Saturday, November 15, 2008

Wimbledon 2008 Pics & Europe Summer Tennis Tour






















As I look back on my Europe Tennis Tour this summer for 6 weeks with my great friend Jim Slonac, I am reminded of some great times. For one, we had just found out a few days before departure that we had made the USA Italia Cup Team and would be teammates with Willie Dann and our Captain Andy Lake. In Europe, we had lots of adventures playing and traveling from one country or city to another as we practiced on the red clay, played 3 tournaments (2 clay and 1 grass), and had a great time seeing the sights, too! All this was in preparation to represent the USA as players on the Men's 35's Team (Italia Cup) at the World Team Championships in Turkey, Oct. 12-18.

As I think back to our adventures of traveling and playing, I am trying to determine the funniest story....:
Maybe it was the story of how we were able to play on the Monte Carlos Tennis Courts,
Maybe it was the story of our arriving at the Babolat factory in France,
Maybe it was the story of us getting a flat tire in our rental car in England (while it's raining---again!),
Maybe it was the story of how we got in to see the Federer vs. Nadal Final at Wimbledon (yes, we did have a seat and watched it live--the greatest tennis match ever!)....

There's so many more........

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