[莎娃隨筆]ERIC'S DOODLE
6/10/2007 9:34:00 PM
It's always nice getting off a 15 hour flight to Istanbul
completely exhausted only to find about 50 grown men with
giant cameras swarming you like vultures while you try to
get your luggage bags to the car. It was maybe just a
little overwhelming, something I'm not quite used to.
Normally Mike is by Maria's side during these experiences.
As you all probably know, Michael has had a pretty
devastating year dealing with the loss of his mother. I
have known the Joyce family for 20 years and this loss hit
as close to home as possible. Long story short, that is how
I ended up in Istanbul. Mike needed some time to be with
his family and I was asked to help out for a bit.
As much fun as we had in Istanbul, I'm going to skip to
Paris since it seems so long ago. Plus, If I talk about it
i won't have an appetite for the rest of the day
considering we had the same buffet there everyday. Not to
mention I spent half a day trying to track down a Nike
package for Maria that got stuck in customs. I told Maria I
never ask for much, I just asked that I never be sent on a
wild goose chase ever again in a country in which I don't
speak the language and have no idea where anything is.
Well, after almost getting sideswiped by 5 cars, we finally
arrived at this amazing hotel in Paris and instantly
everyone was filled with excitement. This Hotel was so nice
that every time we walked down to breakfast, it was as if
they were having a light show and there was a giant Laser
beam aimed right at Maria. Only a few people can understand
what I mean by that. You kind of had to be there.
I want to bring up the Schnyder match because it really was
a defining moment. I woke up that morning and Michael had
been up all night watching tapes of Schnyder playing and he
emailed me some notes to give her for the match. I won't go
into detail, but one thing he wrote down was, "be tough, no
matter what the score is and you always have a chance to
win." It sounds so simple, however with everything going on
I believe Maria took that to heart. During that match you
got a sense that she truly believed that and she refused to
walk off the court without competing to the best of her
capability win or loose. It was one of those feel good wins
and one that will always be remembered.
Everyone was pretty pumped on how well Maria did at the
Rolland Garros considering she hadn't played a competitive
match 2 months prior to and having it been only her 3rd
clay court tournament in about 24 months. For those of you
that play tennis, you know how difficult that is to do.
That is what led is to the Eiffel Tower and carousel to
celebrate for my last night before going home. I was kind
of glad I left before Erryn and Maria did their shopping
stuff. They asked me to go to a store with them one day
earlier in the week and being a guy it was a complete
nightmare. God, those girls can shop!
All in all the trip was full of adventure, and I will
always be thankful for the memories!
Eric是Joyce跟莎娃都認識很久的朋友，今年紅土賽季代替不克
前來的Michael Joyce，陪莎娃參賽、練球。最近的任務是被莎
娃指派來寫doodle xD，Joyce之前也寫過一篇，總之能看到不
同角度的感想還不錯，呵。
Schnyder那場比賽還是這次令人難忘的一場呀，行前Joyce在慣
例給Eric的提醒中寫“要堅強，不管比數如何，妳都有機會贏的
！”看莎娃臨場的表現，顯然她有把這個放在心上了。而考量到
多方因素下，這次法網行的結果對大家都是正面居多的。
(是說，大概又有不少人在想，哪天會不會換Yuri寫呀？xD)
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