Sunday, October 16, 2016

China Open, Tennis, Beijing - A big learning experience

Sept. 29 - Oct. 15 China vacation

Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2016

As a tennis sports amateur player, Julia spent 4 days to stay in Beijing, first 4 days of vacation, spent time with hundreds of others, 
enjoyed watching WTA, ATP players practice, double/ single matches. 

She learned by watching, she talked to other fans, and she sat and watched hours long matches.

It is a different experience, when she gets so close to tennis pros and observes how they prepare for matches.

For example, she observed how ex-world top 1 player Martina Hingis practiced close to 1 hour; Julia just could not believe that Martina Hingis was on the court and Julia was sitting next to court, although she watched her play through youtube.com a lot of times.  

China open is a big event of tennis, 5th biggest event; since Vancouver no longer hosts Holyburn tennis event, Julia has to travel to China and catch more events in Beijing, Shanghai.

Julia likes to have some tennis players as her role models, like Mirtina Hingis 

She will come back to document more on her experience through China open 2015. 

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