Mhairi, Tennis and Andy Murray

So.. Mhairi for those of you reading who don’t know it, used to play quite a lot of tennis. In fact until she was 21, playing for Scotland and Britain quite a bit – all over the world (I’m hoping to see her old passport at some stage!). Anyway, I guess the tennis community in Scotland at that level is kinda small, and Mhairi was coached by the Scottish national coach (a lady called Judy Murray). Now Judy has a son (well two), who Mhairi used to train with – one of whom is Andy Murray.

After arriving in Bangkok, and starting the process of getting our visa for Vietnam, Mhairi saw on a website that Andy was playing here in Bangkok in the Thailand Open. A few text messages later, and we’d got tickets to see him play his second round match (players get a certain amount of free tickets for family + friends).

He won.

So we put off leaving for another day – to watch him play the quarter finals (against the 40th ranked player in the world – or so)

He won.. again.

So we put it off for another day to watch him play the semi finals against the Thailand Champion Paradorn Srichaphan.

This time we came better prepared for the match.. as I suggested we get a Scottish flag (Mhairi has a towel flag – but it’s a little small). So we walked down Khaosan and popped into a few of the tailor shops, and we finally found a place that would make one for us!

I also had a very quick run around the Vianmek Palace (made out of teak wood). It was a really pretty place – and still decked out with all the original furniture.. the Thai monarchy does know how to live!

Anyway.. Andy won.. again. The atmosphere was electric as he was playing the Thai champ..

I dunno if he could hear our shouts, but still.. I guess it might make a small difference knowing there are a few friendly faces out there! (next pic of Mhairi, Andy and I)

So, now we have one more match to watch. The Final, against Roger Federer. Should be fun! And then it’ll be off to Cambodia.. (oh, and I put a 5.5meg 30 sec video of a tuk tuk ride (not our scariest yet!) up here)