As a tennis lover, what better way to spend your summer vacation by watching some of the hottest tennis action in the world with some of the best players competing for one of the most coveted prize in tennis, which is the title for winning the US Open? This is why you may want to go on a New York vacation as this is the venue for the last Grand Slam event of the year.
Here, you will be able to witness one of the best tennis tournaments in the world. It is here where the best players compete for the US Open championship title and you can be sure that you will be able to enjoy watching fantastic tennis.
The US Open is one of the most popular activities of the year in New York City. In fact, it is so popular that this tournament attracts quite a lot of people from all over the world. This particular tournament also attracts more than 600 male and female players from all over the world and it lasts for two weeks.
Held in Flushing Meadows, which is a neighborhood of Queens, New York City, you will be able to have a lot of fun touring the grounds. In fact, you can even watch some of the best male and female athletes from all over the world in practice matches held just outside the center court or the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The US Open is a major tourist attraction where tennis lovers from all over the world make the trip to Queens in order to support their favorite tennis players. First played in 1881, you will see that this tournament is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world. In the beginning, the US Open was held in Rhode Island but it was moved to Flushing Meadows right after the Arthur Ashe Stadium was made.
The stadium is named after the first winner of the tournament and it is able to hold 24 thousand people.
The great thing about this event is that it is not just your regular tennis tournament but because of its popularity, it became a mini week long festival where people from all over the world mingle outside the center court. Aside from the fantastic tennis action that you will be able to witness in the US Open, you will see that there are quite a lot more attractions inside the Flushing Meadows.
Everything there is that is related to tennis will be seen in Flushing Meadows. You can enjoy great sales for tennis equipments. In fact, you may even have a chance to experience the newest or the latest tennis rackets that is not yet even available in the market today. You can also try to find out how fast your serve is as well as get your kids to learn how to play tennis in some of the few tennis instructional programs held inside Flushing Meadows.
In the grounds of Flushing Meadows, you will see big screen television displaying live action in the Arthur Ashe Stadium. You will also see that there will be food concession stands, and also a mixture of restaurants and bars.
As a tennis lover, you will definitely want to go to New York City to spend your vacation in when the US Open is held. Here, you will be able to experience watching some of the best tennis in the world and you might even get a chance to get that coveted autograph from your favorite tennis athletes, such as Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, Ana Ivanovic, and Maria Sharapova.
