During the time between day and night Anwar found himself between life anddeath…After his body stopped moving, a body which was accustomed to moving a lot, right and left….To running behind his lovely small ball till he caught it and beat it with his racquet… the racquet representing an extension of Anwar’s character as a professional tennis player......
At age 21 Anwar decided to start to play tennis professionally....All said he was crazy, no one can start in this age and succeed.....Still he followed his dream, even it though it seemed impossible.....
He travelled to Spain to the Equalite Club, nearly killing himself with extremely rigorous practicing....Totally focused on his dream....Anwar took an unheard of efficiency rating of 120 % in training… He moved to France still pursuing his dream....played in FM sports club....Then he met a coach who believed in his dream,,, Karim Al Aloui....Karim said that Anwar’s dream would come true....Lots of negative publicity followed......The press said Anwar is a fake champion, just using any means to become famous, however crazy.....As result, Anwar lost his coach and lost everything… except his dream.. Anwar didn’t give up on his dream and he started again. He travelled again to Spain. To the Burgera club where he met the great coach Fernando Loano, who was shocked by the level Anwar had achieved in such a short time.....Anwar resumed his killing practices...till he seriously injured his back. Anwar could not practice standing upright so he practiced from a chair!!!.....And he came back even stronger.....
He took a wild card spot to play the main draw of his first international tournament in Barcelona.....and he played with one of the top players in the world Mark Lopez.... becoming the first player in history to start tennis at age 21 and at age 23 be an ATP tennis player.....Anwar decided to complete in more tournaments to gain more experience, to achieve his dream.... During his second international tournament disaster struck again…Anwar collapsed on the court during the competition…
Anwar was diagnosed with a failure in bone marrow....the press attacked him again, even though he was between life and death....But Anwar never lost sight of his dream,..doctors believed he was going to die....The doctors wanted to amputate his hand because the circulation ceased and the hand was getting little or no blood......The treatment to inhibit rejection after the bone marrow transplant destroyed his body...His weight ballooned to125 kg after course of cortisone......
But Anwar’s dream didn’t die....his complete determination made the impossible possible…and against all odds Anwar has come back strong.....
Today Anwar has reached the same level of fitness as he had before the operation and he has started to play international tournaments again......This is the true story of an incredible man with an unstoppable dream fueled by a spirit which made the impossible possible, a victory of mind over body…Anwar’s spirit and huge heart helped him win out over life-threatening sickness, triumph over his enemies and move closer to his dream...
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