Those who receive my Facebook updates would have no difficulty in guessing the content of this post. For all others, I just had my first shot at tennis last sunday. Hmmm..I know, 25 is pretty late to have your first shot at any game, but better late than never!
I was never an ardent follower of tennis. Being an Indian, I religiously followed cricket. Tennis, was just an interesting game the fair skin played and lately for me it was Roger Federer. I generally only watched the semi-finals and finals and could name the grand slams ;P. It was only in the last US Open, that I watched almost all the matches, more out of compulsion earlier (Aniket watched them at home everyday) and later out of interest.
After that, it had to be soon enough that I give it a shot. A lot of (free entry) courts by our University are an enticement coupled with motivation for everyone 
So finally, on Sunday I went to play with Aniket and his friends. No points to guess, I was a disaster on the court! 
I played badminton a lot and it took me time to comprehend that in tennis the ball is allowed to bounce once before you play. Like badminton, I tried to hit the ball full toss in the air 
After a few shots though I got a judgement of the things around and could at least return the ball on the other side. Aniket was out of techniques (and out of patience too) while teaching me to play
playing half court with Aniket
There were a couple of times when I hit and the ball landed in another court! :O I thoroughly enjoyed though. And I will go again with Aniket and his friends. It would test Aniket’s (and maybe his friends’) patience yet again. But that’s alright! I know they wont mind
oops! the ball landed in another court
