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OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 15

Day 15 – Friday 21st January Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Steady day today. Juniors all checking in with rkts. Some of them are giving us 5 and 6 rkts at a time. This is more than most of the senior players will give...

OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 14

Day 14 – Thursday 20th Jan Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 151 rkts. Slow, slow day. I spent most of the day trying to get my internet connection to work. No dice. Vodafone mobile broadband is without a doubt the single...

OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 13

Day 13 – Wed 19th Jan Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 240 rkts today. Things will start getting quieter now. Stringers are starting to leave. It was Joe’s last day today. Dickie finishes up tomorrow. We had tears...

OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 12

Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Day 12 – Tues 18th Jan Fingers a bit sensitive today. Not even close to the pain I was in last year. I had 5 on court racquets today so they took a bit of a battering. Got all 5 done in...

OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 11

Day 11 – Mon 17th Jan Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Have lost track of time. Had no idea what day it was until I checked my phone a minute ago. I wake up, quickly shower, and walk 10 minutes to the courts. Start...

OZ Open Stringing room – Day 9

Day 9 – Sat 15th Jan Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As of the end of last night we had done 1094 rkts since last Sat. 6 of the 15 stringers had done 100 rkts or more. I was in 3rd place with 102. Vasilly had done 109...

OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 8

Day 8 – Friday 14th January Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Did a web interview today. Or was that the day before. I don’t remember. It was posted on the wilson facebook page. Also did 2 live TV interviews. Seems I...

OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 7

Day 7 – Thursday 13th January Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Arrived at 8.30. 7 hours sleep. Feeling better than yesterday. Croissant and coffee for bfast. Love the staff cafe. Rain all day. Slow day. Fingers feeling...

OZ Open String Room – Day 6

Day 6 – Wed 12th Jan Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 First day of qualies. TIRED!!!!! Up at 6.30. Body is telling me it needs more sleep. Throat is sore and sinus playing up. My body’s reaction to lack of sleep....

OZ Open Stringing Room – Day 5

Day 5 – Tues 11th Jan Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Day before qualies. Started at 8.30. Slow morning. Rain on and off. From 2pm it was flat out. Did not stop until just after 11. We did 291 rkts. Fingers are sore. Not...