Thursday 10th October 2013
It was our rest day today which meant that Holly and Alex could choose to do whatever they wanted . . . which wasn’t much!!
I decided to get up early and head over to the club to get some physio treatment on the tendonitis in my wrist but, after 30 minutes of intense pain as the guy worked on my forearm, I wished I’d stayed in bed!! I was also hoping to watch some of Holly Hutchinson’s semi-final but it rained heavily throughout the morning so the match was delayed.
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Holly and the Win Tennis team with a competition of their own to kill time in the rain delay – just look at the concentration on their faces!!
Check out the video of the match point on the Facebook page – www.facebook.com/itctennis1
When I returned to the hotel Holly and Alex were just leaving breakfast . . . at 10.30am! I asked them what they wanted to do for the day – maybe check out some sights around Colombo, or take a Tuk Tuk journey to a local shopping mall, or go for a walk to see the floating temple close to the hotel, but no, they wanted to chill in the apartment!! That’s fair enough though as they’ve been training and competing hard for the last week but I had to do something so I went into the gym to do some leg weights for my London marathon training. It was a tough session but the best ones always are!
We all got some lunch and as it was a rest day the food rules were relaxed a little; Alex went for the buffet while Holly and I had a chicken burger . . . and boy was it big! Holly’s appetite is definitely back after not feeling well earlier in the trip and she did very well to get through it all. Over lunch we got the great news that Holly Hutchinson had won her semi-final 6-3, 6-0 to move into her first ITF final tomorrow. Holly’s been playing well all week and has gone about her business very professionally.
After lunch we headed over to the club so that Holly and Alex could get a massage from the physio and I could get some more treatment on my wrist. The rain had stopped over lunch but just as we were in the Tuk Tuk driving to the club the heavens opened again. The rain started to pour into the Tuk Tuk as Alex and I frantically tried to put the sides down to keep us dry – it didn’t help that the driver then stalled it and we got stuck for a good minute or two while he tried to get it going again!
We returned to the hotel at around 5pm and then relaxed before going down for dinner at 7pm. Tonight’s theme was “Asian night” and the buffet included Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese foods as well as some Indian dishes – it was another excellent meal and we all couldn’t resist giving the desserts a try!
It’s back to normal training tomorrow which is a good job as I need to burn off some of the food from today!
Time to get our clay court shoes on and get sliding!
