HOW I DEVELOPED MY INTEREST FOR TENNIS

My family has always been a fond of sports, except for my mum. It's not that she hated it but I grew up thinking she did as I never really asked her why. So as you can see, the interest of sports came from my dad. Back in the days when I was growing up, my family and I would go outside and take an hour or so to play a certain sport, most likely badminton as it was the only sport my siblings and I could play very well. As for my mum not being a fan of sports, would stay at home and read a book or do her gardening.

However, the interest of playing sports died in the family and technology had taken over in the past few years. Ever since we never went outside to play again. Except for my dad. He always had a passion for sports, especially tennis. Now this is where the story begins.

My dad has always loved tennis. In terms of playing or watching it on TV. He has always tried convincing us to give it a try but technology had won over our hearts more than sports did.

However everything changed in the year 2014. I was in the midst of the final exams and preparing for the school's Appreciation Night when my dad was getting for that time of the year. Every year, around the month of September, a group of tennis players would come down to Kuala Lumpur to attend a tennis match which is a part of their world tour. And again, he tried convincing us to go with him as he managed to get really good seats for the match for free- don't ask how because I wouldn't know either. In the end, he managed to convince my mum to go.

Soon the day came where all the tennis players had arrived. My parents had gone to the first few matches. The moment they got back home, it was like my mum had been converted into a tennis geek. She was so impressed with the way the tennis players played. It was so intense that adrenaline was rushing in her blood. And of course, ever since she's been bugging me to go for the next few matches. I was hesitating at first because I didn't know anything about tennis and knew none of the players. But I went anyway for the sake of my parents.

The tennis tournament, ATP Malaysian Open 2014, was held at the famous stadium, Bukit Jalil. The moment I stepped into the hall, I was asking myself whether I was prepared for this. Its not like going for a tennis match was a bad thing but I'm a person who can get hooked to anything and it would take me a long while if I want to get rid of this obsession. For example, my obsession with one direction back in my early teenage years- so glad that's over.

To cut the story short, I did enjoy myself at the tennis match. I was so pumped up that I didn't want to go back. But that didn't stop me. My parents were so glad I enjoyed it they bought me tickets for the semi-finals ad finals match. From that very moment, I, unfortunately turned into a tennis geek as well. However it didn't stop there. Even though there weren't any other tennis tournaments for the year, I still watched my favourite tennis players- Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic- play live on TV. My parents and I would wake up in the wee hours of the morning just to watch the match due to the time zones.

So there you have it. If you are reading this and don't have an interest for tennis, I suggest you start having one now because I guarantee you, you won't regret it.