what i learned about tennis
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life
people watching djokovic practice
I am not following sports much. As I remember names and information, since my brain is subscribed to useless trivia, I know a few athletes, football players, coaches, names of teams, but not because I like it – I don’t need yet another obsession – but because I am listening to guys talking amongst each other. That knowledge can be used later. In the company of men of course.
When I was a kid I watched Monika Seles and kid myself that one day I would be a famous tennis player. I trained for a year or two and stopped. Surely, I am proud of the success of Serbian tennis players, but simply I don’t have the patience for watching of matches on TV.
On the other hand, I love all kinds of media. So the opportunity to work in the press centre of an ATP tournament was a great thing. I watched two matches live – let me tell you my laymen friends, it is a great experience. Plus, I hung out with reporters. One of them is Vincent Cognet from French sports paper L’Equipe. An English speaking Frenchman, who listens to The Who and wants to know about Belgrade’s best bars. I don’t speak French, but I used the knowledge of other Romance languages to decipher what he wrote and I know that Vincent made a good story. On one hand, he was following the tournament, on the other he was keen to learn about Belgrade, Serbian mentality and reactions of people to the tournament.
Get it here: bienvenue-au-djokovic-open
Tags: atp tournament, belgrade, l'equip, serbia open 2009
