We met a couple of fantastic die hard Rafa fans who are Toronto locals. They told us that Rafa loves Sushi, so they were waiting for him to pass by and eat Sushi in front of the Sushi kiosk in VIP lounge. Rafael sure enough grabbed the Sushi pack according to them. Rafa was trying to pay for it, but the Kiosk attendant said that he did not need to pay. He thanked him and happily put the Sushi pack under his right arm and walked away.
It kept raining in Toronto although we did not miss any matches. We decided to go to practice courts as soon as it was cleared up. Rafa was the next one to go against Igor Andreev. We did not expect Rafa practicing so soon after it was cleared, but there he was! He hit only 15 minutes and made his way back to the player's lounge - that means, he must walk pass by us! The Toronto local ladies told me that he would never sign before the match. When he approached us, uncle Toni went ahead of Rafa, so Rafa would not encounter with us first. I just told him, "Rafa, Good luck!". He smiled and said, "thank you!" as he was walking quickly back to the lounge.
We are on the third row from Rafa as he played agianst Andreev. He looked thinner than he appears on the TV screen, which was my impression when I saw him first in Miami Open 2005.
I got three autographs from Rafa after the match against Andreev that he won in straight sets. He was relaxed and carefully choosing where to sign on each article presented. He ever lets his fans down.
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