Had initially gotten the General Admission Pass for Sat ($29) through our hosts Mich and Yish... But, after my trip back to SG and after further considerations, Haz and I decided to get the Vodafone Arena tix as it is more likely that we would be able to catch top seeds in action... And since it may be our only time at the Australian Open, it sounds only right that we try to maximise our trip as both Haz and I are tennis fans (Haz only got hooked at the start of the tournament).. So, we got the Vodafone tix ($56)! It proved to be a great decision as the skies on Sat was greyish and rained the whole day. Vodafone Arena (one of the 2 sheltered courts along with Rod Laver - Centre Court) played on while the other outdoor matches were cancelled...
For the rest who thought of gg for the experience, their day was nearly ruined but luckily for them, they managed to exchanged their tixs for the next day and even upgraded to the Vodafone Arena tixs. So, all went well... It was particularly impt for Haz and I to catch the actions on Sat itself as both of us flew back Sun afternoon as I have a flight to Gold Coast at night for work....
Photos time....
PwC Mel at our back... Nice building...
Both of us at the entrance! FINALLY we are here! Live!
Haz got into the groove of things and decided to have lots of fun and she patriotly face-painted a SG flag! Looks great ya... Haha... She din manage to convince me to even paint a small SG flag.. Haha.. I'm just shy... Haha..
Lots of tennis-related activities can be found around the Melbourne Park. Like Wii Tennis, face-painting, etc... Festive atmosphere! Great stuff! Just the weather did not do it justice.. But it did not affect both us as we sat in the comfort of the air-conditioned Vodafone Arena (usually Vodafone and Rod Laver are opened at the top as it is the trademark of Australian Open - hot, sunny outdoor tennis)
We caught top seeds indeed... and great matchups for the 4 matches, especially the thrilling 5 setters between James Blake (12) and Sebastien Grosjean (my old time Virtua Tennis favourite), a great upset of the women's 2nd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova by 29th seed Agnieszka Radwanska... And of coz the whitewash of unseeded players by the new tennis goddess Ana Ivanovic (4th seed) and eventual champion Novak Djokovic!
And for bonus, we watched the last set of the titanic challenge of Roger Federer by Janko Tipsarevic at the big screen at the Garden in Melbourne Park with huge crowd totalling 10,000!!! Awesome atmosphere!!!
Din do much travelling around Mel this time round but Haz and I will be back in Mar for Formula 1 and sightseeing! Special thanks for Mich and Yish for putting us up at their place and we will return the favour come March when they are both here for the Mardi Gras parade!
Rushing off to watch Cinderella now at the Sydney Opera House.. Will keep you guys posted! Take good care all!
Family coming over soon on Tue (5 Feb)... Can't wait! =)
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