Wednesday morning we woke up at 5:00 am to head out towards Wimbledon. This was the main reason we came to London in the first place and we were really excited. It took about an hour to get there and we had to wait in a long line just to get in. Everyday they reserve 500 seats for Center Court, 500 for Court 1, and 500 for Court 2, so we were hoping to get one of those. Well, after waiting in line for 4 hours we barely missed getting tickets to those courts (by like 100 people!), it was kind of frustrating. But we waiting the entire morning in line (about 5 hours) then finally got in and ran to a court to get good seats. The courts are cool there, the whole atmosphere is very different than the US Open – it is much more traditional and all the workers are in shirts and ties and polo attire. As we were waiting for the match on our court to start, we noticed Andy Roddick warming up on the court next to it, so we went over there and snapped some pictures - it was exciting.
We got to see lots of players, but none of the ones that we really want to see so we decided to stand in another long line for centre court, court 1, and court 2, resale. Essentially this means that when people leave one of these courts for the day, they resale the tickets for 5 pounds. We really wanted to see Federer but after waiting for almost 3 hours in line (it was worth it to us) we got Center Court tickets (below) and saw almost all of Djokavic’s win over Tayler Dent. Walking onto Center Court was awesome! It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be but it had a really cool intimate feeling – and it was great seeing Djokavic in person, he is pretty incredible.
During the day we also got strawberries and cream (below) (good but overpriced) and actually
watched the first 20 games of the John Isner match which I am sure everyone heard about. It started that day in the fifth set and so we thought it would be done soon…. 7 hours later, after we had left Wimbledon, it was still going, we couldn’t believe it. But it was cool that it broke tons of records and we saw it! Also, during the Dent/Djokavic match, Dent hit a serve at 149 mph – a record at Wimbledon.
I am so glad you saw the famous long match! I watched it and was thinking of you and hoping you were there! It was incredible to watch on TV so I'm sure you loved it in person. Great you got the famous strawberries too.
ReplyDeleteLoved reading about your day in Wimbledon!! I'm so glad you made it to Center Court!!! How terrific and got to see the Isner match! I'm jealous - history was made and you were there!
ReplyDeleteI forgot you were going to be there for Wimbledon! I am so jealous! Glad you had a good experience!
ReplyDeleteThis is dustin. So cool you saw the Isner match!! I actually followed that on the radio. First tennis match I actually cared about. maybe your genes are slowly seeping into my bloodstream. . . . Nah. Glad you're having a good time!
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