I thought I’d do a recap on my day at It would be a crime for me to be born and raised in London and never go to Wimbledon . I’ve been three times now, and each time is fantastic.
It’s extremely difficult to get tickets for Wimbledon , especially on the big show courts (Centre Court Wimbledon , I can tell you, has to be undertaken like a strategic military operation .
My friends and I got to Wimbledon Park
Seven thousand people.
Yeah, ;you read right, seven thousand people.
What’s really nice about this part of the queuing in Wimbledon Park
You have to sleep to catch up on sleep if nothing else. There are numerous lines well-structured in the park and everyone is just either sleeping, or sitting down talking in groups. Bearing in mind it’s so early, it’s bright and is a rally relaxed atmosphere.
When it got to about ten thirty, the Wimbledon stewards begin letting everyone in according to where you are in the queue. We got into the grounds at 11.30. You buy a Ground Pass
I then feasted on Italian ice-cream of all different flavours and also had some strawberries and cream. Hey, I was at Wimby!
By this time it’s about 12.30 and you want to start joining the queue to see a match. As we didn’t yet have tickets for the show courts we joined the queue for Court 3 where there would be a women’s’ singles match, followed by two men’s singles matches.
So we joined the queue for this court around 1pm, and get this, we didn’t get onto that court until just before 4.30. That’s right, folks, we were queuing for over three hours. The staff at Wimby are great, though, very chatty and personable, and that goes for all the spectators.
Two young guys who had a good view of the large scoreboard that shoes what’s happening on the show courts kept everyone in the queue up to date
So the first match I saw this year was Feliciano Lopez against Lukass Kubot. Saw the last two hours of that match. Was great to see the match stretch to five hours. After Lopez won, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and David Ferrer .Great match. We watched it for nearly two hours before leaving to try and get tickets to Centre Court
And we did.
I love Centre court, I got a Debenture ticket last year from a guy who had to leave early. This year was just as awesome. It was Rafael Nadal against Del Potro. We joined it after the tiebreak, so got to see the last half an hour.
You may be wondering how we snagged tickets for Centre Court Centre Court
So, peops, that’s basically how we did it. Was a fantastic day as usual. The weather held out, got to see great players, and was with great company.
Now need to get to those other Slams!