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The Highs & Lows of Spending 4 Days at this Year’s Japan Open Tennis Tournament

Posted on November 6, 2026 by tokyofox

After the disappointment of so many top players withdrawing in 2025, my expectations were lower and more realistic for this year’s Toray Pan Pacific Open (TPPO) tennis tournament in Tokyo. Luckily, a lot of my interest isn’t so devoted towards … Continue reading →

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Naomi Osaka Vs Jasmine Paolini: I Saw My Dream Tennis Match & Met one of them too!

Posted on November 2, 2026 by tokyofox

Straight into the action in Tokyo and Italy’s Jasmine Paolini has three set points to level things up against Naomi Osaka and take it to a deciding third set. As a big fan of both, I am really enjoying the … Continue reading →

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I Met a Grand-Slam Winning Brit at the 2026 Japan Open Tennis Women’s Tournament

Posted on October 30, 2026 by tokyofox

Whilst I don’t really expect to see a Brit in action at the back end of tennis tournaments, I always hope that the stars align so that I can follow the fortunes of them, and this time I got to … Continue reading →

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A Near-50km Cycle Trip to Watch & Meet the Winners at Tokyo’s Best Value Tennis Tournament

Posted on April 29, 2026 by tokyofox

For many fans, tennis is all about the Grand Slams and seeing the world’s top players in action. Understandably, that is very appealing and something I’d like to do but it is unlikely to happen anytime soon so I have … Continue reading →

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How Many Different Sports Did I Manage To Go & Watch Live In 2025?

Posted on January 5, 2026 by tokyofox

  On the back of watching a whopping 21 different sports in 2023, last year’s total was a more modest 12 and I was fairly happy with that. I don’t have any real interest in bettering that 2023 total and … Continue reading →

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The Highs & Lows of the 2025 Japan Open Tennis Tournament

Posted on November 1, 2025 by tokyofox

With a line-up featuring so many of my favourite female players, I was admittedly rather excited by this year’s Toray Pan Pacific Open (TPPO) tennis tournament at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. I was always going to attend the second qualifying … Continue reading →

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Meeting Tennis Stars Aplenty at This Year’s Japan Open

Posted on October 26, 2025 by tokyofox

In the last couple of years at the Toray Pan Pacific Open (TPPO) tennis tournament in Tokyo I’ve been delighted to meet a British female player each time. Last year I was lucky enough to meet Leicester’s very own Katie … Continue reading →

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From Qualification to the 1st Round & Beyond? Following The Fortunes of My Favourite British & German Tennis Players in Tokyo!

Posted on October 23, 2025 by tokyofox

“Hopefully she can become as successful as them and join the next tier of top players whilst going a bit deeper into one of the Grand Slam tournaments” The above quote is the final thought in my post after watching … Continue reading →

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A Double Dose of Tennis: Alcaraz In Tokyo, Big Balls, A Brit Appearance, Japan’s Rising Star, German Efficiency & Bjorn Borg!

Posted on September 27, 2025 by tokyofox

Recent U.S. Open champion Carlos Alcaraz has been the star attraction at this year’s Kinoshita Open a.k.a. the Japan Open. Sadly the stars did not align for me to see the man who currently has half a dozen Grand Slams to … Continue reading →

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My Rather Blinkered Review of the 2024 Tennis Season!

Posted on December 15, 2024 by tokyofox

The more casual tennis fan may not realise what a long and gruelling season it is for all those involved with tournaments running continuously from very early in January till  December. Prior to this year, I was someone who only … Continue reading →

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