TOMORROW IS MY GRANDMAS BIRTHDAY :) And I spent the day running around buying things to put in a gift basket for her.

Unfortunately my tickets for the Medibank Internationl Mens Tennis Final were bought 2 months in advance and I had no idea the birthday dinner would be planned on the 17th. So I personally delivered the basket along with a card bearing warm wishes before I left for the match! I felt horrible. But I was able to join her for cake afterwards

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I walked to Matthews place and then we met up with Lily at Lidcombe :D A little while later we were at Olympic Park Station and headed to the Tennis Centre!

Wandered around for a bit waiting for the Men's Doubles Final to begin. Scored a free fan, sunscreen and visor haha. There was a stall that measured your serving speed. Matthew clocked 107 kmph but had difficulties aiming. Lily and I had a go with no great success haha - it was the wind

We were queueing up for the bathroom and I saw a blonde and bronzed woman smiling in our direction. Two seconds later I suspected it was JOHANNA GRIGGS but I still wasn't certain. Sure enough I was star struck. Later on we actually got to meet her and she gave us her autograph

The Men's Doubles Final featured Bob & Mike Bryan up against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic. The Bryan brothers won their first Sydney title! Watching tennis live is completely different to watching it on the telly. The atmosphere and your patience. The match goes by so quickly live!

Our seats weren't too shabby

Bryan Brothers

Afterwards we watched a band play and grabbed a bite. An hour later the Men's Final match began:

DAVID NALBANDIAN V JARRKO NIEMINEN

After a 6-3 first set win. Nalbandian dropped his game a little during the second set with the unforced errors and failures to convert 3984092384902834 championship/match points. But my hero obviously went on to claim the third set for his first sydney victory. I could say so much more about the match but it was awesome and worth every penny. Props to Nieminen for making it to the finals as an unseeded player though!

Nieminen

Nalbandian

During a break the crowd began a mexican wave that must've went around atleast 4 times. Haha I stood up when Nalbandian won but when I tried to sit back down I fell to the ground because I forgot stadium chairs retract.

My deserved Idol and his trophey

I made a fan shirt for Nalbandian and a poster. But it became clear I was the only one retarded enough. What's more is my poster was BRIGHT FLUORO ORANGE.

I was exhausted by the end of everything and got home at around 11.30 I saw Nalbandian play and lost my live tennis match-inity to him

He evidently missed haha

Eyes red. We were tired.