Warren had signed up to volunteer again this year but ended up pulling out due to his leg injury. However he felt good enough to attend and so he bought tickets. But of a shock to the system as we had to pay! As a volunteer, he always got given tickets.
At this time of year, the transport people decided to do maintenance on the train lines. That meant for us, we could only get a train half way to the city. Parking is at a premium around the venue.
So it was train to Geebung, then dedicated buses to the city but that station hasn't been upgraded yet so it was three flights of steps and then over the lines and down again. Phew, I was glad to see that last step and so was Warren.
Train from the city to Corinda, the closest to the tennis is Yerongphilly station which is then a nice easy walk of about 900 metres to tennis, but that line was closed too. Again dedicated buses to the tennis about a ten minute trip. Finally it was a 200 metre walk to tennis, bag check and scan tickets, no ticket purchase except on line. Just over two hours to get there.
I wanted a coffee but there was a line of people queued up half way around centre court. I waited til later.
On centre court was Osaka and Plislav and we watched two sets before we needed to give our knees a rest. Seats are great but there is not a whole lot of room for legs. Outside getting lunch, we saw that our own Daria Saville was playing on an outside court. The seating there seemed a little more roomy and it's first in to get seats.
This was how close we were, she was a set down when we got there. We saw her win the next set but unfortunately she couldn't pull off a win. She is returning to tennis after over twelve months off with having knee surgery.
Got some zoom going on here. She's quite the pocket rocket at only 160cms, she won her first round and has been granted a wildcard to the Australian Open.
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