Winston-Salem Open

The last week of freedom before school started back up for Finley was a fun one. The Winston-Salem Open was going on and we get some pretty big names at the tournament. 

This was our second year going to the tournament, but this year we signed Finley up for the kid's clinic on opening day. He got lots of free stuff and had so much fun playing tennis games. 

The kids were divided up into groups and rotated around to different stations.

Finley's favorite station was getting to play against some UNC-G tennis players. 

After the kid's clinic we headed to watch some of the qualifer matches. 

While there we spotted Donald Young warming up!

After watching a few matches we called it a day! It was so hot out there and we were grateful that the kid's clinic was indoors.

On Wednesday Finley and I were able to go back to the tournament and see 5 different matches!

We bounced around quite a bit but got up close and personal with some big names. 

We watched Steve Johnson win and were able to get his autograph after the match.

Because Finley is so darn cute he is allowed to get special priveledges and get really close to the players. He also scored us upgraded seats for the day session and we ended up sitting right behind Mardy Fish!

My good luck charm. 

We got to watch Bautista-Agut play and he ended up winning the whole tournament! He gave Finley a high-five and his autograph.

Marcos Baghdatis lost, but we still enjoyed seeing this 'oldie but goodie'.

By the time the sun started to set it was onto the main event! We watched John Isner play against Coric. We ran into the Sweats there and ended up watching the match with them.

We were rooting for Isner, the local boy, but Coric ended up taking the win.

At the end of the match Finley went down with Andrew to try and catch a ball. Andrew and another very tall dad were going for one of the balls tossed into the stadium. They bumped into each other and the ball fell at their feet. Guess who was there to snag it? So, in a stroke of luck, Finley ended up with a ball signed by Coric!

Luckily the Sweats didn't go home empty handed. Andrea also caught this fun sized tennis ball.

We had such a great time watching tennis, rubbing elbows with the stars, and visiting with friends. Can't wait to do it again next year! And hopefully with David!