many of you may not know this, but when i was a kid i used to play tennis quite competetively. i went to some national tournaments and i was classified in a national rankings. each summer smelled of clay courts and training sweat. good times!
recently, i came back to playing again, which makes me excited. i mean, it is a wicked feeling to smell the court surface, hold a racket and get blinded by early summer sun. oh yes! i think all things we used to in childhood and we don't do anymore make us nostalgic.. i played in kraków last fall with a childhood friend of mine and now i play with my roommate and a friend of his. and you know what? it's like riding a bike.. once learnt you never forget it! it may feel wobbly at first, but once you get used to it again, you can probably ride tour de france... or play roland garros for that matter! :-)
but really i feel that with every shot i take part of my past skills come back. last weekend i won in 2 sets against mannan from china (6:4, 6:1), which made me immensly happy. not the fact that i won, but the fact that i won in style. :-) i am curious to see where this tennis adrenaline is going to take me again this semester.
