On Site: Sydney

@chel_ever1 shares her adventures of another day at Sydney Olympic Park:

One more tennis day in Sydney before I fly to Melbourne on Saturday, the OOP was packed! Mostly wanted to see Court 1 action but since I've got my cousins with me, I decided to sit a few sets with them on Rosewall since we have tickets there anyway.

First match on Rosewall was Wozniacki/Cibulkova, thought it was gonna be a routine win for Woz so I made my way to the outer courts after the first set. Turned out to be more than two hours of work for the world number 1. Oops.

Everyone wanted to see either the Kuznetsova/Schiavone match or the Petkovic/A. Radwanska match, so I didn't bother to queue up there, too hot and crowded, made my way to the doubles court instead.

Marcel Granollers walked past me so I said good luck, he said thanks. So polite, he was all smiles to the group of Spaniards seated to my left who were cheering quite spiritedly. Granollers and Kubot were playing well at first against Fleming and Hutchins, but then they got broken right back and everything started falling apart from then on. Out served and out volley, it was a routine straight sets win for the doubles specialists.

Kubot and Granollers

Kiri

A quick look at the practice courts: Kiri and Richard Gasquet were practicing, but I missed Delpo. I went back to centre court, I wanted to see if Petra Kvitova brought her Hopman Cup form with her or if the fatigue has caught up.... Turns out to be a bit of both. Some good hitting and then a slew of errors. Rinse and repeat. Heard that Baggy and Dima have started over on Court 1 so I made my way there, promptly greeted by a queue. Took nearly an entire set before I got in! baggy was in total control of that one, not once did I doubt that he'd win it. Dima was trying so hard, but it was just an error filled day. Best part of this match? The umpire! Mo!!! Happy I finally got to see a match that had him on the chair.

Petra Kvitova

Baggy, Dima & Mo

I wasn't about to give up my seat, JJ and Vika were up next, so I just covered up some more and tried to bear the heat as best as I could. JJ came on court first, mum right behind her. The Fila dress was... Well, so very Fila. Totally underwhelming. With a body like JJ's, they still decided to give her a potato sack. And then there came Vika, in her gold track jacket. Ick. it was practically the same shade as Rezai's infamous gold and black kit.

JJ and ump were kept waiting by Vika, Rafa style, for the coin toss. Did I mention that I love Vika? Hehe.

JJ

 That match was a total shoot out. Loved it. Much tighter than the score    suggests, but in the end Vika just out served and out gunned JJ. Bless that finger wag celebration.

Vika

Finger Twirl

After Vika won, i was back on Rosewall where the crowds, as sparse as it was was quite energetically cheering, the Serbs higher up in the stands, Aussie supporters mostly on the side near Lleyton's box. Btw, I have never seen a more blonde entourage than Lleyton's xP.

Lleyton seemed to be on cruise control after a first set struggle vs Troicki... Until the wheels came flying off. And bad! Nothing was going in, bad serving at the worst possible times... GSM Troicki in 3.

And that was it, last day at the tennis in Sydney before the much awaited trip to Melbourne. Im keeping my fingers crossed for Vika and Delpo. JUST PLEASE DON'T BREAK THEM, SYDNEY!