With the Australian Open heading towards the business end Judy Murray continues to give us an all access pass to the tournament and her experiences Down Under.
Catch-up with Andy Murray's stunning victory over Nick Kyrgios and see what Brit's are in action on Wednesday.
Read Judy's blog from over the weekend!
Juniors on the courts:
There might not be too many players left in the main draws of the Aussie Open but the courts are full to capacity with all sorts of additional activities. For a start, the junior events started at the weekend and continue with Kansas-based but Bristol-raised Katie Swan through to the last 16 of the girls’ singles.
Katie faces top seed Chinese player Shilin Xu next while Emily Arbuthnott is also on court tomorrow playing with Emilie Francati in the quarter-final of the girls’ doubles.
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Katie Swan & Emily Arbuthnott by Getty Images
Wheelchair stars in action on Wednesday:
The wheelies start tomorrow with a strong Brit pack in contention. I went along to the draw last night and snuck a hug from Gordon Reid.
I went along to the Wheelie draw at the Hyatt yesterday. Bumped into the newly-groomed Gordon Reid who had been taking advantage of the players on-site Beauty Bar
Fed Cup Foundation:
Also did a little Q&A at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Fed Cup Foundation's 'Breakfast With the Stars' the other day. What a venue. 400 attendees with all proceeds going to support women and girls’ tennis competitions in rural and disadvantaged areas across Australia. Brilliant.
The event was run by Oz tennis legend Judy (Tegart) Dalton. I spoke after Oz Fed Cup captain Alicia Molik and before dubs legend Todd Woodbridge. Todd's son Beau (who is 12) sang at it too. He is a child superstar. Acting, singing....
Speaking at the Fed Cup Foundation 'Breakfast with the Stars' at MCG. Great fundraiser for women's/girls tennis with proceeds used to develop tennis competitions in rural and disadvantaged areas of Australia
Fast4 Tennis:
The past two days there have been so many matches on the outside courts in the Asia Pacific Tennis League (APTL). All team matches using Fast4 format. Tomorrow is the Super10s. All under-10 competitors playing fun format event. It's fabulous how Tennis Australia finds ways of filling the courts and giving ground pass fans a huge variety of tennis matches to watch.
Asia-Pacific Tennis League (APTL) matches on the outside courts using Fast4 scoring system
Pastry Chef!
Highlight of the week so far....Pastry chef Pierrick Boyer. Man of my dreams!!!
Melbourne pastry chef Pierrick Boyer swung by the player lounge the other day with these healthy desserts. Gluten free, dairy free and sugar free. Perfect for athletes like me :)
Australian Open Blitz:
In this year's AO Blitz, every player in the main draw (men's and women's - that's 256 players) is attached to an Aussie Club!! Andy struck gold and got Melbourne!!!
Andy with club members from Melbourne Tennis Club who he was drawn to represent as part of the AO Blitz. Great idea!!
I’ll be watching the wheelies tomorrow so more from that. Tennis on wheels rocks. The level of these players is incredible!!
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