I have the best intentions of updating my blog, but time just slips away from me. I still have a few more days of Paris travel journeys to cover, but today I thought I would include pictures from my recent visit to the US Open.
This was Greg's birthday present this year - a trip to the US Open and it was quite a lot of fun for both of us. The weather was hot, but not overly hot. Just full sun with a bit of a cool breeze all day long. We met the chartered bus at our tennis club and enjoyed a non-eventful ride to NYC. We got to the tournament before 10:30 am which was awesome because we got to go see some of the players practicing before the start of the matches.
We saw Venus Williams warming up on the practice courts, French players Mahut and Batteau, Iva Karlovic (all 6' 10" of him serving a record 42 aces in his match), Anna Groenfield, Daniel Nestor, Warwinko, Guy Montfils, and more. We hated leaving at 7:30 because we were very interested in the Daniel Nestor and his partners' doubles match (they are seeded No. 1).
During the Mahut and Batteau doubles match with Frognini and Lapenti, I was sitting in front of Lapenti's parents throughout the entire match. When I sat down at one of the outer courts to watch Anna Groenfield, I ended up sitting next to her father. Then I went to another match and sat next to another player parent as well. This is the neat thing about having a grounds pass. You can wander in and out of matches all day long and see some very good tennis.
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