Up My Alley

Photo Roberto Dell'Olivo Last week, 22-year-old Matteo Berrettini from Rome won his first ATP Title at the Swiss Open in Gstaad without dropping a set and without conceding any breaks on his serve. Here's my profile for Ubitennis.net Italian Hopeful Berrettini Is Becoming Reality https://t.co/ahyDWh5jpr pic.twitter.com/BCYc5sEmLq — Ubitennis (@Ubitennis) July 31, 2018

My time in Europe has come to an end and I'm writing these lines from Toronto Pearson Airport where I am unexpectedly connecting before heading home to Montreal. My original travel plans had me fly from Bologna to Frankfurt to Ottawa and then home to Montreal, but once I got to the boarding gate in Frankfurt I heard an announcement looking for volunteers to be offloaded due to an overbooking situation. Needless to say I got to the desk before the agent even finished the announcement: it was still 1pm CEST, the day was still long and I knew there would be plenty of opportunities to get home on the same day. I had the emergency exit row, but I was ready to give it up for the very generous compensation. In fact, in accordance to the EU Regulation 261/2004, Air Canada offered me €600 cash or €900 in airline voucher, to be spent within 2 years on all Air Canada partners (essentially Star Alliance) but only valid to cover the airfare (no taxes or supplements, that normally make u...

On 23rd July the ATP announced new rules for the ATP Challenger Tour starting from the 2019 season. Here is the  article  I wrote on  Ubitennis.com  (in Italian) together with the Chief Editor Ubaldo Scanagatta. 🎾🎾🎾 Il 23 luglio scorso l'ATP ha annunciato una serie di nuove regole per i tornei dell'ATP Challenger Tour a partire dalla stagione 2019. Questo l'articolo che ho scritto per Ubitennis.com (in italiano) insieme con il direttore Ubaldo Scanagatta Rivoluzione Challenger: più “cari” nel 2019 e tabelloni da 48 https://t.co/26kupwVmAg pic.twitter.com/eyfopLfxbT — Ubitennis (@Ubitennis) July 24, 2018

Welcome to "Up my alley", the blog I have decided to open to share my views with the world. Or with whoever wants to read them. I have been thinking about this for a while, because I have been writing about different topics for a very long time and I wanted a place to collect all my pieces, so that it was easier for anyone to access them. I am definitely much better at writing content that I am at making it look pretty, so until I have gone through the first bits of the learning curve I wouldn't expect another Sistine Chapel, but I can promise some interesting pieces, especially when I am lucky enough to be around the world watching stuff. Because I love watching stuff and asking questions about it. Sometimes I even get answers. Go figure. There will be content very soon, so watch this space!