Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Chennai Open, Nungambakkam

WOW! This is a wonderful feeling, me and Karthik decided to play at Nungambakkam SDAT where Chennai Open happens every year, which is the first ATP tennis event of the calendar year.



They charge 200rs for a court, it was really economical when compared to other club courts, where they charge 100rs per person, if we play doubles then we have to pay 400rs for 1 hour. But here its completely different, if we play doubles then we just need to pay 50rs per person. Sounds great right?!































We reached the Stadium at 9.50am, and booked the 10am to 11am slot, the day was very hot, but for us it looked very pleasant to play in that beautiful blue court... We played 2 sets, we felt very difficult to play not just because of the hot weather, but because of the synthetic court, as we used to play only in clay court (hard clay), this experience was different, though i won both the sets by 6-2, 6-0, to be honest Karthik didnt play to his potential as he twisted his ankle thrice because of his new Reebok shoes.

After our matches, we went to see the Grand Stand, it looked huge, we stood in the middle of the court and starred at the Massive Stand, it was spine chilling experience.. We were asked not to click photographs of the Grand Stand because of security reasons, but we clicked using Karthik's iphone. We even sat at the chair where Nadal sat during his last visit to Chennai Open.

But we decided to play frequently here, next we might be playing with Parthy too...

I would say its really worth for the money we spent..