{"id":194,"date":"2015-06-17T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2015\/06\/aegon-classic-birmingham-anyone-for-tennis.html\/"},"modified":"2015-06-17T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T17:29:00","slug":"aegon-classic-birmingham-anyone-for-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2015\/06\/17\/aegon-classic-birmingham-anyone-for-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Aegon Classic Birmingham &#8211; Anyone for tennis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">After the dusty red clay courts of Paris<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">it is refreshing to be in the land of strawberries and cream<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and&nbsp;impeccably&nbsp;mown lawn tennis courts.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s two weeks until Wimbledon<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and the summer of British tennis is in full swing.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">There&#8217;s Nottingham, Eastbourne, Queen&#8217;s<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and we are at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s a wonderful time of year,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">the sun is thankfully now shining, and life&#8217;s good watching tennis!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_y9s0YHjZug\/VYBVGuhLz3I\/AAAAAAAAGQQ\/yszhptYnONk\/s1600\/Aegon.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_y9s0YHjZug\/VYBVGuhLz3I\/AAAAAAAAGQQ\/yszhptYnONk\/s640\/Aegon.jpg?resize=640%2C464\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We arrive to be waved into the VIP car park<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;right at the front door of the Edgbaston Priory Club. We couldn&#8217;t have got any closer! It&#8217;s got to be the easiest start to any WTA tournament&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">that I&#8217;ve attended across the world. We are delighted to be supporting, thanks to my brother, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and have a lovely day of tennis and corporate hospitality ahead.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">As we wander past the practice courts, spotting now familiar Roland Garros faces,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">it feels like we&#8217;ve been invited to a friend&#8217;s tennis club, where they just happen to have been hanging out with some of the very best of the world&#8217;s top female players.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Nh9lYqoMUtg\/VYBfd9sItzI\/AAAAAAAAGQg\/_ro8AXKlEAg\/s1600\/Aegon1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Nh9lYqoMUtg\/VYBfd9sItzI\/AAAAAAAAGQg\/_ro8AXKlEAg\/s640\/Aegon1.jpg?resize=640%2C466\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Edgbaston is a far cry from the crowded Aussie and French Open, of my earlier tennis experiences this year, but it&#8217;s going to be up there on my list of best &nbsp;2015 tennis days out. What it loses in terms of&nbsp;sheer wow and razzmatazz compared with the Grand Slams, it wins as an easy, fun, relaxed day at the tennis. Fans in Birmingham do not need to queue patiently outside courts for an empty seat, or wait at known player exit points for a glimpse of their favourite stars. Here we wander amongst players, everyone seems focused but more laid back.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The tournament is in it&#8217;s 34th year and this year the Tournament Director was delighted to have announced ten of the top twenty Women tennis stars &nbsp;to compete here in the West Midlands. For the past three decades, the WTA&#8217;s best have used the Edgbaston Priory Club as part of their final preparation for the Championships at Wimbledon.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Once the final ball is won, or more likely lost, in Paris the players turn their backs on clay and head towards Europe&#8217;s finest lawn courts before arriving at the All England Lawn Tennis &amp; Croquet Club.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bBBw751UCZM\/VYB9OUv1GFI\/AAAAAAAAGQw\/6PxhP3Wz30o\/s1600\/Aegon2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bBBw751UCZM\/VYB9OUv1GFI\/AAAAAAAAGQw\/6PxhP3Wz30o\/s640\/Aegon2.jpg?resize=640%2C324\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;ve always watched players on the hard courts in Australia, I&#8217;m now used to seeing players sliding across the red clay, so it was a bit of an ohhh moment seeing players slipping and falling on the grass as they master the change of conditions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This year grass court tennis benefits from an extra week of competition, giving players a three week gap before Wimbledon. I am in awe of how quickly players seem to adapt to lawn tennis.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It certainly adds another dimension to watching tennis at Birmingham, there is a feeling that anything can happen, as players make the switch. One thing is certain, players are keen to gain as much grass court competition experience before arriving in SW19. The matches are fast and exciting to watch.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RWZ8XxjdH94\/VYCAjzzJbdI\/AAAAAAAAGQ8\/AsijXBtLrCc\/s1600\/Aegon3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-RWZ8XxjdH94\/VYCAjzzJbdI\/AAAAAAAAGQ8\/AsijXBtLrCc\/s640\/Aegon3.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">On our arrival we are led to a very smart marquee over looking courts one to four. We are offered a glass of Moet &amp; Chandon, this is the life! Our table is set for lunch with more wine chilling, beautiful flowers in the centre and a scattering of tennis balls. Each seat has a gift bag from the corporate sponsors.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We make our lunch choices and choose a time to return, before we head off to enjoy some tennis on the Centre Court. The staff were wonderful, they reminded me of my own sons and daughters, and looked excited to be working in the Skyview Hospitality Suite. Who comes up with these names? &nbsp;No-one is here to look at the sky, I can tell you!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">All I can say is, (and shush don&#8217;t tell anyone) comparing it to corporate hospitality at the Men&#8217;s Finals at the Australian Open, Birmingham wins hands down. Just look at the view we had whilst eating lunch. The food was fabulous, hats off to all concerned.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FWKMfQLPSa0\/VYCFFaKFuDI\/AAAAAAAAGRI\/b5H3Uc0kGS8\/s1600\/Aegon4.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FWKMfQLPSa0\/VYCFFaKFuDI\/AAAAAAAAGRI\/b5H3Uc0kGS8\/s640\/Aegon4.jpg?resize=562%2C640\" width=\"562\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Whilst enjoying our delicious three course lunch we have a &#8216;Is that Azarenka?&#8217; moment hitting up on Court three, and yes of course it&#8217;s her.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">After lunch Karolina Pliskova is invited into the hospitality suite for guests to &#8216;meet a player&#8217; she chats to the Interviewer who doesn&#8217;t introduce himself, but all the ladies in the loo are saying afterwards they recognise him from off the telly&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8216;Don&#8217;t ask me&#8217;, <\/i>I say<i>, &#8216;I haven&#8217;t lived in this Country for over twenty years!&#8217;<\/i>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It is a lovely to hear a little more about Karolina&#8217;s life as we sit there with our very own &#8216;meet a player&#8217; guest Irina Falconi, who has finished playing in Birmingham and kindly joins us to meet my family.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">With lunch over, we&#8217;re back to Centre Court passing Ana Ivanovic hitting on the practice courts. She too looks happy and relaxed, looking lovely as always, but flying under the radar in tennis terms, with only a handful of the world&#8217;s press camera&#8217;s focused on her today! &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fCOtd29-MmA\/VYCWbpRmWhI\/AAAAAAAAGRY\/VQhBSvLpWJ4\/s1600\/Aegon6.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fCOtd29-MmA\/VYCWbpRmWhI\/AAAAAAAAGRY\/VQhBSvLpWJ4\/s640\/Aegon6.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Centre Court is a happy place as we watch two British players win, much to the delight of the crowd, before heading back to the hospitality area for afternoon tea and scones &#8211; how delightfully British!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I love these lesser known tennis tournaments and if you are in the Birmingham area and can get to the Aegon Classic, you should pop in for a fantastic day to watch some of the best Women tennis players in action.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Thank you to all concerned for our lovely day at the Edgbaston Priory Club. I hope the Queen Elizabeth hospital had a successful day of fundraising.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-KvoxxghLMTs\/VYGoGRFPLXI\/AAAAAAAAGRs\/QL-OyAMTfaE\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-KvoxxghLMTs\/VYGoGRFPLXI\/AAAAAAAAGRs\/QL-OyAMTfaE\/s320\/lww_2.png?resize=320%2C106\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">If you have enjoyed this post you might enjoy the previous posts and the following:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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