About four weeks ago now, I embarked on a month-long trip to Canada for four tournaments - two $25ks and two challengers. This is the first of a two-part blog about my trip which involved some of the roughest travel days I've ever experienced... It took Giles and I 18 straight hours of travelling to …
Continue reading Commuting around Canada – Should all ITFs be like Quebec City and Edmonton?
I only ever seem to write blogs when I travel to France, but here we are. Last week I travelled to Rodez - a small French city located in the South, about two hours from Toulouse. In usual tennis player fashion, the travel wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. Despite there being a direct flight from London …
Continue reading Breaking records in Rodez – There’s more to life than tennis
Boy, have I got a very special blog to share with you all this week. It is an honour and a privilege to share with you all the first ever guest-written blog on ‘Ace in the Hold’. It is fitting that such a monumental piece of work is written by none other than (one of) …
There’s a lot to unpack in this blog. But coincidentally, there wasn’t much for me to unpack when I landed in Rennes last week… After Cassis, I was planning to have a training week in Bath before I flew out to my next couple of tournaments in Sweden. But, after landing home at 11:30pm on …
Continue reading Up and running in Rennes – Why do the French love tennis, but hate my luggage?
It’s 25 degrees in the middle of Summer; everyone is wearing white; the grounds are brimming with spectators; jugs are full with Pimm's; the grass courts are in pristine* condition; the courts are packed with players pushing themselves to their limits… That’s right, you’ve guessed it. This week, I am at… The Thorpeness Open Tennis …
Continue reading Wimbledon of the East – The second biggest tennis tournament in England
“Shabbat shalom!” is how my mate, Jimmy, and I were greeted by staff at Ben Gurion airport in Tel-Aviv last Friday evening. Having been to Israel a couple of times before, I knew that we were in for a “quiet” next 24 hours, but Jimmy (who was completely unaware) was already thinking about which bus …
Continue reading What is it like to travel to Tel-Aviv on Shabbat?
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