Ira On Sports

Saturday at the Miami Open. - I saw a great match where American Mackenzie McDonald (teal shirt) - who beat Nadal in Australia, upset #16 seeded and former Wimbledon finalist Italian Matteo Berrettini 7-6 7-6 (white shirt)I watched it on the small court 1 in a fantastic seat. Then I went into the grandstand and watched Canadian and #5 seeded Felix Auger Allassine (blue shirt )defeat Brazilian Thiago Montero also by the score of 7-6 7-6. Tennis is truly an international sport with fans from all countries cheering on their local stars.

I love the early rounds at tennis tournaments because almost all the players play on the small non-stadium court with no assigned seats.  The Butch Buchholz court at the Miami Open, named after the tournament’s founder, seats less than a 1,000 and is perfect to watch tennis.  I sat in the front row behind the baseline – the best place to watch tennis (that is why the Royal Box at Wimbledon is behind the baseline) on Friday to watch three of the top 15 players in the world – Denis Shapovalov (blue shirt) from Canada, Jannik Sinner (maroon shirt) of Italy, and Tommy Paul (orange shirt) of the USA win their second round matches.  

Some great pics of last night’s game with some major star power in the audience: and were in da house 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤩