Seein’ the DMV: Mubadala Citi DC Open-July 2025
Monday-Day One I was watching the Wimbledon Open when I realized that I had never seen a live professional tennis match. I’ve enjoyed watching tennis on television since I was introduced to the game in public school and became aware of Arthur Ashe in the early 1970s. Impulsively, I started researching the costs and process of making a one-day trip to New York to see an early round of the US Open. Just as I was forced to acknowledge that my budget required more prep time to handle such an excursion, I learned that there was a tennis tournament–the Mubadala Citi DC Open–scheduled in Washington the next week!! A check of the ticket prices for an early round session indicated that I could make it work. I ordered one of the ADA tickets on the first level of the stadium. On that Monday, I tried to time my drive to…