‘d be lying if I said our honeymoon to New York earlier this year wasn’t dictated slightly by the proposition of ticking off another major tournament visit. Like Roland Garros, the U.S. Open offers a very easy route to purchasing tickets – all the more appreciated now that Wimbledon had become such a hassle […]

After completing ten straight years visiting SW19 I told myself I didn’t need to go again for maybe a few years. Yet, when the grass season arrives, and tennis encapsulates the British summer, I cannot resist those hallowed lawns. Aside from witnessing a Murray loss, I’d accomplished everything I’d wanted to see here, so we […]

Joining Roland Garros and Wimbledon editions, my Tennis Travels series continues here with a look back at previous visits to the season-ending championships at the O2. 2011 – A desperate punt to catch a glimpse of my hero…and his nemesis It took me far too long to register that my best chance of seeing the […]

  2016 represented my tenth year visiting Wimbledon encompassing approximately 25 days in total. It has become a second home in the summer and I have dragged friends and family along for the ride over the past decade. It hasn’t been to everyone’s taste – still, their loss.   What follows is a little reminisce […]

The final (for now) part of my French Open reminisce pieces will take us briefly back twelve months to my third visit to the Parisian clay, with a fellow tennis fan in one Rob Field alongside. It was something of a blow-out, an ‘ah let’s just do it properly’ sort of vibe which resulted in […]

After my maiden voyage the year before I returned once more to Paris for a slice of serenity and a dusting of French clay rouge. Joining me this time was my long-suffering fiancée sporting some suitably shaded locks and who herself would enjoy many a close encounter with some handsome French toast. Yes, this visit was […]

Seeing as it is just around the corner now, the first of my ‘retrospective’ diary-style pieces focuses on my first foray to the French Open. After embarking on the June-time annual pilgrimage to SW19 for some years, I decided in 2011 – on something of a whim – to double my Major tournament count and […]