John Isner is Really Tall

John Isner has been in the news a lot since his record setting match at Wimbeldon last month. Yesterday, he competed in the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championship as he took on fellow American Mardy Fish. In the nearly 100 degree weather (I was told the court temperature was measured at near 150), both players fought hard with fish finally winning in a tie breaker after the third set. Each player was only broken twice, but it was apparent that the heat was getting to the 6'9'' Isner more than it was Fish.


The tournament took place at the Atlanta Athletic Club, which my wife's boss just happens to be a member of. He purchased multiple tables for the championship (his son was serving as one of the ball boys as well) so we got to sit in the second row of the VIP section. while sitting close to the court was great, the best part of the VIP section is the free beer, water, and soda that is brought directly to your seat. The heat would have been unbearable without the 5 liters of water I went through.

Here are my pictures from the event:

Our seats on the second row

The insane amount of water we drank to beat the heat


Isner gets ready to serve

This one clocked in at 129 miles per hour.

A Great Weekend in Dawg Sports

It's hard to say the University of Georgia athletic program could have done better in one weekend than it did this past weekend.

Over the weekend, UGA teams accomplished the following:

-Gymdawgs won the national championship (5th in a row and 10th overall)

-Equestrian team won the national championship (2nd in a row)

-Diamond Dawgs won the series against Arkansas to retain the lead in SEC baseball

-No. 1 ranked Men's Golf team won the SEC Championship (1st since 2006, 27th overall)

-No. 4 ranked Men's Tennis team defeated Tennessee to claim the SEC Eastern Division title

No. 2 ranked Women's Tennis team won the SEC Championship (8th overall regular season title)

-Marta Silva Zamora won the Women's Golf Indiviual SEC Championship (8th overall for UGA)

-Georgia Track and Field managed 20 wins and 16 NCAA regional qualifying marks


I personally was able to see the Saturday baseball game against Arkansas and the men's tennis team beat Tennessee. Later, I found out the largest crowd of the season turned out for the tennis match. It doesn't get much better than that for a Saturday afternoon.

I want to give a shout out to my friends Keith and Annaka for inviting me to their friends tailgate that was hosted by Tom Stovall and had some great chefs, Gant and Chris. The food they cooked for it was unbelieveably good, came in monstrous amount, and rivaled any tailgate at a football game.

It's great to be a Georgia Bulldawg!