You weren't a tennis player let alone professional, you just play for fun with your family or friends since you were 10. In one of your free days you just happened to be playing at your local tennis club and yet you never expected to meet the number one tennis player in the world neither you expected to develop feelings for him. You both started going out as good friends but when the world shouted down the love started to bloom, neither of you have put a label on it but it's obvious that there's no longer "just friends" situation, the nights together, the affectionate whispers at 3.am., the sweet kisses, it was a lot.
He wanted you to meet his parents which for you felt like a big deal, so here you are on a car passenger seat listening to the Italian radio as you watch the landscape while he drives to South Tyrol where his family lives.