Set in the middle of West London, the Queens Club is an elite establishment over 125 years old and has the sort of membership that typifies the upper class of English society. This was reflected heavily in the attired patronage of the day. For women it was Chanel loafers, white jeans (clearly the fashion for 2011) Lauren shirts, a light jacket, jewelry dripping wrists, dyed hair and plenty of air kisses as they greeted each other. For the men it was loafers or boatshoes, brightly coloured linen trousers, offsetting coloured linen jacket (normally pale or cream in colour) a lauren stripey shirt, bushy eyebrows, hair filled ear lobes, and a panama hat. For the record I was wearing none of the aforementioned and having recently done some gardening was clear of all excessive bodily hair.
Several things struck me and none of them were a tennis ball.
1. At a minimum price of $85 for a centre court ticket watching a game or two of tennis is expensive. I paid £39 for my Court 1. Throw in a coffee for £5, sandwich for £7.50, packet of crisps for £3, chocolate fudge slice for £2.50 and a diet coke (who am I kidding? ) for £3 thats about £60 for a game or two of tennis. That's expensive.
2. Professional tennis players travel with a large entourage.
3. Professional tennis players all wax their legs and walk with a peculiar gait. Often pigeon toed.
4. Professional tennis players throw the ball up very very high on their serve.
5. Professional tennis players hit the ball very very very hard
6. Professional tennis players play to the extremes of the court
7. Professional tennis players have bodily perspirational issues. Seriously. Who else needs to towel themselves down between every single point. I saw Del Potro towel himself down after receiving a serve, he then walked to the next serve, got aced (hence did nothing) and then request a towel again. My suggestion is change your deodorant!
8. There was something else I was going to mention but forgot...
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