Wimbledon 2008

On 27th June, Lisa and I went to our first Wimbledon tournament, and we were lucky because we got the tickets through a public ballot (like a lottery for Wimbledon tickets, but you still have to pay for the tickets). We went on Friday of the first week of play, and got access to Court number 1. We were counting our lucky stars, because many British people miss out on tickets many years running, and in our first attemp, we got tickets, on Court number 1 (only second to Center Court), where we got to see the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, Anna Ivanovic, and Marat Safin play.

It started off with rain delays, so our first match with Lleyton Hewitt ended up being delayed by 1 hour. It was very frustrating with rain delays, because people get on court, then they get off, then on then off. The 1 hour wait was worse than waiting for a delayed BA flight, as you're always in suspence and hope that the bad weather moves on and play to start.
Once play started, it was clear all the way, and when Lleyton was playing, all the Aussies in the crowd went crazy, even Lisa! It seems a relatively easy match for Lleyton, as he went on to win in straight sets. Anna Ivanovic was next on court, and she was terrible, as she slumped to a straight set slaughter by the Chinese girl Zheng Jie (who made it all the way to the Quarter Finals). The last match of the day was Marat Safin, which got the crowd going a little bit with his antics, and his temper.

During the day, we had to do the tradition Strawberries and Cream @ Wimbledon, only made possible thanks to HSBC, as we got free vouchers to get them. No way were we going to pay £2.25 for a tube of 6 Strawberries with Cream.
Anyway, the day out was a good experience, and throughly enjoyed it. Now we can say we've been there!