The Journey of a Distort Soul....

2009 Malaysian Tennis Open Part 6...

This is the final day of the tournament and I will be going with Eliza & Arief. We went to my friend's open house at Seksyen 11 first; Apit and Tante (my ADBA classmates). We had nasi lemak lauk sotong & ayam, popiah basah, roti jala with kuah durian, kuehteow & bihun goreng. We arrived at Stadium Putra by 1pm and I parked at my favourite spot. We went in after getting the tickets from my friend and I immediately went to buy the Wilson souvenier ball for Arief; and Arief can't stop playing with the ball. Throwing, bouncing and kicking it everywhere. Even the official tournament photographer took Arief pictures; btw he was pooping while the picture was taken :-)

The first match was the double final, and the experience Poland pair won it rather easily in straight sets. Arief was at first at awe watching the tennis match but after awhile he got bored and started to make noises. At the end we took him outside and we just take turns to watch the single finals. Arief continue playing with the Wilson Ball; mostly kicking the ball. We thought we could make him tired from playing and he would fall asleep after drinking his milk but Arief decided to stay awake. I manage to watch the conclusion of the first set where Davydenko won while Eliza watched briefly the start of the 2nd set. Davydenko won in 2 sets; quite tight actually with only a single break of serve for both sets. We went to watch the beginning of the prize giving ceremony before driving to Kajang for Neng's open house. Lucky for us it was easy to drive out from stadium putra and we reached there within half an hour. Arief met with his Little Caliphs friends there and they continue playing the small bicycle outside. We drove home after maghrib and Arief was sleeping all the way. We reached home just nice to catch Arsenal defeated Blackburn 6-2; and we wore the same Arsenal Jersey to watch Tennis :-)

 

2009 Malaysian Tennis Open Part 5...

I will be going with Aiman today to watch the semifinal. I had initially plan to go to Bangsar and play tennis but I do not want to rush going to Stadium Putra; it was raining anyway. I went for breakfast with Eliza & Arief at Pasar Malam Seksyen 6; nasi lemak and kuehteow goreng. I drove to Subang Permai by 11.30am; reaching there by noon due to the slight jam at GCE; cars parked at the roadside to catch the Thunderbirds Aerial Acrobatic Show. We also managed to watch one of the fighter jet flew just above us. We had our lunch first at Kesas R&R and as I just had my breakfast; I just ordered satay kajang for both of us (Aiman also ate rice). We were there by 1pm and it was still empty as they were just about to open the main entrance. We met up with few of my tennis buddies and we went to the nearby cafe for some refreshments; while waiting for the first match to start at 2.30pm :-)

We were seated at the Gold seatings and watched Davydenko vs Soderling. Soderling won the 1st easily (6-1) but Davydenko woke-up and won the next 2 sets; third set comfortably. Soderling looks tired at the of the 3rd set. I did try again to catch the ball but I fall down to the stairs; this is the last time that I will jump for the ball (will just sit & wait). We didn't stay to watch the doubles match; we went out again for refreshments at the same shop. BTW I manage to secure two Gold complimentary tickets for the evening session; Gold seatings behind the cameraman. The highlight is the semi-final between Verdasco and Gonzales; both were the crowd favourites. Gonzalez lost the 1st; and he broke his racquet in anger at the of the set. He started the 2nd set mocking Verdasco on his late tactics to get ready by sitting down on his side of the court. Verdasco won the 2nd set; but it was a close match that could go either way. We just watched the first few points of the doubles match and we drove home; tired and hungry. We stopped at TTDI Jaya for a brief dinner before sending Aiman home to Subang Permai :-)

 

2009 Malaysian Tennis Open Part 4...

Today I plan to watch both the morning and evening session as it is already in the quaterfinal stages. The best part, I have an extra Gold seat tickets because Hamzah passed to me the Premium Complimentary yesterday. I arrived at the venue by 2.00pm and I noticed a queue started to build up and I just went in; not knowing that we are queueing to get Soderling signature (he just defeated Berdych in straight sets). Just my luck and I met with John; the guy who defeated me at the Cyberjaya Tournament. He bought silver season tickets and when I mentioned that I have an extra Gold tickets; he immediately asked if he can have that instead for a different view. I duly obliged. I also met with Colin & Alan of KLTM. BTW I managed to get Soderling signature on the souvenier book :-)

I went in and watched Davydenko vs Monfils. There was a small incidents during the 1st point of the 1st Set when a spectators sitting at the Gold Seat fainted. Monfils pointed it out to the umpire as he was about ready to return serve and the game stopped for the medic to assist the fainted spectators. They manage to bring him out of the stadium for further examination by the medical team. BTW Davydenko defeated Monfils in Straight Sets. Haza came to the stadium at around 6.45pm; he bought two gold tickets but his friend cancel at the last minute. Huzaini arrived just nice to watch the 3rd semifinal between Gonzalez and Youzhny. We were seated at Premier and behind the players. Hilmy was supposed to join us but he was late as usual. Gonzalez defeated Youzhny in straight sets as Youzhny seems to be injured and he requested for medical time-out twice during the match :-)

Hilmy finnaly arrived in time for Verdasco vs Gasquet. This is the highlight of the night as the winners of this match will get to throw the Satria Neo tennis ball to the lucky spectators. BTW as we were seated behind the players, we received a lot of air-time from Astro. I text Eliza & my siblings to watch me on TV and they did. I also managed to show a peace sign to Eliza. Verdasco won in straight sets. Once the match is completed, almost everyone went to Verdasco side to get this autographs (stumbling over in the process). I immediately rush to Gasquet side and request for his towel (Official Malaysian Tennis Open). He finally threw the towels to the crowd and I manage to grab it. It is still un-used as Gasquet was using the white towels. The highlight of the night is the Satria Neo Tennis Ball and I nearly got it; just miss it by a whisker and broke my watch bracelett in the process. Well no luck this year but at least I manage to get the official towel :-)

2009 Malaysian Open Tennis Part 3...

I got the premier complimentary from Hamzah for this evening match as well as for tomorrow morning session. This time I arrived there by 8pm; even managed to have dinner at Kesas R&R. I was seated at Premier but when I noticed few of my tennis buddies was at the silver seat, I went to sit with them there for the first match; Gonzalez vs Boppana. Gonzalez won in three sets where Bopanna double faulted on match point. For the next game I went back to my premier seat where Shah, Zam, Fizi and Amri was seated. I watched Verdasco thrased Karol Beck :-)

 

 

2009 Malaysian Tennis Open Part 2...

I managed to get my tickets from Abu; bronze complimentary. I went with Syahril & Afwan from Shah Alam and we arrived there by 8.30pm. We still managed to watch Davydenko vs Dent where Davydenko won in straight sets. After the match we changed our seats to Silver where we sat with our tennis buddies; Nidzar, Bad, Fadhil and many others. We watched our local players; Yew Ming with Joachim play doubles against the brazillian Sa / Mello. It was a close contested match; going to the super tie-break in the third set where the Malaysian / Sweden combination lost :-)

 

2009 Malaysian Tennis Open Part 1...

I had earlier plan to just go on the last day but I received a call from my friend Hamzah @ Proton on the complimentary tickets for this evening session and without hesitation I drove to Proton from Cyberjaya to get the tickets. And I even drove home to change clothes and bring along my digital camera. I arrive at the venue by 5.30pm and met a lot of my tennis buddies there. I went straight to my seat; Premium North and sat beside Fadhil. I wanted to take the picts of the players but then I realized that I forgot to bring the camera batteries. I ended up using my BlackBerry to take picts; which was not that impressive. I did managed to watch Youzhny vs Ferrer; Joachim vs Hewitt and the doubles between Gonzalez / Acasuso vs Istomin / Golubev. Youzhny beat Ferrer easily and Joachin upsets Hewitt in 2 sets while Gonzalez yawn during his doubles match and lost in straight sets :-)

Weekend of Tennis...

It was a tennis weekend for me before the beginning of Ramadhan. I even organized a tennis friendly with KLTM on Sunday; winning both my matches; doubles with Faizal (6-4) against Richard & Gan and single (6-1) against Melvin. BTW I wore my Arsenal T-Shirt to celebrate the 6-1 drubbing of Everton :-)

Cyberjaya Corporate Olympics @ Closing Ceremony...

I received an sms and a call from the Organizer on the Cyberjaya Corporate Olympics Closing Ceremony yesterday scheduled to start at 6pm. Eliza is in Genting for her company workshop and will only be back by 5pm. It was a bit of a rush to pick-up Eliza at Kelana Jaya first and Arief at Little Caliphs before I drove to Cyberjaya. I arrived there by 6.30pm; lucky for me it had not started yet as few more events was still on-going (Badminton and Marathon). We finally received our medals and prize money by 7.45pm. Most of the participants went back after the ceremony but I stayed for the dinner; bihun goreng with kuih. Only the tennis winners were there :-)

Cyberjaya Corporate Olympics @ Final...

I already plan out my strategy for the semi-final but my game went to the drains for the first 8 points and I was trailing 2-6. Then everything started to click; top spin forehand going for short angle, low slice backhand, disguise drop shot, offensive lob, first serve percentage increase and sharp angle volley. I basically change the game tempo from fast to slow to drop shot to angle shot and I make my opponent move from side to side. The killer came when I stand at the no-mans land to intercept his second serve; this give an added advantage in terms of confidence. Finally I won the match by 8-6 after an hour ++ on the court. BTW the match point was really tight as I have 3 chances to win the match; blew the first one by smashing out; the second by hitting my backhand into the net and won the crucial last one when my opponent return my forehand topspin out. But my opponent in the Final, John from EDS had a walk-over in the semi-final. I was still tired from my semi-final and I lost the final match. Well at least I've achieved my target on reaching the finals and won RM200 for my efforts :-)

Cyberjaya Corporate Olympics...

I participated in Cyberjaya Corporate Olympics @ Tennis tournament (single). It has been awhile since I last played in a tournament; furthermore in singles. I am more familiar with doubles as I have not been playing singles for years; even during my usual tennis session in Bangsar where I put more emphasis on doubles. I played my first round against EDS. I was nervous at first but after winning the first point via a break of serve and holding my serve efficiently with my kick serve, my confidence grew. But fatigue took its toll on me as I was tired from serving my kick serve and I lost the next 2 games. The match was quite close until 4-4; then I change my strategy by hitting high top spin to my opponent forehand as well as attacking his second serve with powerful ground strokes. I won the match by 8-4 :-)

My second round opponent (Lim Kok Wing) didn't turn up; so it was a walk-over for me. It was quite frustrating as I was really looking forward to the match. My quarterfinal opponent is from Tunas Cyber; he also received a walk-over during his 2nd round match. During warm-up I noticed that he likes to slice and he is not comfortable with high spinning balls. I also noticed during the match that he likes to stay in the middle and almost at the "no mans land" area. My game-plan is simple, just hit short angle shot and I won the match by 8-1. Now it's the semifinal next week Wednesday and my opponent is my sparring partner for this tournament; he's from Panasonic. He hits the balls hard and he is about 10 years younger than me. And I think I'm the oldest player in the semifinal :-)

LTAM Coaching Clinic...

I attended LTAM Coaching Clinic at Kompleks Tenis Jalan Duta. The coaching clinic starts on Friday evening until Sunday. Syahril & Afwan pick me up at Menara TM after Friday prayers. The clinic started with briefing at the classroom but most of the time we were at the indoor tennis court. Hilmy came in his office attire as Afwan had wrongly adviced him on the dress code; he eventually drove back to his home and change to his tennis attire. Total participants was 14; mostly made up of my fellow TTDutarians. The conditions in the indoor court was very humid and I was sweating profusely. It was a very enjoyable session; it does bring back the memories when I started playing tennis at 10 years old especially with all the drills that we practise. On Sunday morning, I took the ITN (International Tennis Number) and I managed to obtain ITN 6. It was quite tiring with various drills; ground strokes depth and accuracy, volley, service and mobility. The coaching clinic finish at 7pm on Sunday and we were given the certificates at a small reception at the cafe :-)

 

Tennis & Raya Open House...

My first tennis session after Ramadhan and my timing was way out; and I lost two sets (6-2 and 6-4). This is all due to the ketupat & lemang and also we started playing at 10am until noon. I arrived home by 1pm after buying "lauk pauk" at Restoran Hakim at Seksyen 3. Arief was watching "Cars" on DVD and he is feeling a bit sleepy and he went to sleep after I finish bathing. We ate lunch; ikan keli with masak lemak kuning nangka and sambal belacan. It was raining heavilly in the evening and we just slept through. We went to our neighbours open house at around 6.50pm and I parked in-front of his house. There were varieties on the buffet table and I think I mistakenly mix-up the servings combination and also I didn't notice the rice. Arief was busy playing with the toy gun that he found in the house :-)

Tennis, TESCO, Subang Parade & Big Plate...

This is my last tennis session before Ramadhan and I car-pool with Shahril (first time). We went to re-fill NGV in Shah Alam and Shahril was impressed with the cost savings as well as the tip that I usually give to the NGV attendants (usually the amount is with cents so I always rounded to the nearest RM e.g. if RM2.60 I will pay RM3 and 0.40 cents is the tip). I managed to play 3 set of doubles and went back as Eliza prepared spaghetti for lunch. After Zohor we went to TESCO EXTRA to buy beddings & curtains. We purposely went via the main entrance to avoid passing-by the play land as Arief likes to play there (the same with Shah Alam Mall; where he remembers the location and would run towards it). We had our evening snacks at Geng's Corner (ubi keledek goreng) and saw Les' Copaque new signage (the contractors was doing the installation while we were enjoying our keledek goreng). We went to Subang Parade for some "Raya" shopping; bought t-shirt for Anis and pants for Arief at FOS, And1 and PUMA t-shirt for me and South China Sea blouse for Eliza. Eliza bought cup-cakes; it was indeed delicious; Eliza and Arief thoroughly enjoy it until the last crumbs :-)

We went to my sister house in Subang Permai to give Ilyas & Irfan their "Raya" t-shirts; Irfan was sleeping but Ilyas was awake but looks very sleepy. Arief & Ilyas is the same age; difference by 5 months. They do like to play together but sometimes both of them tends to want the same toy at the same time; it is quite funny actually looking at them when they are trying to play with the same toy (shouting, screaming and pushing). We went for dinner at Big Plate Subang Permai; ordered bread soup for Arief, french fries, black pepper beef and fruit juices. The servings is huge and Arief really likes the bread soup. We were quite tired from our outing and couldn't enjoy the dinner thoroughly but we still managed to finish everything :-)

Kelab Shah Alam...

Eliza & Arief followed me to Kelab Shah Alam where I play tennis with Shahril & Farid. It was just nearby and the tennis court is very kid-friendly; artificial grass but with a lot of white sands. I was warming-up when Arief wanted to play inside the tennis court; using my old Yamaha tennis racket. Arief seems to be having a natural swing with the racket; can't wait to send him for his tennis lessons when he is 4 years old :-)

3 game of single...

It was just 3 of us; myself, Nizam and Syed. I arrived at 8.45am and Nizam has started his match with Syed. We tried desperately to find another player so that we can play doubles but to no avail. Nizam won the match. I played my first game with Nizam without proper warming-up. I was trailing 0-4 as my shots was everywhere. But I managed to find my angle and won 6-4. Next I played against Syed and won 6-1. Actually Syed is a dangerous player with his excellent serve and topspin strokes. It was an easy scoreline but it was tiring because Syed hit the ball with pace. My final game was against Nizam. Eventhough I won 6-3 but it was so tiring. At the end, it was an excellent exercise :-) 

Tennis at USJ GYC9...

Two tennis session in a week. Actually I was eager to try the new tennis outfit that Eliza bought for me. Adidas shirt, pants and socks. I was there quite early after having "nasi lemak" at home. They just started the first double. I waited until 9.30am before I begin my double partnering Richard. We defeated Alan and Leslie 6-4. Then I play single with Alan. I have lost twice to him previously. This guy is like a "wall". We were quite close in the first 4 games. My main mistakes was when I couldn't close the game when I was leading 0-40 on his serve. The it was Alan all the way 1-6. But I did managed to get my revenge when I partnered Sam and defeated Alan and Edward 6-0 :-)

As I was about to go home, I found out that Pak Teh is coming for lunch as my in-laws are here. So I bought some "lauk" and thinking that I have enough time to spruce up the house before they arrive. To my suprise, Pak Teh arrive at the same time as I was about to park my car. It took me about 10 minutes to re-arrange the living room. Luckilly it was easy thanks to IKEA. We had a scrupmtious meal together ala buffet :-)

Tennis at Syed Condo...

It was a holiday @ Wesak Day and Syed organize a BBQ and Tennis session at his beautiful condo. I arrived there at around 8.30am. Ibrahim, Tamwin and Syed was there warming-up. My timing was just nice. I partnered Ibrahim (a lefty) and played against Syed and Tamwin. It was a good game and we won 6-4. Then Hilmy and Nizam came so as the winner, we are up against them. We were trailing 1-5 because Hilmy was "everywhere". Retrieving my lethal drop shot, manage to volley my ferocious forehand and serving a near ace. But I sensed he fragility when he took a long slow walk to the baseline after picking up my drop shot. We managed to tie the game at 5-5 and even lead 6-5 through our aggresive attacking and my angle volley and shot. But we lost the game at 6-7 after making too many unforced errors. Well it was a pulsating game and it open up my appetite for some BBQ. We went down at 10.30am to help Syed with the BBQ. Once everything is set, we started the BBQ with lambs. It was so delicious. I think I ate close to 4 servings of lamb. Thanks to Syed for the BBQ and Tennis session :-)

GYC9...

It has been quite awhile since I last play here. As I was not playing last saturday due our MI3 session at One Utama GSC and Ikan Bakar Bellamy, I opted to play on sunday morning. I played two great doubles and won 6-3 and 7-5. We nearly lost the second set as were playing defensively when we were leading 5-3. Then I partner Melvin for the third game. We lost 4-6 but it was an entertaining match with lots of powerful and tricky shot. And I play singles with Melvin after that. Got whacked 1-4 as I was so tired after three good doubles. Well, you win some and you lose some :-)

Tennis in Taiping...

The tennis court in my old school (SMK King Edward VII) bring a lot of fond memories. I started playing here when I was in Form One and at that time the condition of the court was excellent. I have a lot of good victories here. Now, it is a bit letdown. The court is now "cement like" and gray in colour; and dangerous if you fall down and disastrous to my tennis shoes. Well I managed to arrange a session with Abg Amin (Eeta husband). He started playing tennis just a few years ago and he is quite good. We had a good half an hour warm-up. Actually I don't intend to play single due to the conditions of the court but when Abg Amin ask; I duly accept the challenge. It was quite a close game for the first 4 points as I am still getting used to the court and the bounce of the ball; but once I feel comfortable with the elements then I started to hit my usual angles and heavy spin. The score was 6-2 :-)

Tennis at Monterez...

Again I was a bit late. We plan to start playing at 9am to avoid the sweltering heat but I arrive at 10am. Only 4 of us came; myself, Nizam, Hilmy and the tall skinny guy (don't remember his name). We managed to play three good doubles. For the first two sets I partnered Nizam and we whack Hilmy and his partner 6-4 and 6-0. My serve was booming; powerful flat with a little slice for my first serve and control slice with a bit of power for my second serve. Finally I found the 2nd serve that I like; a bit tiring but at least consistent. I used to "kick" my 2nd serve but it was not that consistent. For the 3rd set, I partnered the tall skinny guy. As it was nearly noon, I choose to play a slow game with lots of heavy spin, drop shots and lobs. Actually I plan to give the game away easily but when we manage to tie the game at 4-4, then I started to play more seriously. We won by 6-4 and my partner game improve tremendously. Maybe he was under a lot of pressure from Himly in the first two sets. We thoroughly enjoyed the third set and I am still the "undefeated" :-)

Tennis at Monterez...

This is not our usual playing venue but Duta and Kelana Jaya was fully booked for tournaments. I came at around 11am as I was at SMC earlier for Eliza monthly check-up. Well I managed to play two good doubles, partnering Nizam. We defeated Alawi and Afwan (who just recovered from a wrist injury) 6-3 and 6-4. But we were exhausted due to the extremely hot weather. I should have just jump into the nearby swimming pool and cool off next time :-)

Friendly with KL Tennis Maniacs...

I arranged a friendly match between my team; TTDuta, with KL Tennis Maniacs last sunday. We played at USJ Goodyear Court 9. The game started as scheduled and suprisingly everybody was early especially my president (Hilmy) who is well-known for coming late for all of our tennis session. The team from TTDuta comprise of myself, Hilmy, Nizam, Syed, Mahadi, Zull, Doli, Aris and Afwan while from KL Tennis Maniacs are Melvin, Aaron, Alan, Kenny, Richard, Edward, Ricky and his father. It began well when Hilmy defeated Edward 6-4 and Nizam + Mahadi lost a tight game against Kenny + Richard by 5-7. Then it went down the drains. I did win my doubles match 6-4 (partnered Afwan and defeated Melvin + Edward) but lost my singles to Alan 2-6 (this guy is like a wall). We lost officially by 2-6. It was a fun and entertaining match. But still we got whacked :-(. Can't wait for the rematch.

Tennis in UIAM Gombak...

My tennis group (TTDuta) initially arrange a playing session last saturday with UIAM (Gombak) but ended up being a friendly match. I was ridiculously early that morning (arrive is Kelana Jaya by 7.25am and we agreed to meet up by 7.30am). SMS my tennis buddies once I'm there and receive a reply from Afwan "almost there" of which he arrives at 7.50am. We car-pool in Zura (new buddy) Peugeot and arrive in UIAM at around 8.25am. It took us a while to find the tennis court as they have two there (Brothers & Sisters). We went to Brothers first and receive a call from Khairullah (UIAM) that the match will be played at Sisters Court. It was not a wasteful journey to the Brothers court as we saw two hot chicks :-).

I began my first double match with Dolly and we won 7-6 (a close fight). Our president came, with his pyjamas short. He played with Afwan and lost 3-6. I played my second double match with Mahadi and we got hammered 1-6. After that match, I played singles with Khairullah (runners-up in the PRC Plate Singles Division). This guy is so consistent and it took me awhile to finally figuring out his game plan. By that time, I was trailing 1-4. I managed to close the gap to 3-5 but lost eventually. Cramps started to appear on my right thigh. No wonder my president lost 1-8 to him as this guy is good. If only this was my first match and it was still early in the morning (as the court is so hot with no shades), I would have won the match. Better luck next time then.

The result, my team got hammered, again. We never did win any of our friendly matches but I always contributed a win. We do need to improve

Agony in Defeat...

I lost in the Main Doubles Event to a seeded pair (of which they are now in the semifinals, so I lost to a really good pair). I was there since 9am and played my first match at 1.30pm when the beautiful sun is on top of my head. I can't even serve properly as the sun blinded me as I toss the ball (this when I'm wearing shades). Ended up playing in the Plate Division and met up with my regular playing partner. I won 8-6 but truly make a mess of the match with stupid antics (as my opponent hit the lamp post as he was about to serve). Proceed to the quarters and lost 3-8 but it was a good match. My serve was good, my return was excellent but my finishing was horrible. Better luck next time then. The good thing is I met up with few of my old friends from UiTM who I have not been in contact since 1997. Truly enjoyable outing :-) and tiring too. And my right wrist hurt so bad....

PRC Tournament 2nd Leg

I will be playing in PRC Tennis Tournament tomorrow at Titiwangsa. This is the second leg. I entered the first leg in February, lost in the Round of 16 for Singles and Quarterfinal in Doubles Plate Division. This time I will be playing with Yus as my previous partner Nizam reluctant to play because we got wallop really bad, lost 1-8. We choose to throw our game in Main Doubles with hope of winning the Plate Division but our plan got backfired. I hope that I could make an improvement from my previous results. Wish myself all the best and I do need to doze off now. Need the rest :-)

KL Tennis Maniacs

KL Tennis Maniacs is a tennis group based in USJ Goodyear Court 9. I came across them in Yahoo Groups and subsribe to their mailing list. They have a weekly game on sunday morning from 8am to 1pm. After few emails from me, they invited me to join their maiden night game last tuesday. As I was free and there is nothing good on TV, I agreed to play. They are quite a good bunch, very friendly and make me feel at ease. There was about 12 of them on court with 4 ladies. I got to play 2 doubles that night and it was fun. Met with a lot of new friends of which I only remember one name, Melvin :-).

My obsession with Tennis...

I started playing tennis since 7 years old and receive proper coaching when I was 11 years old from Mr Ong Chee Lai @ Mr Ong (he is still coaching until now). I came from a tennis family as my dad is an avid player. I used to follow him when he plays in Parit Buntar and Taiping. My dad realize that I like tennis and one day he brought me out for breakfast near a tennis court in Taiping Lake Garden. He purposely chose a table adjacent to the court so that I could watch kids being coached by Mr Ong. Suddenly after I finish my toast my dad pop the question; "Nak main tennis?" And I just simply said; "Yes". And that began my obsession with Tennis.

Right now, I play twice a week, on weekends at Kelana Jaya or Jalan Duta or Titiwangsa. I have my own Tennis Group, "TTDuta" with about 12 players. Most of them are my old buddies from UiTM. We organize friendly once a month but lost most of them (btw I won all my game). Just concluded the doubles tournament and I won partnering Nizam 6-1, 3-6 and 6-2. Singles is next and last time I was the runners-up. Lost to Hilmy (Group President) whereby he purposely came late and my game started at around 10.30am of which I had played a game of doubles earlier. No mercy this time :-).