Harvey Enjoys Wimbledon Experience

I was so lucky to have tickets to see this years Mens Finals at Wimbledon.I cant tell you how excited i was!

We were there early so wondered round to one of the outside courts where there was a demonstration going on by some of the children that train at the All England Club. Their coach asked me if i would like to join in.........i couldn't get on the court fast enough! We did lots of footwork and co ordination drills, some of the things we do in our squads.At the end of the session they let me keep one of the tennis balls we had been using.

I could of stayed longer but Mum had spotted that Rafa was warming up on the court next door so i had to go and watch. He was amazing! I managed to get right to the front, i was so close. The tennis balls were whizzing past as such a speed you could hardly see them and this was only a warm up.

We still had a while to wait before the final was due on so we had a good look round Wimbledon, even did some shopping! Haha.

We found our way to our seats and got ready to see Nadal and Berdych play for the title. Rafa looked really strong from the start and even though Tomas had a huge serve it didn't look like it was going to cause too much of a problem. There were not too many long rallies but the tennis was awesome, sometimes it was so difficult to see the ball.Berdych went on to lose in straight sets 3-6 5-7 4-6 I was pleased that Nadal had won as he is my favourite player.

After the final i really wanted to see more tennis, i was having such a great day. We went round to court 18 where a Mens senior invitational match was then going to start. We got a seat right on the side of the court so had a really good view of the game. Pat Cash and Mark Woodforde were up against Jeremy Bates and Anders Jarryd. It was so funny, they were doing lots of trick shots and talking to us in the crowd and being a bit silly. Even though they were having a bit of a laugh they still played some superb tennis and i could see how much they still enjoyed it. At the end of the match that Cash and Woodforde won i got to meet all four of them and they signed my new Wimbledon cap!

My day at the mens finals was really the best day i have ever had and i would love to be able to go again in the future.Thank you to EA tennis where i got my tickets through the ballot, it was a great experiance for me. I did and saw so much and it made me want to work even harder with my tennis!