today danielle (my lovely manager) and i hosted some of our most frequent flyers at the brisbane international tennis tournament. it was a really wonderful day out of the office. the virgin australia suite was stunning, the food was amazing (i even tried smoked salmon for the first time, and i liked it!), the tennis was exciting and i felt really lucky to be there. there were famous tennis players everywhere. on the court we saw sam stosur and serena williams. in the stands we caught a glimpse of pat rafter (still looking very fit and tanned!). and outside our corporate box we had the players lounge on the right and the players restaurant on the left. i went to the bathroom about ten times hoping to catch a glimpse (and maybe even a photo) of a tennis star. a colleague who was there went to the bathroom to wash off a bird dropping that had landed on his arm only to come back with a photo of himself with pat rafter! he didn't know that it was a lucky occurrence until we told him upon his return! i'm sure he will believe in it now though! the day was made even more enjoyable with some fresh tennis knowledge in my mind, having read andre agassi's autobiography 'open'. in between watching a match i saw (and loved) the new advertising campaign for wta, women's tennis association, titled 'strong is beautiful'. i love advertising in sport, so much so that i used to think it was what i wanted to specialise in while studying and working for queensland rugby union. i now advertise flying instead while still admiring campaigns like this one from a distance. here are the series of ads from 'strong is beautiful'... countries. sugar and spice. serena. kim. ana. victoria. li na. if you are anything like me, you will want to watch each one and then go back and watch it again, oh and you possibly might also want to become a professional tennis player, i know i thought about it. another favourite ad of mine is 'better world' by nike. i hope you enjoy it my fellow sport (and advertising) lovers!
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