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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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So comes the final day of Wimbledon qualifying. Slept reasonably well but the body is still very fatigued, truth be told I considered leaving early but I decided to stay the course. I checked out of the hostel as the tight buggers charged me for a locker for my bag and coat. Similar routine to…
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Okay so how not to repeat too much of yesterday’s adventures? A lot was similar, I tried to sleep in a bit today but my hostel room mates refused to let me. Because I was up later today all the shower cubicles were all engaged at once, as luck would have it I was able…
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‘You have requested breakfast, we have not charged you for it yet. I suggest tomorrow morning you come down and look at it, and then decide if you want it.’ The integrity of the receptionist at my Camden Hostel is very refreshing or perhaps he has had one too many complaints or even it’s his…