Today I sent in our renewal form, with the deposit, for our tickets to the W&S Open in Cincinnati.  This almost didn’t happen.  After it arrived, the HLP and I actually sat down and had a very serious conversation about not going.  In the end, we agreed that we’re not quite ready to give up on the tournament, but also not willing to invest as much ( Read more... )

Today was equally awesome and heartbreaking.

The awesome:  We bumped into Igor Andreev and Marin practicing early and the HLP got her photo with Igor, who was very sweet.  Mika and Nenad ruled in doubles.  (When they were up two breaks at 5-1, Boppana and Qureshi serving, we overheard Mika saying, "Nenad, Nenad...6-1.  6-1."  Somewhere to be, Mika ( Read more... )

It's been a hell of a few days.  Even though the tournament is only just entering the second round, we had qualifiers before that, and we have way too many guys to root for.  The last two days have been me and the HLP running from court to court, watching a first set here, a last set there, making time to cruise around the practice courts and the ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose it's officially day three, but since we spent that first half day travelling, getting our car and hotel, and then pretty much pass out, I'm not counting it.  Yesterday was our day to relax and get ready for the rest of the week.  We woke up late, went out for a ridiculous breakfast, went to see "Cowboys and Aliens" (I know, again, ( Read more... )