She was a young girl, but disgraced former tennis star Bob Hewitt would allegedly find a way to be alone with her and molest her. This is the claim of Leigh-Ann Taylor, 43, who has accused Hewitt of abusing her between the ages of nine and 12 while he was her coach in the 1980s.Hewitt, 75, was convicted in March of raping Twiggy Tolken, 47, and Suellen Sheehan, 45, while their tennis coach in the 1980s, and indecently assaulting a third woman, aged 37, who by order of the court cannot be named, during the 1990s.Hewitt, who is out on bail, has been granted leave to appeal his sentence only.More women have stepped forward to allege that they, too, were Hewitt's victims.Taylor last week told The Times that Hewitt would touch her private parts when they were alone.Although her mother accompanied her to lessons, Hewitt would abuse her in his car, in clubhouses and "wherever there was a quiet place", she said.Hewitt said through his lawyer Alwyn Griebenow that he denies the claims and cannot even recall Taylor's name.Taylor has kept her alleged abuse secret for the past 34 years because she believed her claim would be dismissed as a lie.Her mother, whom she was very close to, died in 2000 without knowing.Taylor said she did not have the courage to speak out earlier and attended Hewitt's trial in secret, but she now hopes she can find peace through telling her story."For 30 years I buried it and I thought I was okay. I thought it hadn't affected me at all. But when I look back now, [I realise that] it's actually affected me badly."The whole purpose of life is to have bonds with people - is to trust people, to love people. I have neither of those."She plans to seek professional help to deal with the impact.Taylor's father, Christopher Bridges, learnt of his daughter's claims only a week ago and told The Times he cannot understand why she did not come forward earlier.Taylor said she does not plan to take any legal action against Hewitt.For her, it would be too late because sexual assault is not one of the crimes that can still be prosecuted in South Africa after more than 20 years have passed.Rape is not subject to the same prescription and can always be prosecuted...