A lady I see regularly at the gym’s pool surprised me recently with an invitation to join her for the second day of Wimbledon, as she had a spare ticket for Number One Court. I was both unbelievably touched that she’d thought to ask me and unbelievably excited.
We saw Ashleigh Barty (the ladies’ number 1 seed), Johanna Konta (the British number 1 and seeded 19. We saw her play back in 2017) and my favourite male tennis player, Rafa Nadal.
We ended up watching around 8 hours worth of tennis, with a few comfort breaks and time for a drink and afternoon tea.
We knew it was time to leave when we found ourselves quietly chatting rather than actually watching the action on the court – that was at 9 pm!
Brings back happy memories of many visits there, sadly a thing of the past. You got some wonderful pics (esp the Nadal one) and it was a real boon to have scored that lady’s spare ticket. How kind. I have a date with the TV for a certain second men’s semi-final match this afternoon/evening!
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Thank you … I have my fingers crossed for Rafa!
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What a lovely day you had, and so lucky to see so many of the big matches that day. Also pleased to see that you ate your scones correctly – jam first 😉
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Haha, we even had a brief chat about which went on the scone first, and we both agreed it was the jam!
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How totally fabulous to be on Centre Court and see such famous players – and your photos are worthy of any newspaper! It sounds like a truly delightful day and such a lovely friend to have.
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I do feel very lucky to have been asked; it was a superb day!
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What a great treat. I’m not a tennis watcher so I don’t know any of those named players although it has been of great conversation at church, especially “the bad boy” who I don’t who that is. But ah I do know a tea break & that one looks fabulous.
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Take it from me that the tennis was excellent, as was the cream tea!
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Wow amazing! Looks like you had a wonderful afternoon. I’m so jealous! This has been on my list for years! I wish people like this went to my gym ;-)!
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I was very fortunate!
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