Oxfordshire Limited Edition – August 2019

August 2019 |OxfordshireLimitedEdition| 165

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

The Boodles

hasa winner

W

orldnumberoneNovak

Djokovicheadlineda

stunningopeningfivedays

ofactionatStokePark

asTheBoodlesreturnedfor 2019 atthe

endofJune.Thecrowdsweretreated

toamasterclassunderbeautifulskies

atStokeParkfromJune 23 to 27 asthe

internationalfive-daytennisexhibitiongot

underway.TheBoodlesshowcasessome

oftheworld’stopmaletennisplayersover

thefivedaytournament.

Thestarsusethenon-competitive

eventasawarm-upforWimbledon–while

crowdsenjoytheactiononthecourtwith

aglassoffizzinhand.

DjokovicdefeatedChileanCristian

Garin 6 - 26 - 4 onTuesday,June 25 ,before

a 7 - 66 - 4 defeattoDenisSapovalovon

Wednesday,June 26.

Djokovicsaid:“It’sagreatenvironment

andgreattournament.I’vebeenplaying

heresince 2007 andI’mgoodfriendswith

Patricio,themaninchargeoforganisation

forthisevent.

“It’salight-heartedenvironment,so

tosay.Fun,engagingandaninteractive

atmosphere,andpeoplelovetheirtennis.

Theyloveshowingupandhavingfun,and

lovelysmilesinthecrowd.”

TheworldnumberoneheadlinedThe

Boodlesjustoneweekbeforedefending

hisWimbledoncrown–andhewenton

towinthetitleinspectacularfashiononce

again.

SOCIETY

PhilAnderson,andwifePaulinewithPaulBollingtonandBruceVincentfromGX

Ben,AmeliaandWilliamRookeand

LucindaWatts

ChristinaRaptisLondon

NovakDjokovic

SgtCraigShortwithStaffSgtAdamAdam
GregoryRAMCandDanielleJenkinsfrom
TheOPPOFoundation

StreetChild’sRachelWarner,KatieWalden
andAngelaHilditch

VivienneHumphriesandMarkPanesar

DjokovicfansTijanaand

KristinaSekani SharonandGillGill

SaraThornton,JohnHammondand

LouiseJarvis