Got tickets for court 2 tomorrow any top tips, best tube station , eating etc etc.

hat, umbrella, sun block, water

Nearest tube is not wimbledon perhaps wimbledon park??

Camelbak full of gin.

you can take either 1 bottle of wine or 2 cans or beer in per person. take a bottle of wine each. also make sure it’s screw cap as you won’t be allowed your corkscrew…

also take a picnic as the food is pretty expensive, but you can take your own in.

Sadly taking my son…wonder if they would notice him carrying a bottle in??!!

Liking the Gin suggestion Capt!

Southfields tube (home for me!)

Doesn’t say in the rules they have to be old enough to drink it!

:-)pjt201

Start ’em early!

🙁 I shall wave at you from the debenture holders bar [/I am considerably richer than you*]

*very likely not true as I just blagged some tickets through work. 😥

Don’t eat the strawberries and cream when if it’s hot! Only thing mystery could attribute a dose of food poisoning to!

spend some time watching a game on the outside courts. Like watching any top class sport, sat back in the stands watching the action is not totally unlike watching TV. Get on an outside court, at ground level, 10 yards behind the baseline and see how fast the ball’s moving / the spin and swerve to appreciate what the game’s really about.

Shout “Come on Tim ” every so often

If you are watching the women tennis … this …

10 yards behind the baseline

would that not be hard as there is normally a tall canvas at the back of the outside courts – or am I wrong?

+1 for watching a game close up on an outside court – and watch a ladies game as well and see how hard they work, if they are close seeds.

also could visit the practice courts as you may see a top seed.

court 2 was the ‘graveyard of the champions” so you might see an upset, although it is a better court now than then.

– When someone makes a point yell “Goooooal!”

– Pull out a 2 foot long sub sandwich and start eating it, offer it to others.

– When umpire asks for silence, yell “Don’t tell me what to do!”

– When serve is about to be made and all is quiet, yell “Moooo!”

– Bring your own racket, ask when it’s your turn to play.

– Laugh loudly and yell “Someone colored the ball yellow!”

– Grunt loudly every time a player grunts.

– Tell everyone around you that you’re just here for the food.

– Fall asleep halfway through the game. Awake and yell “How did I get here?” , “Who are you?” , “Where am I?!?”

– Regularly talk to yourself. Argue with yourself about whether a ball was in or out.

– Introduce yourself to the person sitting next to you, tell them you are an excessive tennis fan and have been to many games. Introduce yourself again 2 minutes later and say this is your first tennis match.

– Bring a plastic sword, swing it violently in the air.

etc

Definitely take lots of food and drink in as it’s expensive inside.
You can take extra booze in by smuggling it in soft drink bottles, they don’t check that sort of thing.

Do wander round the outside courts, especially if a doubles match is on. Watch top class players in a doubles match makes you understand how good they really are. Plan for a long day, matches start at 11.30 am and can finish any time up to 9.00 pm. Take lots of food and drink.

Don’t bother with the strawberries an cream.