***I have been looking through my unfinished blog posts and realized that I have a few very random ones that need to be written and published, although they are quite old. This is one of such posts...
Back in November, by random chance, my friend asked me to help her with childcare one afternoon because she wasn't sure she'd be back from London. She told me she was going to be watching Barclay's ATP World Tour tennis matches at the O2 Arena. That sparked my interest! I love tennis! I am not sure if I have mentioned it before, but for the past 2.5 years I have been taking tennis lessons at the Huntingdon Tennis Club every week. I can't say that I am great, but I am learning to have a powerful forehand and can actually serve properly (although not super fast....) almost every time-haha.
Anyway... I quickly figured out what day was the easiest day for me to take off from my busy schedule and bought tickets for the afternoon match. For the same price you get to watch a doubles and a singles match. The best part about ATP World Tour is that every single game has the top 10 players play some awesome tennis. So you are guaranteed a good game no matter what day of the week you go. I got lucky as on the day I was going, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal were playing.
I took the train into London and then the tube to the O2 Arena. Easy peasy.
At the O2, I discovered Five Guys! And settled in my super high seat:)
Apparently, it's not so cool to be here on time, especially for the doubles match. But whatever. I was so excited!
The atmosphere was very exciting, popular music was playing and it was just fun!
In the doubles, one French pair played Polish/Slovak pair, I think. It was incredible.
And then the show continued with Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal facing off. One thing I learned from that day was that no matter how improbable it seems that things would work out, you can't stop trying--in other words, although it seems that there is no way in the world the player could still get to the ball on time, he shouldn't give up and still try. There were many moments like that. Everything seemed lost--and somehow the player would get to the ball and win the point.
I didn't take pictures during the games, I was very immersed in the competition and couldn't wrap my head around the fact that I was actually there, watching tennis super stars play. Live. I couldn't stop smiling:)
Andy Murray won. I'll forever remember the fun crowd cheering him on here in London, "Come on, Andy!" in a Scottish accent. Or, "Come on, Boy!". So fun!
I got home elated and told everyone on our community facebook page that they should consider visit this even next year if they want to see some good tennis.
I guess now I just have to wait and see if I was lucky in my Wimbledon lottery submission and maybe I'll get to see some good tennis in July again!
Lyana.
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