[澳網] Guest Blog: Fernando Gonzalez
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Why I love Melbourne - Fernando Gonzalez
Tuesday 19 January 2010
By Fernando Gonzalez
I am so happy to be back in Melbourne. It’s one of my favourite cities and
it seems like even though we are a long way from everywhere, everyone is at
home here.
I have had great results at the Australian Open, like when I made the final
in 2007 and I’m lucky that I feel at home on the court as well as off the
court.
I have been here since 9th January so I am settled in. I am staying at one of
the player hotels in the city and I have had a chance to go to some of my
favourite places here. I went to the zoo and the aquarium and I had a great
time at both of those places. I visited it two years ago before the
tournament but that time we didn’t see that much. This time I got really
close to the koalas and the kangeroos and it was amazing – we didn’t get to
hold the koalas, though, because they were all asleep. I think they do that a
lot.
The aquarium was fun, too. My favourite part was the King penguins and I
surprised how fast they could swim. They look kind of funny but they are
pretty quick through the water. I like to walk around Melbourne because it’s
very safe and very nice to look around and you can be in the city and in ten
minutes you are at the beach, which I love. St Kilda is great and I went to
Luna Park, which has a very old rollercoaster. It was a bit bumpy!
As well as sightseeing and lots of practice and working in the gym, I have
been going to some really great restaurants, which is always a good thing to
do here. When you are competing you always eat a lot of Italian food because
you need to eat a lot of carbohydrates and there are some good Italian places
to go in Chapel Street. I like Japanese food too and Chapel Street has a few
places that I have tried. I’ve been coming here for about 10 years now so I
have a few favourites.
Of course I feel very comfortable on the court, because whenever you have had
good results somewhere it helps. I always got really good support here
because there are loads of Chileans and they make it a fantastic atmosphere
to play in. I met the Chilean ambassador a couple of years ago and he told me
that there are only 8,000 Chileans here and I think nearly all of them come
to the tennis. Their best chant is ‘Chi, Chi, Chi, le, le, le’ and I love
it when I hear that. You can hear almost everything that people shout and it
really inspires you.
The fans make the Australian Open great. As well as the Chileans, there are
the Dutch, the Swedish, the Croatians, the Serbians and loads of other tennis
fans from all over the world. Of course the Chileans are the best, and I hope
that I can give them a lot to cheer about in my next match. They are going to
be pretty excited.
*Fernando Gonzalez defeated Olivier Rochus in the first round and next faces
Marsel Illhan of Turkey.
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