By the winner of our AEGON International Guestblogger competition, Matthew Arnold, who will be reporting back on play on Wednesday 20 and the finals on Saturday 23 June. Congratulations Matthew, we're looking forward to reading your great blog entries next week!
What makes the AEGON International so special for me this year?
We are just days away from the biggest tennis tournament that Eastbourne has ever seen. It's a huge line-up that would be worthy of any capital in the world and yet it's crammed into the small but perfectly formed Devonshire park.
I love this tournament because of its contradictions. Wherever you are in the ground you are never more than a few feet from both a top class picnic and seeing the world’s elite battling it out.
Eastbourne always attracts virtually all of the top 20 women's players in the game. Wozniacki, Ivanovic and Zvonareva will all be turning heads on and off court. The question is, will Bartoli be able to defend her title against the powers of current Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova?
Gate-crashing the party, but in a good way, is the loveable rogue-ish men's tournament. This year we get to witness the best backhand in the game, yes Richard Gasquet taking on a field headed by the indomitable Marcos Baghdatis.
If that's not enough, you still have the legends, Rusedski, Hingis, Martinez and Philippoussis tearing up the Eastbourne grass. Let's hope the juniors will be watching and learning between their matches too.
There has never been such an action packed tournament and I can't wait to see who is left basking in the glow of glory and hopefully the traditional Eastbourne sun.
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