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Arnaud,Paulo and many more to play an exhibition in Geneva!

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oooh coool how excitement! thats next monday...thats interesting that carlos is playing and not wanting to take the time off
 
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Ahhh, Esther, if my parents lived here in Florida, I would actually consider it. However, I don't fancy taking a 3 year old, 4 year old and 7 year old to Switzerland with me for a jaunt.

I'm just going to have to wait another four months until Miami for a tennis fix. <<withdrawal symptoms starting to kick in...>>
 
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ohhh youve got 3 kids?!! Can i ask, how long have u been following tennis for? ever since you were my age or more recently? coz its weird coz i'm just 16 but i wonder if i'll still be following it after i'm married and have kids etc lool
 
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Funny you ask, because I have followed tennis just about all my life, but really started to appreciate it more at your age (16) when I "fell in love" with Boris Becker. Needless to say, my taste in men is like a fine bordeaux, mellowing and appreciating with age!

And although I don't follow it as closely, I also enjoy the women's game, as I am also a tennis player!

And hopefully you will still follow the game when you are old like me. (OK so I am not that old, but still....you know you are old when its the coaches that hit on you instead of the players, LOL.) I have taken my kids once with me to a tournament (Delray Beach.)

I dont think Remi believed that my son was actually mine!!! (Most people think I am still in my 20s) But he had such a blast (the Arnauds entertained him to no end and were so nice to him) that he wants to come to Miami with me this year.
 
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Re: Re: Arnaud,Paulo and many more to play an exhibition in Geneva!

esther said:
coz its weird coz i'm just 16 but i wonder if i'll still be following it after i'm married and have kids etc lool
Esther,the question should be: I wonder if I'll still be following tennis once Arnaud and Seb both retire... :p


in my case I'm 24 and I still follow tennis but when I'll get a full-time job I'm sure I wont be surfing on the net as much as now.I'll just watch matches but wont go online...
 
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oh thats interesting michelle that you have been following tennis for quite a long time...I dunno i think it'll be harder when i start uni and start working tho coz it's easy enough during school time and stuf but i dont know if i can see myself considering tennis that much of a priority when i'm older...and Vale loool yeah thats another thing, when they both retire i dont know if JC and Coria will be enough *sob* lol

its weird tho coz now obviously i cant do nethign i want coz i cant go newhere i want whenever i want, but i think yeah when im older i'll be able to go around the world to all the tournaments i want and it'll be so much easier but then theres work...money...etc so although i'll have the freedom it may not be possible neway. *shrugs* we'll see

aww Valeeeeee you have to go onlineeeee but i could understand how hard it would be...but dont disappear! :sad: :bigcry:
 
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DAYUM....

I am living in the wrong country....Don't go anywhere Carlos....Im on my way....*scampers*
 
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I always felt like I lived in the wrong country during my RafterFan years...

Its pretty much a dilemma now for me, I have the financial freedom to travel to wherever I choose, but lack the family freedom to do so. Next year, for example, I am going to Miami and Madrid for sure, maybe Roland Garros or Wimbledon, depends on work.

I didn't have the time to follow the tennis as much during Uni years, picked it up again once I graduated, though. Then along came Pat Rafter, and I was addicted to the sport all over again.
 
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michelleg said:
I always felt like I lived in the wrong country during my RafterFan years...
LOL

I always felt like I lived in the wrong country during my SamprasFan years... !!
 
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well michelle i hope i'm still like u when im older and am able to go to a couple of tournaments a year...thatd be really fun! Its just harder to pull of the *innocent girl routine* ;)
 
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:haha: about the *innocent girl* remark, Esther.

That's why I had to invest in serious camera equipment. Makes me look pseudo-legitimate.

When all else fails, I bring my kids. Who can resist a smiling seven year old with a missing front tooth?
 
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omg yeah...players LOVE kids!! Get one of ur kids to buy them a present and go from there!!!! Not that youd like to use your kids like that ...lol
 
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LOL ESTHER...
innocent girl routine...
the only reason i don't want to grow up...hahahha
but it's soo like failproof...unless you're in a groupie...but as i hate groupies it always works
 
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Ahhhh and the number two rule: I also prefer to attend the tournaments solo. I sometimes will have a friend or two with me at times, but absolutely avoid the group thing like the plague.

Nahhh, wouldn't send the kids with prezzies. Instead, I make them ask for the autographs in the players' native languages. That way its educational for them. Teaches them respect for other cultures and all...now they also know from where all the players are...

Best story: I was chatting with Nick Carr, Martin Verkirk's coach, after his practice at Delray. Robbie listened for a while (Nick has a lovely Kiwi accent) and then looked straight at him and asked, "Do you know the Wiggles?" He had never heard a Kiwi accent and had confused it with an Aussie one!!! Nick thought it verrrry humorous to say the very least.
 
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lol @ the wiggles thing..that would have been so cute!!

yeah going in a group to tournaments would be a real pain...we went with about like...5 or 6 people to Australian Open last year and although it wasnt as bad as i would have thought coz they knew how if i didnt get to see who i wanted to see i would crack it so they had to be nice lol but i think the best would be going with one other person coz if exciting stuff happened there would have to be someone there to share it with!!

thats really interesting that you get ur kids to ask for autographs in their languages!! thats a really smart idea.
 
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