I have been really lucky over the years to attend the Rogers Cup many times. My love affair with tennis started 19 years ago while watching the quarterfinals that included Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier and Michael Chang. It was incredible. They were all rising stars and I was hooked.
I now watch all the majors and when the Rogers Cup arrives in Toronto I try to go three times during the week. Once on Family Day (sometimes with the family, sometimes without), and I attend two matches as well.
This year I went on Sunday to walk the grounds and to watch some practice games. On Monday afternoon, I ONLY went to the practice games. I guess I was distracted and never made it to the main stadium. Hee Hee.
I love the practice games. You can hear the THUD of the tennis balls and you can SEE the balls FLY over the net. It’s incredible. It gives you a whole new appreciation for the game.
On Wednesday nite, we scored some tickets and had the opportunity to watch an incredible match between Raphael Nadal and Wawrinka.
But those practice courts really gave me the opportunity to get up close to see Andy Murray and Robin Soderling…with their shirts on!!
I am such a fan that naturally I follow all sorts of tennis related people on twitter and this year I won a contest from Sony Ericsson for two tickets to the Rogers Cup in Montreal to watch the women. Sadly I can’t attend but my good friend and her husband are huge fans and will be going in my place. I’m looking forward to reading their tweets.
In the meantime, Im happy to watch the rest of the Rogers Cup on TSN. Tennis Rocks!!
I don’t really agree with you here but I guess time will tell if you’re right.
Je-SUS! Those pictures…so great! Love the tennis. Always have. In high school everyone had music pictures etc and I had my John McEnroe pics up – then it was Boris Becker, then I moved on to Andre…
I’ve been to 2 of the 4 grand slams…and will always treasure my trip to Wimbledon with my mother. We saw Boris Becker the year that he broke out there – it was incredible!!!
Let’s go next year!!!
I guess I went on the wrong day – Tuesday everyone had their shirts on!! However, watching Roger Federer is poetry in motion – the pink shirt was delicious and then there is the . . . . tennis
YUM!! … all I have to say…no wait and thanks! 🙂