Platonas Demosthenous

When I told my parents I wanted to play soccer, I had to get used to having a coach. I had been doing a soccer intramurals for three years to help get me started. The coach saw me using skills above my level, so he told me to try out for a higher-level program called Academy. I was thrilled, and so were my parents, and I went to the tryouts the next day. Since it was my first time and there were a lot of other good players, I was put on the C team. There were A, B and C teams.

We were able to meet and interview International Tennis Hall of Fame great Andy Roddick when he was on Long Island recently. Were you surprised to make it into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017? I was surprised to make it in 2017. I thought my career resume was enough, maybe, on the basis of some people that were already in. I absolutely did not expect to get in the first year. I don’t know that I was deserving of that, but I was certainly thrilled when it happened.

On Saturday we went to the NYCB Live arena in Uniondale. We were invited to meet tennis legends Andy Roddick and Jim Courier. After going through security, we gathered and discussed the plans for the day. When we arrived at the Coliseum, we have to admit that we were nervous since we did not know what to expect. We went downstairs and waited for our first guest to arrive, Jim Courier. After a while, we went into the press room where we were introduced to Courier and then interviewed him.