The Rest of September 11

So after spending the morning at Ground Zero, I headed back to the hostel to meet up with Kate. Talking to Kate on Friday night I had said to her that if Sam Stosur made the US Open final, then I would probably go out and watch! Kate said she wanted to come, so I grabbed us tickets and we headed out to watch the final.

Queen Latifah came out to sing the national anthem:

Then the match started!

Obviously, Sam was playing Serena Williams... And clearly the American crowd was pro-Serena!

So I cheered as loudly as I possibly could.

I didn't really think she could beat her... not because she can't beat her, but because she was playing Serena in the final of Serena's home town Grand Slam. The crowd was against her, and she'd only ever made one Grand Slam final before... Serena has won 13 or so Grand Slam titles... So the odds were definitely stacked against her...

BUT SHE DID IT, SHE WON THE US OPEN!

It is so exciting to be able to say that I was there to witness the first Australian woman in 31 years to win a Grand Slam title!!

I am so glad I went!!

As Kate and I were leaving, we noticed the lights on at the Mets Baseball Stadium. Basically, the train station is in the middle with the tennis centre on one side and the baseball stadium on the other. So Kate and I decided to head over and check it out! We had no idea if the game had started, was finished, or was still coming... (it was 7pm by this stage!)

So we headed over to the stadium

We were approaching the ticket windows when one of their guests services staff approached us and asked if she could help. We explained that we were at the tennis, saw the lights and thought we'd come and see if the game had started, if there were tickets available etc etc. She pulled two tickets out of the pocket and said - "this ones on me!"

Kate and I were gobsmacked! So we went in and not only had she given us free tickets, but they were awesome tickets!!

The game started just after 8, and it was all tied-up at the end of the 9th so they kept going... In the end the match finished at like 1am on the Monday morning!

It was an awesome experience!

So all in all, I had an absolute blast!