10 Facts about the Tennisphilia blogger

To anyone who's interested:

#1. I'm not a tennis expert. I'm not a tennis player either, though I do play occasionally during the summer. I would describe myself as a regular tennis fan.

#2. I get my almost daily tennis fix by checking the Yahoo Sports Tennis Section. I get my weekly tennis fix by reading Jon Wertheim's CNNSI column. During grandslams, I read the players interviews and sometimes use the IBM tracker to monitor match progress while at work. Please don't tell my boss.

#3. I love tennis statistics and trivia.

#4. I got introduced to tennis as a freshman high school student in the late 80s. That was way back in the Philippines. I had a crush on Gabriela Sabatini. I remember exactly what I was doing when I first heard that she won the US Open in 1990. I was ironing my uniform. There was a 2 year period where I stopped monitoring tennis. That was the same time that Sabatini wasn't winning any tournaments.

#5. I share the same birthday as Andre Agassi. My youngest child is named Andrei, but hell no, it wasn't after Andre Agassi. My grandma's name happened to be Andrea.

#6. In this blog, I'd like to post tennis news, tennis rankings and lists, interesting photos - all with a personal twist. Not that anyone cares ... but I do.

#7. My favorite women tennis players include Gabriela Sabatini, Monica Seles (after stabbing), Steffi Graf (after Sabatini retired), Jennifer Capriati (before drugs), the Williams sisters, and Kim Clijsters (after her unretirement). I like to root against: Justine Henin (Career 1.0), Maria Sharapova (Kournikova is hotter!) and Martina Hingis.

#8. My favorite men tennis players are Stefan Edberg, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer. I like to root against: Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal.

#9.  I live in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago - happily married, and dad to 3 boys. I work in the information technology consulting industry.

#10. I would have wanted to be a tennis dad - the Richard Williams type and live my tennis dreams through my children. But my boys enjoy soccer, swimming, reading, video games and a whole bunch of stuff that they want prioritized over tennis. So, I turned to the next best thing - becoming a tennis blogger.