An Athlete’s Benefits Of Having Few Fans
Posted on July 3, 2010
Filed Under Tennis
August twelfth, 2009 was a bright, sunny Wednesday morning in Canada. Since I worked at the Rogers Cup, I got access to the grounds and had specially asked for the day off so I would be able to go see all the professionals’ warmups. It was really a loaded draw with the finest players in action throughout the day.
At eleven that morning, a buddy and I headed over toward Court four where the world’s No.1, Roger Federer, was set to get there at 11:30am. Already filled with roughly several hundred people, there was very little room to move.
As the time neared, the place was packed with people who enthusiastically waited to catch a glimpse of the best to ever play the game. With the sun scorching at 95 levels fahrenheit, we watched him practice and start hitting balls. To be truthful, it was relatively unexciting and was scheduled to last 2 hours.
So, slowly, we move out of the crowd and arrive at an open spot. I glance up at Court four on the other side to see a tall, lanky player clad in a pink Nike T-shirt and white shorts pounding a few balls. I try to look closer and in fact came to see it was Juan Martin Del Potro.
As he came to the exit gate, there had been six fans waiting for him to earn his signature and he did sign. As he signed my picture and proceeded to my pal, I said “I wish you good luck in your competition today.”
Del Potro turned around and had a large smile on his face and insisted “Thank you so much for your support.” He seemed to be really happy with what I had said to him.
As he won yesterday, the irony of this scenario just came to my thoughts. The fact that essentially nobody was at hand to root for him and Rog had a ton of supporters. Sometimes, it’s better to be left alone than to be relentlessly followed.
Del Potro played a wonderful match this week and is fully worthy of his championship. Great job!
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