Tennis!!

When I picked my Tennis racket last year, I was quite apprehensive if I would be able to play the sport, as it is quite labor intensive. However, my self-doubts were immediately proved wrong, as I have loved this game immensely.

One of the main reasons for this, has been the opportunity to meet and play with an amazing set of friends in our community in Hicksville. When I first moved over to Hicksville 2 years ago, I had not imagined there would be a place in New York that would mimic Denver in greenery and foliage. Even more surprising was the fact that we (in our Eagle Rocks Community) were all interested in playing Tennis.

We started out playing Tennis casually on the beautiful summer days and continued it through fall of last year. We eventually hosted and played our first Tennis Tournament of 2018 (Kali, Karthick, Madhi, Senthil, Kasi, Surendar and Muthu) and it ended eventfully on Labor Day with all our families joining us for an amazing evening filled with Tennis, pizza and lots of laughter with Karthick and Madhi defeating Kali and me in our doubles finals to be crowned the champions.

With the mild winter of last year assisting us, we started playing intermittently this year from March and have marched on till now like last year. This year’s tournament (Karthick, Madhi, Senthil, Kasi, both Surendars, Muthu, Kumaran and Chandra) has seen many closely contested matches and some one-sided ones (mainly due to injury to some of our players). The finals between Karthick & Kasi and Chandra & Kumaran was one of the best matches ever played and I feel quite privileged to have umpired this awesome match (as well as having enjoyed it) with Chandra and Kumaran crowned the champions. With this glorious tennis season firmly behind us, we hope that Kali would be able to join us for our next year’s tournament.

We hope to start playing our tennis matches early next year and I wish to thank all my tennis friends for all the cherished memories. Thank you so much and hope to meet you all soon on the cricket field.