I lived and breathed tennis seven days a week. A typical day for me is to practice five or six hours with my friends and our coach. Then I did intense few hours of homework. The next morning I start over.
I know that might seem like a lot, but the nonstop practicing and tournaments kept me motivated. I always want to push myself to do my best. Most of my friends play tennis as much as I do, so my schedule lets me hang out with them.
If you want to be the best at anything, whether it’s a sport, academics or music, you have to dedicate yourself to it. I just feel that for me to be competitive, I really have to practice a lot to improve my technique. I’ve seen first-hand how this has changed my game.
I have a lot of tennis trophies, but I have two favorites. One is my very first big trophy. I was sixteen and was playing ITF tournament in Kolkata, India. Me and doubles partner won the doubles tournament Grade III. It was a huge accomplishment for me. Every time I feel that my game is a little off, I just look at it to remind myself of how far I’ve come. The other one was a National Singles Tournament in Moscow, Russia, where I took a second place after my doubles partner, I like that it is unique and that it represents my best performance so far in a national competition.
So hopefully one day I’ll play professionally. For now, I have to get back to practice
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