SAN FRANCISCO - Former world tennis champion and first Chinese tennis champion Michael Chang and his newly wed Amber Liu shared their joyful life of marriage at the press conference hosted by Prince of Peace Corporation on Nov. 21.
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| SAN FRANCISCO - Former world tennis champion and first Chinese tennis champion Michael Chang and his newly wed Amber Liu shared their joyful life of marriage at the press conference hosted by Prince of Peace Corporation on Nov. 21. |
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The following is the account of the interview with Chang at the press conference:
Q: I heard a lot about your wife from the media here, but can you share a bit about your marriage life and how you and your wife met?
Chang: We met through tennis. We met the first time at US Open in 2003. She was playing there in the main draw at the women’s event. I met her very briefly. I went up to the player lounge. She was talking with my brother Carl. It was the first time we have met. I’ve only talked to her for a few minutes. I did not see her again until last year. She is actually very good friends with my cousin James, who also went to Stanford and played on the tennis team. We kind of indirectly met through him. I didn’t know where she lived down in the Orange County area, which is where I’m from. We got a chance to practice a little bit and through that period of time we got to know each other and she fell in love with me. Things just blossomed. The Lord’s been blessing everything and our wedding was a lot of fun. Our honeymoon was great. We went to Hawaii and spent some time in Tahiti. It has been very rewarding.
Liu: What do you want me to add? You talk about your side with the story. Well…he fell in love with me. We got to know each through tennis. It wasn’t expected. It was interesting that there were some time meeting at the first U.S. open and meeting again, and I thought that the Lord brought us together. I thought it was really in his time.
Q: we know that you are a really sincere Christian. Can you share with us your struggle while you were waiting for your true love and how long?
Chang:I will be honest with you. As a believer and being a single man for a longtime, it really comes in where the mentality of your heart is. I always felt that I’m not going to get married until the right person comes along. For me, marriage is really the second most important decision that you will make in your life. It is not one to be taken lightly. I feel that in the process I learned a lot of things about myself and about different characteristics that are really important for great marriage and for future things as far as family is concerned, such as love for children and sharing the same faith. That was probably one of the things that I was so surprised in meeting Amber, because as I started to get to know her. I recognize the fact that we have so many things in common. I was really quite shocked. I had opportunity to meet other people. Different characteristics are nice, but you never had an opportunity to meet somebody with all of the characteristics. On top of that, aspects of family were that important to her.
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