The past couple of years we have been able to attend the Winston-Salem Open a professional tennis tournament.
This year, Finley was invited through GRETA to participate in an on court demonstration before the match. Not only that, but we got free admission to the afternoon session of the men's quarter final matches!
We ended up bringing two of our tennis friends Joy and Ben with us so they could participate too!
I was lucky that Finley got placed on the end of the on court demonstration so that I could get some good photos and videos!
There were a lot of kids out there in such a small space, but they were able to keep the ball under control . . . mostly!
The demonstration took place right before the first quarterfinal match during the heat of the day!
There weren't many spectators out there so luckily there wasn't a lot of pressure to perform!
After the demonstration we grabbed some snacks and got to watch some tennis.
The first quarterfinal match was between Steve Johnson and Kyle Edmund. Two guys we have seen in the past! Johnson took it to Edmund!
The second match was between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Hyeon Chung. Carreno-Busta is one of Finley's favorites and he did not disappoint winning his match too!
We were able to get autographs from both the winners!
We also got to see and visit with the kid's tennis coach, Coach Kevin, who was also there for the day. By the time the second match was over, we were all ready to head home and call it quits!
Because David wasn't able to attend with us on Thursday, he ended up taking Finley back to the tournament finals on Saturday to see American Steve Johnson battle it out against the Russian Daniil Medvedev. Unfortunately, Medvedev was the one who prevailed! We all had a great time at the Winston-Salem Open! It is such a fun atmosphere and you always get to see high quality tennis up close in person. Hoping to go again next year!
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