BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Bangkok PTT Open



She's a crowd fave here. Although Venus Williams was upset by Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 7-6 (10) in the semis today, she was very gracious and the crowd really cheered her on. Williams was bidding for her second title here in Bangkok in the last three years after compatriot and defending champ Vania King was eliminated yesterday.

Yesterday was a great day for tennis, but today... man, it was raining the whole day. But up in the Impact Center where it's covered, it was raining winners for the Italian who is ranked 49th on the WTA.

Hopefully, the Bangkok PTT Open will draw even bigger names next year. This year it was Jelena Jankovic, Williams, King, and Pennetta.

Posted by Rick Olivares

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