![]() Monaco's nickname is Pico, and the Argentinian supporters screamed "vamos, Pico!" in vain as he lost in a valiant effort to Berdych. ![]() ![]() There were few rallies, and if it weren't for the entertainment provided by the crowd, I would have certainly fallen asleep or altogether left the match. With vooping left and vooping right, it was more a match of who could hit the ball the hardest. While I was hoping to see Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray play, the luck of the draw had it that I saw Berdych (eighth seed from Czech Republic) vs Juan Monaco from Argentina, and 22nd seed American John Isner vs 4th seed Kai Nishikori from Japan.ĭuring these men's games I felt like I was watching a 20/20 cricket match. I also had tickets for two men's quarterfinal matches. I heard Portuguese, German, different Spanish accents representing Latin America, Spain and Argentina, among other European languages which I could not identify. There were more foreigners than Americans, with a heavy representation from Europe. In fact, there were so many foreign languages being spoken around me, that I did not feel as if I were in the United States at all. However, despite the huge Latin community in Miami, most of these supporters were from Spain, as per their thick Spanish accents. This was in stark contrast to the seemingly-lone American in our section, who tried to compete with the chanting Romanians by shouting "Super Sloane!" in her high-pitched American accent at every chance she got.ĭuring the Suarez-Navarro/Petkovic match, I felt as if I were in Spain, but at least I could understand a bit of what the fans were saying, and could join in with support for my namesake on the court! They chanted, yelled, commented loudly and laughed as they encouraged their countrywoman through her game, to such an extent that the referee, on numerous occasions, had to ask them for silence. However, either the Romanians were extremely loud, or there were just so many more of them than there were Americans. I was expecting a large American crowd for the Stephens-Halep match. I had tickets for a women's quarterfinal: American Sloane Stephens vs third seed Simona Halep from Romania, and a women's semi-finals with Spaniard Carla Suarez-Navarro against ninth seed Andrea Petkovic from Germany. It was full blown entertainment for the entire day on each of the two days that I was there!īut let's first start with the actual tennis. Last week I had the good fortune to be able to attend four matches at the Miami Open Tennis Tournament, which proved to be much more than just a tennis tourney.
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