Well the BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament is over and for the most part a good week. We volunteered as ushers for the fifth year. The scheduling of ushers was not the best this year and there was many unhappy people and strange days. We had one day we did not work a match! Just watched tennis, had lunch, watched tennis, and went home. Since I was working it was difficult to take my good camera to take pictures except for the two days I didn’t work and just watched the matches. For the first time we did not work the Sunday finals. That was much more relaxing and I was in the upper deck taking pictures.
Maybe the best day of tennis was Saturday when they had the men’s semis and the men’s doubles final. Roger Federer played Andy Murray and lost and Andy Roddick played Rafael Nadal and lost in the semis. But Andy’s day was not over. After a rest time he joined with Mardy Fish to play Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram for the men’s doubles and won. So I guess it was not a completely bad day for Andy.
For the women Vera Zvonareva beat Ana Ivanovic in the finals. The wind played a big factor in both the finals matches. It was not a steady wind so the ball did strange things at times. The same could be said for the ladies little skirts. Sometimes it was not all skill that would win a point. I did not catch the look on any of the players faces and they watched a ball they was sure OUT fall IN or just the opposite. A ball hit without much force or high could do about anything. More pictures on Flicker.
Maybe the best day of tennis was Saturday when they had the men’s semis and the men’s doubles final. Roger Federer played Andy Murray and lost and Andy Roddick played Rafael Nadal and lost in the semis. But Andy’s day was not over. After a rest time he joined with Mardy Fish to play Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram for the men’s doubles and won. So I guess it was not a completely bad day for Andy.
For the women Vera Zvonareva beat Ana Ivanovic in the finals. The wind played a big factor in both the finals matches. It was not a steady wind so the ball did strange things at times. The same could be said for the ladies little skirts. Sometimes it was not all skill that would win a point. I did not catch the look on any of the players faces and they watched a ball they was sure OUT fall IN or just the opposite. A ball hit without much force or high could do about anything. More pictures on Flicker.
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