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!