THE EMOTIONS OF A FAN. When Miriam Bulgaru won her semi final yesterday I cried. Because she is my joint favourite active player and I was so happy for her. The two players who always felt all the emotions for were Roger Federer and Simona Halep. Both now retired and tennis feels empty without them.…
With the exit of all the Romanians in singles and the Doubles Final with Stefi and Briana later in the day we took the free time to Uber to Bran and visit Dracula’s Castle. The drive was pleasant and very scenic, should I return next year as I hope to do I would like to…
The trip is a starting to near an end, the beard is at a point where it is becoming itchy. Whereas the previous mornings I got up early for Oana’s practices with her defeat in singles it was a later start in doubles, I was afforded the luxury of a lie in. Not that the…
Same routine as before early walk into town, picked up some cheese pretzels for breakfast and then onto Starbucks for coffee. Met the Wolf for practice at the club ahead of her second round match which her parents had attended for. Sadly Oana’s match was poor, a couple of missed smashes at the net got…
Today was an earlier start, leaving the Guest House at 7am and walking to town as the sun rose over Brasov, a pleasant stroll with Postivity Penguin through the streets and parks. It was cooler today which was handy as having left my jumper on top of the coffee machine the past couple of days,…
So my sincere apologies in advance for most of today finds me complaining about my eye. Suncream has seeped in on a hot day and it’s very painful. Only at 2250 now is it starting to heal. We again walked to the club this time via Meron for Breakfast where the four cheese sandwiches were…
The travel from Bristol to Brasov was a day and a night, lengthened by the bloody Flixbus moving bus stops and making us miss it, forcing us to catch another coach to Heathrow and an Uber to Luton for a lot more money then we had hoped to spend. My party is Postivity Penguin and…
There is something about playing in Romania that brings out the very best of Miriam Bulgaru. In October 2023 she scored her first WTA Main tour win at the home 250 Tournament in Cluj, the Transylvania Open. She produced fearless and energetic tennis in front of the home crowd and very nearly made it to…
Hello and welcome to the Live Text Commentary for Maria Sara Popa’s opening main draw match at the W75 The Hague against Ipek Oz from Turkey. Our opponent today is 26 years old and reached a career high of 163 in the world, currently ranked 326. Like our Maria, she is ‘proper handed’ and for…
Good afternoon and welcome to the Wimbledon Live Text Commentary of Jil Teichmann of Switzerland and Lucia Bronzetti of Italy, this is a first round encounter and our players have just arrived. I think Jil won the toss and said receive but it’s rather noisy on the court next door – must be a Brit…