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"Hi, I am here to pick up Miss Rocks. She is expecting me.", I said to the cheerful lady behind the desk at the Hyatt in Norway.

In almost fluent english she called Leftys and said, "Miss Rocks, you have a visitor at the front desk."

Nearly fifteen minutes later (yes, fifteen) she appeared from the elevator. She looked absolutely stunning. I walked towards her and she greeted me with a big hug.

"I'm glad you showed."

"Yeah, you're a lucky gal."

She lightly punched my shoulder and said, "So where are we dining?"

"It's called the Smalahode. I think it means "Sheeps Head" in Norwegian."

"You really are a true romantic arn't you?"

"I try."

I called for a cab and told him our destination. He rambled something in Norwegian, hopefully it was "Good choice of restaurant."

We arrived at the restaurant and took our seat. I had made reservations just minutes after she accepted my offer for the date to gurantee a table.

We sat down and ordered drinks; water of course. It appeared with both had the same idea of staying hydrated the night before our first matches.

Our conversation started off apropriately talking about tennis, but we moved onto other things such as family and future aspirations.

Our food came, and boy was it excellent. I ordered smoked salamon while she went with Lutefisk, a type of cod. We ate and talked more, enjoying each others presence. The waitor brought the bill and I took it, being the gentleman I am. The damage wasn't pretty, but it was worth it.

We left the restaurant and opted to walk the 10 blocks to her hotel. She put her arm into mine about half way, and it appeared that we both felt very comfortable. We arrived back at the Hyatt and said our goodbyes. She leaned in and kissed me on the cheeck just as the elevator arrived. I waited there until the doors shut, and then gave a big Nadal fist pump as I left the elevator.

The next morning I awoke and made my way to the grounds. I was to play at 9:00 am against Beta. We took the court and feeling confident from the night before, I came out firing. I was up a break at 4-2, but I lost it and then was broken again. I fought hard to get back into the match, and I did so and we went to a tiebreak. I kept it close at 4-5, but Beta came up big and ended the set 7-4 in the tiebreak.

The last set was rather uneventful. I was broken quickly and we both held serve all the way to the end of the match. I shook Beta's hand for what I think was the third time this year, gathered my stuff, and made my way to the locker room. I showered and then dressed into some clean clothes and left the locker room. Leftys was right outside waiting for me which was a treat.

"Tough loss."

"Yeah I'm used to it by now."

"How about we go get some lunch?"

"That sounds great, but I don't have any money."

"Don't worry, I think I owe you one after last night."

"I'm going to feel guilty letting you pay."

"It's ok. Let's just say this can be your payback for me beating you so bad earlier this year."

As I walked away with Leftys I couldn't help but smile.

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