[Composed 8/29/2024]
Today consisted of little more than our short flight from LGA to DCA. I love that both airports are surrounded by impressive skylines. I get to pretend I'm on a private photo tour whenever we leave NY and land in DC.
As we flew back to DC, Shira and I reflected on this year's Open. For the first time in nearly a decade, we watched Tuesday and Wednesday at the Open instead of Friday and Saturday. A scheduling conflict caused us to move our plans up in the week.
We arrived Tuesday morning with some hopes and worries. On the hopes side, we wondered if arriving earlier in the week would make for fewer crowds. On the worry side of things, we wondered if the quality of tennis would be less, as there's more chance for lopsided games.
Both of these guesses were wrong. The grounds were just as busy on a Tuesday as they have been on Friday. Still, if you arrive early, you can sail right in through the gates.
As for the quality of tennis, it was excellent. The fact is, ranking alone isn't a solid predictor of a match.
We arrived thinking that this year would be an anomaly, and that next year we'd be back to our Friday/Saturday attendance. But, by the end of this trip, our thinking has changed: there's just so much tennis to see, coming earlier is for sure a win. Yes, it means taking more time off from work, but the trade-off seems worth it.
In short, more tennis, more better.
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