She's ethnic Hungarian from Senta (Vojvodina, Serbia). Moved to Croatia as a teenager and took citizenship. At one point she was considered the best non-Asian player in the world. Former world #2, four-time Olympian.
Her high-toss serve is iconic.
So Tamara speaks English with Sabine, but she speaks German with Ying Han...
I'll assume Sabine's English is better than Tami's German, but YH's English isn't very good...
Anyhow, Felix has far surpassed Dang and going forward, the rift between them is only going to widen.
I'd totally watch a movie about Werner Schlager winning the WTTC.
Although, a by-the-numbers 100% fictional contemporary sports drama about an American kid trying to become relevant in an Asian-dominated sport would actually be kinda awesome. The mandatory love interest could be a US Olympic...