Friday, September 15, 2006
This year's US Open was the best tennis I've ever seen in my life. It started with watching Agassi play the last matches of his career. What an incredible player! Super Saturday I watched all three major tennis matches at my uncle's house in Long Island, including Sharapova take the singles title (hot!).
On Sunday I watched the finals in Madison Square Park where American Express had setup a jumbo screen for the entire tournament. There were hundreds of people sitting on the grass watching the game. It was very cool.
Of course the highlight was going to the US Open on Thursday. I took the day off and purchased both day and evening passes. In the day I avoided the major games in Arthur Ashe but watched the smaller games on the grounds courts instead, where you can get much closer to the action.
During the day I saw Martina Navitralova play the women's doubles quarter finals at age 49! My favorite match was Todd Martin vs Jimmy Arias in the Men's Champions (old men) game. I was sitting in the first row! They were having a good time on the court, talking shit to each other and having fun with the crowd.
The biggest match I saw was Roger Federer vs James Blake in the men's quarterfinals at night. The whole stadium was cheering for New York local James Blake to beat Federer, but there was no competition at all. Joe and I left after the first set to get a beer and we missed the whole second set, 6-0 Federer!
I was at the Open for 14 hours straight, bouncing around from match to match. Next year I want to go even more, and hopefully take my mom since she loves to watch tennis.
On the way to the US Open on the 7 train, Joe and I both noticed (separately) that we passed a White Castle. On the way back we stopped at the closest station and got a late night snack. It was pretty disgusting :).
A totally epic day. It was definitely one of the highlights of being in New York so far.
I tried to limit how many pictures I uploaded, but it was a great day for photos. The Canon 70-300 IS is an incredible lens! Click here for the pictures
On Sunday I watched the finals in Madison Square Park where American Express had setup a jumbo screen for the entire tournament. There were hundreds of people sitting on the grass watching the game. It was very cool.
Of course the highlight was going to the US Open on Thursday. I took the day off and purchased both day and evening passes. In the day I avoided the major games in Arthur Ashe but watched the smaller games on the grounds courts instead, where you can get much closer to the action.
During the day I saw Martina Navitralova play the women's doubles quarter finals at age 49! My favorite match was Todd Martin vs Jimmy Arias in the Men's Champions (old men) game. I was sitting in the first row! They were having a good time on the court, talking shit to each other and having fun with the crowd.
The biggest match I saw was Roger Federer vs James Blake in the men's quarterfinals at night. The whole stadium was cheering for New York local James Blake to beat Federer, but there was no competition at all. Joe and I left after the first set to get a beer and we missed the whole second set, 6-0 Federer!
I was at the Open for 14 hours straight, bouncing around from match to match. Next year I want to go even more, and hopefully take my mom since she loves to watch tennis.
On the way to the US Open on the 7 train, Joe and I both noticed (separately) that we passed a White Castle. On the way back we stopped at the closest station and got a late night snack. It was pretty disgusting :).
A totally epic day. It was definitely one of the highlights of being in New York so far.
I tried to limit how many pictures I uploaded, but it was a great day for photos. The Canon 70-300 IS is an incredible lens! Click here for the pictures