Remember when? Tennis stars flash back to childhood in heartwarming interview with kids

Who's cutting onions in here?

Players including Felix Auger-Aliassime, Ons Jabeur, Daniil Medvedev, Naomi Osaka and Jessica Pegula teamed up with the smallest reporters at the National Bank Open last week in Montreal and Toronto to discuss the roles that their parents played in shaping their tennis careers, and their development as people, on and off the tennis court.

The most important takeaway? Tennis' biggest stars, despite their globe-trotting lifestyle, still remember where they came from. Advice and guidance they received as children is still kept close to their hearts today.

"My parents were really supportive, taking me basically to any tournament that exists in Tunisia to play," Jabeur said. "They were always very positive with me, encouraged me to do whatever I wanted ... they told me to just follow my dreams."

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But the kids also grilled the pros on a time when their parents' advice wasn't that helpful, and the lessons that they learned from the experience. Olympic mixed doubles bronze medalist Gabriela Dabrowski even dubbed it "one of the best questions [she's] ever gotten."

"My parents didn't play tennis, so I think sometimes they would try to tell me things, and it just didn't work out," Pegula said. "It was more that I had to figure out what I wanted, and then decisions I had to make, to get what I wanted."

"To this day, neither my mom nor my dad has given me a single piece of advice about tennis," Milos Raonic added. "We've able to talk about everything else but tennis, and that's what parents are there for."

In an era where the pressure placed on young athletes can often be immense from those closest to them, the stars shared that having fun and trying one's best were mantras their parents made sure they remembered.

It served as an important reminder for those who watched it, too.

The heartwarming video was received positively by fans online, with one writing on X, formerly Twitter, that the "3 minutes and 43 seconds" was "invaluable" for parents of young athletes.

"This will be the most important thing you see today," another wrote.