Jennifer was just hanging out today while Rob and I went to the tennis but she came into the arena around 11 with me to see the guys warm up. I was trying to get the remaining autographs for my t-shirt.
I managed to get Dan to sign my shirt before he went onto court to have a hit and I managed to get Josh to sign when he came off court :) I wished him luck for the match and after a little longer Jen and I headed out to meet Rob.
She then went shopping while Rob and I went in for the start of the tennis.
The giant flag was introduced to the arena by Caro, Gill, Steven and Maureen:
The GB bench were super supportive as Josh started against Goffin:
Now, there had been a theme running through the weekend that I forgot to mention earlier!
We were able to clearly see the am.com gang from our seats and there had been a great deal of waving and signing during the match. The best bit however, has to be the 'mirror bangers'.
Many of you will be familiar with the clappers/bangers supplied by BNP Paribas for fans to use to make noise....well Dave and I struck up a little game whereby we mirrored the actions of the other across the arena during changes of ends to the music....very entertaining for us but less so for those of you who were intrigued by the name!
Some of you will also remember the camera wars....! The tickets now state that no cameras with detachable lenses are permitted....so what does this guy have?
Anyway, back to the tennis.....
Josh was unfortunately broken in the 3rd game of the first set...and the second set.... and the third set :(
The first 2 breaks were decisive and lead to Goffin being 2-0 up but Josh had fought for every single point and the sets were really close. In the third set Josh did manage to get the break back but Goffin was just too good and he took the match in a little under 3 hours :(
This was however, convenient for Rob, Jennifer and I. We had a loooong drive home and had always planned to leave at 4pm...well Josh and Goffin finished at around 3.50 so we headed on home with the giant flag!
We had a better trip home - took 4 hours to Sheffield to drop off Jennifer and then another 4 hours to Dorset so we arrived back at our place just before midnight!
We had a really great weekend due to a combination of tennis and spending time with some friends...and are now looking forward to next year in the hope that we can make the next tie....please not South Africa or Israel....not sure my budget can afford those trips!
As always here is a link to the rest of my photos
Also here is a little video clip which we found amusing - keep an eye out for Treacle (His arms seem quite energetic!)
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