Wimbledon 2010 and me

Taking Docklands light rail and district line, we headed to the prestigious Wimbledon, which is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments in the world. I did not buy ticket in advance. That means I had to queue at the entrance of the ground. The information on the queue card said that £15 for ground admission to Courts 5-19 and £29 for No. 1 Court, including ground admission and access to Court 5-19. It is not surprising that there was no more ticket for Centre Court where women’s final ( Serena Williams US and Vera Zvonareva RU) was going to take place. We bought Court 1 entry ticket for girl’s final of Kristyna Pliskova CZE and Sachie Ishizu JPN

Atmosphere there was nice. People were carrying cameras, shooting randomly at the once- a- year Grand Slam. There were many families with kids. I noticed that some people brought their own foods and drinks put in the cool box while there was also a persistent queue for Grolsch and Pimms. A classic band was entertaining tennis fans at Henman hill where a crowd had already occupied at Henman Hill, watching a big screen TV and enjoying a sort of family picnic.

After wandering around and checking other courts, we entered court 1 for girls’ final one hour before the time. While seats had been filling with tennis fans gradually, I was busy with my Nikon and Sony camera, taking anything interesting to me. I could see easily the Wimbledon tournament was well organized and it was very punctual.

Well, the match is not so drama apart from the final game when Ishizu was beated after she led with 4-2. Anyway, it was impressive that the Japanese girl reached the final after she knocked out the Russian second seed Irina Khromacheva in the quarter-finals and the British 2008 girls' champion Laura Robson in the semis.

From Wimbledon 2010

From Wimbledon 2010

From Wimbledon 2010

From Wimbledon 2010

From Wimbledon 2010

From Wimbledon 2010

From Wimbledon 2010

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