So I have been very slack in my blog postings lately, and just realized it is now MARCH and I took these photos in JANUARY! Duncs and I got tickets for the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, held every year in Melbourne. It usually is a very hot summer day for this tennis, but it happened to be unseasonably cool and rainy (actually it has been raining pretty much since I moved here--the decade long drought is definitely over).
Many of the matches are at the Rod Laver Arena, famous Aussie tennis star.
We didn't see Nadal or Federer, as we had hoped, but did see the eventual champion, Djokovic. He defeated Berdych (see jumbo-tron photo above). And I also learned that the Aussies LOVE Jim Courier--he announced every match on the main court and conducted all the post-match interviews.
Many of the matches are at the Rod Laver Arena, famous Aussie tennis star.
We didn't see Nadal or Federer, as we had hoped, but did see the eventual champion, Djokovic. He defeated Berdych (see jumbo-tron photo above). And I also learned that the Aussies LOVE Jim Courier--he announced every match on the main court and conducted all the post-match interviews.
