Venus rising
We went to the first day of Wimbledon. Got there at 7:30 am to queue for ground passes. You have to sleep out overnight to get some of the tickets left for court 1 or centre court (all other tickets are balloted out earlier in the year) so we had no chance of getting these. Got into the ground at 11:30 am.
Watched Nicole Pratt fall to the British number 1 girl on an outside court. Wandering around later we were stunned when an older couple walked up to us and handed us their Court 1 tickets. We went in and found oursleves in the 2nd row! Watched Venus Williams win her match, then we watched 3rd seed Coria of Argentina Vs Wes Moody of South Africa.
Play stopped at 20:45 when the light started to fail, so we retired to a pub for some grub and to watch England beat Switzerland at UEFA Euro 04. A nice day really.
Coria's party trick
Court 1, Wimbledon
Grass court
Strawberries and Cream
Outside courts
