Time To Recharge The Batteries

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I am really looking forward to this weekend. I can’t wait for log out time and then to come home and crawl into my bed. I could use a little extra sleep. With us working two Saturdays in a month – for no reason other than our employers can’t plan things properly – I get only 2 full weekends to relax in a month. When it is just 1 day in a week, you tend to try to balance your me time, watching a movie or so, paying the bills and other household duties and the stuff and then you go to bed and catch up on some sleep and boom – it’s Monday.

Not so when you have the full 2 days you get to balance things. What I plan to do is catch up on my sleep tomorrow and watch a movie, do a few errands for the family but stay in for the most part. Go to bed early if possible as that rest is really needed. Have a meal with the family! Then on Sunday I am planning to go out, if possible and if I have time go get a haircut and then have a couple of beers and lunch with either a couple of my friends or my cousins. I need this.

As a matter of fact since I only drink and go out once a month, I really do need this. It is part of my relaxation and my recharging of the batteries that is much needed. So I hope everything does according to plan.

Cinch Championships : Facts & Figures Of The Queen’s Club Event

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Two weeks before the action shifts to tennis’ third grand slam of the year at Wimbledon, some of the biggest stars in the game will travel to the Cinch Championships at Queen’s Club. Queen’s Club in West Kensington, London, is named after Queen Victoria and it was established in 1886. It was the first multi-purpose sports complex ever to be built anywhere in the world. Besides tennis, it also holds the World Rackets Championships and has in the past held ice-skating, baseball, athletics and rugby.  Since its inception in 1890, the tournament has gained recognition as one of the most revered warm-up events for the Wimbledon Championships, which is held shortly after.

The total prize money pool for the 2023 Queen’s Club Championships sits at around £1,880,000 (€2,195,175 / $2,384,064). That’s an overall increase of 2.8% compared to the 2022 prize fund in an attempt to entice even more players to the tournament. Of that amount, the winner of the event this season will net £409,712 (€477,795 / $518,908) -— a near 20% increase on last season’s figure for winning the title.

Interesting Facts about the Queen’s Club Tennis Tournament

  • The Queen’s Club Tennis Tournament was the first official lawn tennis tournament in the world, preceding Wimbledon by one year.
  • The tournament has a longstanding tradition of inviting the reigning Wimbledon champion to play, providing an opportunity for fans to witness the clash of champions.
  • The record for the most titles won at the Queen’s Club Tennis Tournament is held by the legendary British player, Fred Perry, who claimed the trophy eight times between 1931 and 1938.
  • In recent years, the tournament has introduced a doubles competition alongside the singles event, adding further excitement and opportunities for players to showcase their skills.

Seven different players have completed The Queen’s Club-Wimbledon title double in the same year, including John McEnroe (1981, ’84), Jimmy Connors (’82), Boris Becker (’85), Pete Sampras (’95, ’99), Lleyton Hewitt (2002), Rafael Nadal (2008) and Andy Murray (2013, ’16). In 2016, Murray became the first player to win five Queen’s Club titles, separating himself from the elite group of players who have won four Queen’s Club crowns, including McEnroe, Becker, Hewitt and Andy Roddick. The cinch Championships was the ATP 500 Tournament of the Year in 2015-16, 2018 and 2022.