The second tournament that we visited in Australia was the Sydney International. In the week before the Australian Open, Sydney always attracts a decent line-up from the WTA with six members of the world’s top 15 present in 2018. Note there is also an ATP 250 event although we didn’t watch any ATP matches! We…
I’m back from three fantastic weeks in Australia and am slowly getting back to normality. The non-tennis highlight of the trip was definitely visiting the Whitsunday Islands, seeing the spectacular Whitehaven Beach and swimming around the Great Barrier Reef. We visited three new tennis tournaments and I achieved my Career Slam at the Australian Open! Before getting…
Since I started seriously watching tennis in 2012, I have gone to the US Open every year. I live in New Jersey, so Flushing Meadows is only about two hours away by train. Every year prior to this one, I have gone with friends or family to the US Open, but this year I decided…
As an avid tennis fan and a student at Stanford University, the Bank of the West Classic is a dream come true. A rapid five-minute bike ride is all that separates my dormitory from one of the premier stops on the WTA tour. This year, I decided to compile some of my thoughts about the…
This post continues on from my first live Set Points post from Wednesday, which ended with seeing Naomi Osaka cause an upset by beating Barbora Strycova. After this match we headed straight for cover under Centre Court. At this time, Johanna Konta and Donna Vekic were playing out an epic and we could hear all…
I was lucky enough to get the chance to go to Wimbledon on Wednesday. A big thanks to my brother who (somehow!) managed to buy a pair of tickets for Court 3. Every morning at 9am, a small batch of tickets get released online for Centre Court and No.3 Court on Ticketmaster. We both tried…
Saturday was finals day at the 2017 Aegon International and the end of a great week in Eastbourne. The women’s final was first up on Centre Court at 12:15pm between the number three and six seeds, Karolina Pliskova and Caroline Wozniacki. Pliskova prevailed, 6-4 6-4 in a high quality finale. Pliskova played a stunning first…
This post features my ten favourite photos of the day from semi-finals day at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. For a recap of the day including a match recap of Wozniacki-Watson and highlights from the press conferences including Johanna Konta, Caroline Wozniacki and Heather Watson, click HERE. A packed out Centre Court crowd for the…
Friday is my last full day in Eastbourne! Rather shockingly, after a manic Thursday, the schedule was just about caught up with where it should be with the semi-finals up. I started the morning by listening to the Wimbledon draw – once i’m back then the Wimby posts will commence. Before going out to watch…
This post features my ten favourite photos of the day from Thursday’s bumper schedule around the grounds at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. For a round-up of the matches, there are three posts up on the blog including a match recap of Wozniacki vs. Halep and highlights from both of their press conferences HERE. Lauren…
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