Brisbane International Tennis Tournament - 31 December 2018 - Day 1
31 December 2018 Judy and I attended the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament yesterday. It was a beautiful day for tennis. We purchased ground passes, which gave us access to all courts with the exception of the Pat Rafter Arena. We decided to only watch matches on Court 1, as there were a number of players that we wanted to watch scheduled to play on this court. We watched a match between Kim Birrell from Toowoomba, Qld (unseated) defeat Kasatkina (the number 7) from Russia in 3 sets - 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). It was fantastic to watch the young lady from Qld progress to the next round in 3 hrs and 6 minutes - a long match. After the previous match went for 3 hours, it was a refreshing change to watch Raonic (Canada) defeat Bedene (Slovenia) 6-0, 6-3 relatively quickly. We had watched Raonic many times previously on TV and it was good to watch him live. He's a big boy! The stands for court 1 were packed to watch Leyton Hewitt and Alex De Minaur play ...