Today I was back in Nottingham, this time for the final of the ATP Aegon Open. In a repeat of when I was here a couple of weeks ago, play was due to start at 12 with the doubles final and, right on cue at 12 the heavens opened. There had been plenty of warning as the sound of thunder has been reverberating for the previous 20 minutes. Fortunately it only lasted about 40 minutes. At 1.15, the doubles final between the number 1 seeds, Croatian Ivan Dodig with Bra...

Today I took a trip to Nottingham for the final of the WTA International Aegon Open at the Nottingham Tennis Season. I arrived in good time for an exhibition doubles match scheduled to start at Noon involving Jeremy Bates & Jocelyn Rae against Pat Cash and Anne Keothavong. However, as we're now deep into June and the height of the British Summer*, with about 10 mins to go it started raining - and it didn't stop until about 3:15. Deep Joy. Still, at least I h...