Hi, guys.
Yesterday, I went to play tennis with my mates for change. It was my second time to play tennis in my life. Actually my first time was more than 15 years ago, I can't literally remember exactly when it was.. anyway long time ago.
We headed off to the Queenland tennis center, which has the biggest and most perfect facility in the state. It also has a WTA tour tournament called Brisbane open every January just few weeks before Australian open held in Melborne. I've heard that Roger Federer seems to be going to make his first appearance in the tournament next year.
By the way, I myself played absolutely shit!! I couldn't even hit the ball back to the other court properly. In addition, The guys I played with were well-experienced in tennis. I hadn't ever grasped any racket since when I was little. But the stupid thing was that I was seriously thinking that I could compete with them, and I could beat them too!! But it did never happen, though...
Anyway, that was so fun moment, and helping me to get rid of stresses that I get from outside world. I might be into it, and I want to play better!!
Surprisingly, there are more than 25 courts with all kinds of surface such as grass, clay and hard court. We played on a hard court this time, but you can hire any court even could hire the center court that cost you about 5 times as much as a hard court. And also with an empty stadium atmosphere. haha
Anyway, Thanks Kiwi and George!!
昨日、気晴らしに人生２度目のテニスに挑戦してきました。１回目は小学校低学年くらいの時やから、本格的にコートを借りてやるのはほぼ初めて。
しっかし難しかったね。完全に舐めてました。ゴルフは始めてのときにある程度できたし、テニスもまぁなんとかなるやろくらいに思ってましたが、一緒にいったやつがうますぎた。しかも上下左右のステップの繰り返しで結構きつい。
サーブも山ボールのサーブしか入らんし、ラリーもなかなか返せない。結局３人で行ったけど１セットも取らせてもらわず、気晴らしどころかストレスが溜まった。笑
借りたコートは立派なこの州１番のテニスセンター内の野外コート。ハードコートの他にも、芝に赤土のコートもあって、全部で２０面以上あってかなりでかいです。センターコートは毎年全豪オープンの前哨戦として行われるブリスベンオープンが開かれる会場で、来年は初めてフェデラーが来るとか。しかも１時間１万円ほどでそのコートを借りることもできるらしいのが驚き。もちろん無観客ですが・・・。
けど新たな趣味として本格的に始めるのもいいかなと思った。日本帰ったら誰か行きましょう！
