Me and Tim Henman

Okay, not Tim Henman, but I have been hanging out with his equivalent, Mauricio Estívariz, who is Bolivia's No.1 tennis player (ranked 1,071 in the world) and who also happens to be my girlfriend's brother-in-law. It´s not quite Wimbledon but this week the Cochabamba Tennis Club hosts the Campeonato Internacional de Tenis Profesional Future featuring some of the continent´s up and coming stars. Yesterday night I was biting my nails as Mauricio finally overcame the Argentinian Roberto Palacios 6-3, 7-6 and 7-6 in what the local paper Los Tiempos described as "a dramatic game which could have gone either way". Now I understand what it is like for Henman's family as they sit there frustrated and powerless as their offspring test their nerves to the limit. The relief was tangible in the stands as the local boy made good. Footnote: Mauricio lost in straight sets today.