Queens 2011 Day 3: Ebden v Nadal

Nadal took an early break but Ebden settled down quite quickly to hold his own thereafter, losing the first set with a respectable single break.





To repeat the pattern, Nadal broke Ebden again in the first game and it was a pretty routine outing for him, despite the occasional slip on court from time to time.







As we had two rain delays, we noticed that the final match (Del Potro) had been moved to Court 10, so we suspected that this would be the last match on Centre tonight.







Ebden steadied the ship to keep Rafa pegged back to a single break and Rafa won with straight sets.





And thus ended my first real outing to Queens. Fairly cold.

Confirmed tickets for the Women’s Semis day at Wimbledon, and the rest is down to the ticketmaster/resale gods.
My friend (La Froglette, so named for our habit of M&S Poppable vino and Le Froglet plastic wine glasses) got tickets for Court 1 on Mens Final day – which we have decided to take.
If nothing else we can maybe sit out on the hill, or just enjoy the dubs etc on Court 1.

And of course… the Armchair/Roving Slammer will be back to recap the weeks events.

Edit: as I was typing these up today… the final at Queens was completely rained out, and I got a ticket for a tenner on the interwebz! So Bonus Bloggy y’all…