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# Listen to me!
"Game, set and match."
Nishikori Kei became a new young champion in the world.
He was only 18 years old then.

His tennis life beganed with a racket that his father bought when he was five.
His father taught tennis and his skills improved day by day.
He have wanted to be a number one tennis player in the world since he was an elementary school student.
"I want to be a number one tennis player, first in Japan, and then in the world."
These words were written in his elementary school yearbook.

After that, he made up his mind to go to Florida to learn in tennis academy.
He practiced and practiced over 8 hours a day.
He became homesick because he had no one to talk to in America.
He never gave up and didn't afraid of making mistakes in English.
He said, "If you want to say something, keep trying. Then your message will get across."

After he won a tournament for the first time, the pressure became intense so he was not at my best.
"Luck can come only when you go through hardship." 
His mother reminded him of these words that he made a note when he was in elementary school at that time. 
Then he noticed all these hardships were gifts.

After that my attitude and outlook changed. Then he won many championship games and named "Newcomer of the Year"

Make your dreams come true!
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