Post by fabulousxp on Aug 2, 2006 3:28:06 GMT 3
So this year i volunteered to be a ballgirl at the 2006 Countrywide Classic. I was so excited cause i knew that Marat was going to be there. yey!
Anyways the first day that i saw him was Sunday and i was totally not expecting it. I was ballgirling that day up at the recreational courts for the qualifying rounds and my mom just happened to get a flat tire. This ment that my friend calif and I were stuck at UCLA for like EVER!! we got bored so we decided to check out the main courts which were a 15 minute walk from the recreational courts. In the stadium court, Paradorn was practicing and on the other side i saw a whole group of people checking out the grandstand courts. i was thinking it was probably Andre but it was Marat practicing with Dmitry! i was going crazy, i talked to some people probably Ace and was screaming down at the courts and telling Marat that i loved him. etc etc. then Dmitry started hitting balls up and then marat hit a few up and the first one he hit was directed like seriously at me. It hit me in the neck and i screamed like a maniac "OMG!! I LOVE YOOU!" he probably thought i was a psycho.
So here are some pictures of Marat from up top:
from up top
getting closer!
really close like SERIOUSLY!
And then because my friend and I had credentials, we were able to go down and sit and watch him play like RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. When we walked in, i thought that Dmitry and Marat proabbly thought we were psycho, because when i was up top i was screaming random phrases and such. anyways after they played a practice set and marat looked right at me, my heart was beating a mile a minute and i couldn't stop smiling. OH YEAH and like ace said in her report Marat was pretty angry, he hit some balls all the way on to the street which was probably 1000 feet away.
In this one part, Marat hit a beautiful backhand and he was like in the most CUTEST, Making me melt, russian accent voice in the whole wiiiiiiiiiiiide world "That's the shot, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANN" and then Dmitry went "AWEEEEEEEEESOME, DUDEE!!" I was laughing hysterically and my friend fell off her chair. Afterwards Marat broke a racquet and his friend i believe asked us if we wanted the racquet, i jumped out of my chair and was like "OMG! OMG!! YES YES YES YES YES" and then i ran to get it and his friend tossed it to me.
Afterwards Dmitry left first and i asked him to sign the ball he tossed to me. He said to hold the ball firmly because his hands were full and i was literally shaking so he was like "You are SOOO Shaky! probably because you just got your racquet, haaaaahaha" and then he left, then marat came and Then i asked for him to autograph my racquet and for a picture. I was so nervous that i didn't even talk to him! all i said was "Can i have your autograph" and then "can you take a picture with me" and then when my friend asked when he was playing he said in his cute accent "no, no, tuesday tuesday" and i said "I'm going to ballgirl for you!" and then i even forgot to say thank you. you can see in my picture that im clinching the freaking racquet like sooo tight.
Marat and I
The racquet
Monday
I couldn't see him on Monday. My friend saw him twice, but i was ballgirling everytime he came out! i was extremely sad.
Tuesday
In the car i wrote a thankyou letter to Marat for the racquet and i was hopping to give it to him. I was very excited for today because i was working on Stadium court and he would be playing. That ment that i had a hugeee chance of ballgirling for him. In the morning i ballgirled for Hrbaty vs. Fleishman. Then i went into the tunnel with some friends and then while i was walking there was this man walking SOOO close to me. I was like in my head "WTF! is up with this dude, does he have to be seriously walking this close" and then i look back and it's marat! i was like "OMG!" Really loud, so did my friends, and he put his finger up to his lips and shushed us. He didn't want the others to know that he was coming. so he went in and practiced with lleyton and i ran and got my letter. He came out but everyone was crowded around him so i was really sad at first i wouldn't be able to give it to him. I then saw an opening in this tennis bag and decided to slip it in. While he was walking through the tunnel, he was tripping and stumbling because everyone was around him! i was just pretty much looking at him because well, there was nothing i really wanted anymore except to talk.
I then left to go back to stadium and i was really excited cause i was definitely ballgirling for Marat's match versus Mardy! I was even more excited because i would get to hold the umbrella for one of the players. When Marat go on court, he picked my side of the court to sit on. ITS DEStIny i tell you!. yeah i got to touch his towel and whenever he wanted the ball he would like gaze at me. OHH melts. When i held the umbrella for him, he'd always fix his strings and sit there and just check his racquet uneasily. Through the whole match he was playing very well and he did one of his jumping backhand things, the ball came right at me really fast but i dodged it. Thinking back now, i should have just stood there and let it him me so Marat would come over and ask me if i were ok.
Im the ballkid in the background, HAHAHA.
Afterwards i waited at the players exit. I saw him so many times in the exit of the lounge area (you can't go down there though) and everytime he'd come out i'd just say Hi MArat! and he'd look. HEEHEHE. he was wearing his boardshorts. and when he finally came out he signed my ball he hit up to me and my friends hat. I asked him if he got my letter and this is how the dialogue wnet..
Me: Marat! did you get my letter?
Marat: No, no i don't think so
Me: Oh, because i put in into your bag after you practiced
Marat: Oh oh really
Me: Yeah
Marat: I will look for it
Me: Oh! okokoko.
Marat (to everyone): Sorry girls i must go now
Imagine it in a russian accent. OMG SWwwwwwoons.
Wednesday
I was pretty sad cause i got Grandstand so i wouldn't be able to do Marat's match vs. fernando. but anways in the morning i was sitting there waiting for the day to start (ballkids have to get to the tournament an hour or 2 early) and then i saw marat come by and i just gazed at him, he looked right at me. woww meltsss. i was proud of myself though, i ddin't bother him. I did a few matches and then ran to watch. Because we're ballkids we can sit right up front where the handicapped sit so i was on ground level with the court. Marat was angry and threw his racquet a couple of times. He lost to fernando and he looked pretty sad about it after the match. I was again sitting at the ballkids tables and then i saw Marat walking down the tunnel with a whole load of fans trailing behind him. Marat was looked sad. all i said to him was "Bye Marat" and then he answered "Bye".
Thursday
I didn't expect Marat to come today but he came with Tommy to practice with him. It was weird because all of us ballkids were talking about Marat and his hotness and then i said that i'd show him this really cool trick if he were still here, but he's not and then a minute later.. he walks in!! i was like 0_0. anwyays yeah. after we saw him in the tunnel on his way up to the recreational courts to practice and i aksed him if he really got my letter he didn't answer, andt hen my friend asked VERY VEERYLOUDLY and then he said "yes! YES I DEEEEED!" in a semi-annoyed tone. I was pretty down after that. because HELLO!!! MARAT GOT MAD AT ME!
. well i think so anyways, either me or my friend. i didn't feel like following him up to the courts with my friends cause i was so sad that my favorite player in the hwole world was mad at me or kinda i guess.
That's my last memory of him! his yes yes i deed. omggggggggg. i dont think it was like that extreme though maybe he just said it really loudly.
BUT STILL! MARAT! yey. I was also stalking Dmitry Tursunov the whole week too, because he is just the NICEST person on the earth. Marat's nice too, but Dmitry is sooooooooo nice and i dont know, but nice.
Anyways the first day that i saw him was Sunday and i was totally not expecting it. I was ballgirling that day up at the recreational courts for the qualifying rounds and my mom just happened to get a flat tire. This ment that my friend calif and I were stuck at UCLA for like EVER!! we got bored so we decided to check out the main courts which were a 15 minute walk from the recreational courts. In the stadium court, Paradorn was practicing and on the other side i saw a whole group of people checking out the grandstand courts. i was thinking it was probably Andre but it was Marat practicing with Dmitry! i was going crazy, i talked to some people probably Ace and was screaming down at the courts and telling Marat that i loved him. etc etc. then Dmitry started hitting balls up and then marat hit a few up and the first one he hit was directed like seriously at me. It hit me in the neck and i screamed like a maniac "OMG!! I LOVE YOOU!" he probably thought i was a psycho.
So here are some pictures of Marat from up top:
from up top
getting closer!
really close like SERIOUSLY!
And then because my friend and I had credentials, we were able to go down and sit and watch him play like RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. When we walked in, i thought that Dmitry and Marat proabbly thought we were psycho, because when i was up top i was screaming random phrases and such. anyways after they played a practice set and marat looked right at me, my heart was beating a mile a minute and i couldn't stop smiling. OH YEAH and like ace said in her report Marat was pretty angry, he hit some balls all the way on to the street which was probably 1000 feet away.
In this one part, Marat hit a beautiful backhand and he was like in the most CUTEST, Making me melt, russian accent voice in the whole wiiiiiiiiiiiide world "That's the shot, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANN" and then Dmitry went "AWEEEEEEEEESOME, DUDEE!!" I was laughing hysterically and my friend fell off her chair. Afterwards Marat broke a racquet and his friend i believe asked us if we wanted the racquet, i jumped out of my chair and was like "OMG! OMG!! YES YES YES YES YES" and then i ran to get it and his friend tossed it to me.
Afterwards Dmitry left first and i asked him to sign the ball he tossed to me. He said to hold the ball firmly because his hands were full and i was literally shaking so he was like "You are SOOO Shaky! probably because you just got your racquet, haaaaahaha" and then he left, then marat came and Then i asked for him to autograph my racquet and for a picture. I was so nervous that i didn't even talk to him! all i said was "Can i have your autograph" and then "can you take a picture with me" and then when my friend asked when he was playing he said in his cute accent "no, no, tuesday tuesday" and i said "I'm going to ballgirl for you!" and then i even forgot to say thank you. you can see in my picture that im clinching the freaking racquet like sooo tight.
Marat and I
The racquet
Monday
I couldn't see him on Monday. My friend saw him twice, but i was ballgirling everytime he came out! i was extremely sad.
Tuesday
In the car i wrote a thankyou letter to Marat for the racquet and i was hopping to give it to him. I was very excited for today because i was working on Stadium court and he would be playing. That ment that i had a hugeee chance of ballgirling for him. In the morning i ballgirled for Hrbaty vs. Fleishman. Then i went into the tunnel with some friends and then while i was walking there was this man walking SOOO close to me. I was like in my head "WTF! is up with this dude, does he have to be seriously walking this close" and then i look back and it's marat! i was like "OMG!" Really loud, so did my friends, and he put his finger up to his lips and shushed us. He didn't want the others to know that he was coming. so he went in and practiced with lleyton and i ran and got my letter. He came out but everyone was crowded around him so i was really sad at first i wouldn't be able to give it to him. I then saw an opening in this tennis bag and decided to slip it in. While he was walking through the tunnel, he was tripping and stumbling because everyone was around him! i was just pretty much looking at him because well, there was nothing i really wanted anymore except to talk.
I then left to go back to stadium and i was really excited cause i was definitely ballgirling for Marat's match versus Mardy! I was even more excited because i would get to hold the umbrella for one of the players. When Marat go on court, he picked my side of the court to sit on. ITS DEStIny i tell you!. yeah i got to touch his towel and whenever he wanted the ball he would like gaze at me. OHH melts. When i held the umbrella for him, he'd always fix his strings and sit there and just check his racquet uneasily. Through the whole match he was playing very well and he did one of his jumping backhand things, the ball came right at me really fast but i dodged it. Thinking back now, i should have just stood there and let it him me so Marat would come over and ask me if i were ok.
Im the ballkid in the background, HAHAHA.
Afterwards i waited at the players exit. I saw him so many times in the exit of the lounge area (you can't go down there though) and everytime he'd come out i'd just say Hi MArat! and he'd look. HEEHEHE. he was wearing his boardshorts. and when he finally came out he signed my ball he hit up to me and my friends hat. I asked him if he got my letter and this is how the dialogue wnet..
Me: Marat! did you get my letter?
Marat: No, no i don't think so
Me: Oh, because i put in into your bag after you practiced
Marat: Oh oh really
Me: Yeah
Marat: I will look for it
Me: Oh! okokoko.
Marat (to everyone): Sorry girls i must go now
Imagine it in a russian accent. OMG SWwwwwwoons.
Wednesday
I was pretty sad cause i got Grandstand so i wouldn't be able to do Marat's match vs. fernando. but anways in the morning i was sitting there waiting for the day to start (ballkids have to get to the tournament an hour or 2 early) and then i saw marat come by and i just gazed at him, he looked right at me. woww meltsss. i was proud of myself though, i ddin't bother him. I did a few matches and then ran to watch. Because we're ballkids we can sit right up front where the handicapped sit so i was on ground level with the court. Marat was angry and threw his racquet a couple of times. He lost to fernando and he looked pretty sad about it after the match. I was again sitting at the ballkids tables and then i saw Marat walking down the tunnel with a whole load of fans trailing behind him. Marat was looked sad. all i said to him was "Bye Marat" and then he answered "Bye".
Thursday
I didn't expect Marat to come today but he came with Tommy to practice with him. It was weird because all of us ballkids were talking about Marat and his hotness and then i said that i'd show him this really cool trick if he were still here, but he's not and then a minute later.. he walks in!! i was like 0_0. anwyays yeah. after we saw him in the tunnel on his way up to the recreational courts to practice and i aksed him if he really got my letter he didn't answer, andt hen my friend asked VERY VEERYLOUDLY and then he said "yes! YES I DEEEEED!" in a semi-annoyed tone. I was pretty down after that. because HELLO!!! MARAT GOT MAD AT ME!
. well i think so anyways, either me or my friend. i didn't feel like following him up to the courts with my friends cause i was so sad that my favorite player in the hwole world was mad at me or kinda i guess. That's my last memory of him! his yes yes i deed. omggggggggg. i dont think it was like that extreme though maybe he just said it really loudly.
BUT STILL! MARAT! yey. I was also stalking Dmitry Tursunov the whole week too, because he is just the NICEST person on the earth. Marat's nice too, but Dmitry is sooooooooo nice and i dont know, but nice.
The pic of the two of you is fantastic!!! What a smile! I also agree, Dmitry was really sweet the two times I ran into him. Glad you had such a great experience, well aside from that last bit, but you're still so lucky and I'm sure he wasn't that mad. Thanks again for sharing!
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