Tennis Diaries Part Deux

Today was a scorcher, the temperature hit 28 degrees in London. Not the kind of day you want to spend indoors. This was perfect tennis weather and S and I headed off to Wimbledon. They still use the old Route Master to ferry spectators from Wimbledon station to the courts and it was a nostalgic bus ride, reminding me of my days on the Mumbai bus services (BEST).

We reached the grounds and headed to court no 1 to watch our first match. We saw the lithe Williams sister Venus hesitate and then decimate Tamarine Tanasugarn. We were then pleasantly surprised by the Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie who beat Nicole Vaidisova in an evenly fought three set match. She is the first Chinese player to reach a grand slam singles semi-final and the first woman to go so far at Wimbledon on a wildcard.

We had our fill of tennis and then sauntered around to find something to eat (I have a never ending pit inside of me). Most people had come prepared with large picnic baskets filled with wonderful looking/smelling food items. We walked all through the grounds, Henman Hill, now rechristened Murray Mound/Mount, was full of folks soaking in the sun, tennis and strawberries and cream. Wimbledon is tennis at its best and well worth a visit if you live here.