Just finished watching the quarters over the Wuhan Open for the past couple of hours. This is the first time I've watched tennis outside of the slams in years, used to be a fanatic and played socially until 5 or so years ago but then just lost a bit of passion and have only started to get into it again, including playing socially (wish i never left!).
Few things id love others thoughts on:
- Crowd seemed woeful. Is this a normal thing for a WTA/ATP event?
- Is the continued dominance of rafa/ fed/ nadal/ serena dissipating interest?
- How is participation at the grass roots level of the game?
Whilst it seems the Australian open does do real well crowd, wise and coverage in the papers it seems the only time we hear about it otherwise is when Nick is playing up, or Ash is doing well (love the way she operates).
Would love to also hear how people think the game is going to go at a national and worldwide level over the next 10-15 years. I often hear golf is diminishing rapidly due to low course usage, but always thing tennis is a much more viewer friendly, easier to participate, key exposure in the summer months.
Few things id love others thoughts on:
- Crowd seemed woeful. Is this a normal thing for a WTA/ATP event?
- Is the continued dominance of rafa/ fed/ nadal/ serena dissipating interest?
- How is participation at the grass roots level of the game?
Whilst it seems the Australian open does do real well crowd, wise and coverage in the papers it seems the only time we hear about it otherwise is when Nick is playing up, or Ash is doing well (love the way she operates).
Would love to also hear how people think the game is going to go at a national and worldwide level over the next 10-15 years. I often hear golf is diminishing rapidly due to low course usage, but always thing tennis is a much more viewer friendly, easier to participate, key exposure in the summer months.