Family Circle Cup 2010

The Family Circle Cup has been a highlight in the spring for a few years. The tournament is a professional women's tennis event. I had attended the Cup when I was younger with my Dad and Aunt Tammy. So, as soon as I moved down here, I immediately found out how I could be a part of the excitement and volunteer.

I arrived at the tournament on Friday for the quaterfinals. Some of the matches were quite exciting, and some of them a little slow...personally I think men's tennis is much more exciting than women's:) I volunteered as an usher for the weekend. I was the youngest usher by about 20-30 years, so I had fun talking with all the older ushers. They all loved me, probably because I was so much younger than they. We had great conversations during the matches. Most of them were Christians, so we shared experiences and talked about what Christ had done over the years in their lives.

On Saturday, the semi-finals took place in the morning and afternoon with some pretty exciting matches. Then Saturday night was a special exhibition event. They brought in John McConroe, Jim Courier, Anna Kournicova, and Monica Seles to play for the night. The players all had a microphone, which made for some pretty interesting grunting noises from the players. Aunt Tammy had received some extra tickets for Saturday's match, so I invited my friend Chad from camp to come watch with us. We all had a great time and enjoyed some pretty interesting tennis.

The finals were on Sunday between Samantha Stosur and Vera Zvonerava. We were all excited for a great match, but it turned out to be a blow-out. The match was over in about 50 minutes. The final score was 6-0, 6-3. Overall, it was a great weekend! I think I managed to watch about 24 hours of tennis in 3 days, so I've gotten my fill for quite awhile.

Thanks for reading! Love you all!