him for those big matches with Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. But to me, he's just Dad. He also happens to be my best friend. We have so much fun together.

And I get to see Andy up close, as well. How lucky am I? As someone who has just returned from acting school in Los Angeles, I am fascinated by all aspects of filming, including make-up and fashion,so this is another bonus to my trip. Does everyone else like the women's tennis fashion of today like I do? I love it. It's edgier than ever, it's like the women players are making a statement with the colours they wear, their accessories.

I think the fashion gets as much attention as the tennis in the media — I mean,what a fuss was made of those red knickers of Tatiana Golovin. It's all part of Wimbledon's rich tradition, making news all around the world.But I can assure you there will be no reports of any new bust up between John McEnroe and my Dad!