Yesterday at Indian Wells, Ryan Harrison won his first match since the Australian Open, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 over Go Soeda. He played the second match in the night session on Stadium court, which meant a very, very long day for the young American. Luckily for us, his new coach, Tres Davis (who travels with Ryan and splits coaching duties with Ryan’s father), tweeted the whole thing to give us an insider perspective of a day in the life of a tennis pro. Spoiler alert: there’s a lot of waiting, a lost ID badge, and even some Quiznos.
The day begins with Ryan sleeping in, and the coach getting right to work in preparation for a very slow day:
https://twitter.com/Tresdavis3/status/309695713669967872
…afternoon. We will venture over to the courts for the first time around noon for a short hit at 1pm.#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
Kevin Anderson knows the drill:
@tresdavis3 wake up, eat, tv*, hit, eat, tv, sleep, tv, warm up, eat, play match. Shortened version (*tv/computer etc) #ataresults
— Kevin Anderson (@kevinanderson18) March 7, 2013
Finally, the young buck awakes!
And they finally woke up! Not a bad view to have while you eat breakfast… yfrog.us/0rd2akrgsicbuz…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
After breakfast, they stop by the hotel gym, which sounds like a fun place to be:
As kevin said its more movie/tv rest time for Ryan. I’m headed to the gym for a workout and Bret is heading over to watch…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
…some matches. The hotel gym is full of players pretty much all week. DelPo, Matosevic, and a handful of WTA players that…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
…I don’t know are all in here right now. They are running and doing “functional” workout stuff. I’m gonna go for the…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
…chest and bicep beach muscle workout! #ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
Then Ryan pulls a Harrison:
Arrived at the courts right on schedule. Ryan can’t get in because he forgot his pass…he does this a few times per event lol!#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
Ryan getting his new badge and then we are off to the legendary workout field to start our warmup.#ataresults twitter.com/Tresdavis3/sta…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
The warm-up field at Indian Wells is pretty much my dream destination:
The warmup field here at #bnppo13 All day long you can find players doing fitness, warming up, or playing football/soccer…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
#ataresultsyfrog.us/jl6gcobiaedszf…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
Ryan’s warm up had to change times so I’m gonna have to stretch out and warm him up myself. Shouldn’t have lifted this morning!#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
Jack Sock is a Chipotle man, Ryan Harrison is a Quiznos guy. I have so much hope for the future.
Finished the cool down/stretch after practice and headed to Quiznos for lunch. We like to head offsite for lunch sometimes…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
…to get away from all the chaos at the courts. Back to the hotel for a little nap and relaxation until our next hit at 630pm#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
@kevinanderson18 My choice would have been LG Steakhouse! But gotta get the player what they want on match day ha
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Nap time for Ryan – but no resting for the coach.
Made it back to the hotel.Ryan headed to the room to rest and I’m headed back over to the courts to do a little scouting.#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 7, 2013
We pushed our warmup back a little because the matches are taking a long time on Ryan’s court. That’s part of the challenge…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
…on these long days. Being the 6th match up on your court makes it tough to plan.Gonna head to the courts in 30 mins and…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
…warm up at 7.Will be a lot quieter now because most of the players are at the player party tonight. It’s at the hotel…#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
…and we can see them setting up.Looks fun! Playing on stadium court is pretty damn fun too! #ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Back at the courts. dark now and getting chilly. Good bit of wind too. The entrance from the player parking lot… yfrog.us/cbyp3hsflcayac…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Ryan doing his warmup and I’m picking up the rackets. They string a LOT of sticks every day. #ataresultsyfrog.us/5t87dlhnyryjka…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Warmup time under the lights… yfrog.us/nl17156901uyje…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Superstar!
A little post warmup autograph session on the way back to the locker room#ataresults twitter.com/Tresdavis3/sta…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
All of this waiting would drive me insane. Kudos.
Dinner. Demolished. I’ve been up 13 hours and still have to wait for one more match to finish before Ryan goes on. twitter.com/Tresdavis3/sta…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
View from the players suite. Watching a little keys-oudin#ataresultsyfrog.us/g4jrhmfkguxrzr…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
I don’t know what galaga is.
Trying to get the high score on galaga while we wait…but as you can see the buttons are on the wrong side! twitter.com/Tresdavis3/sta…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Tick tock tick tock Which way is it gonna go? Straights or 3 sets? Ryan warming up now. Could be on in 2 games….or….#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Three, of course.
Ugh….
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
This is a bit creepy.
All the players at the player party means an empty training room…Couple more games to go before show time twitter.com/Tresdavis3/sta…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Fifth time’s the charm!
The 5th and final warmup of the day.Lets do this! yfrog.us/9fk37vqcmdqqzt…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
One last pep talk and he’s out the door.15 hours after this day started it is now match time!#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Talk to y’all in a few hours… yfrog.us/7emd7olzlqmqll…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
No live-tweets of the topsy turvy match — disappointing, since there was no stream. But Ryan put a stop to his losing skid and pulled out the win!
Nights not over yet. Headed for cool down/stretch and then he will have to do a quick press conference.Good to get the W tonight!
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Ryan makes the press come to him. Diva alert!
Ryan multitasking so we can all get home ASAP! twitter.com/Tresdavis3/sta…
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
1230am and bedtime is close! Saturday is gonna be fun!! Ryan has The Rafa Nadal next.Hope y’all enjoyed this as much as I did.#ataresults
— Tres Davis ATA (@Tresdavis3) March 8, 2013
Quite the day — thanks for sharing it with us, Tres and Ryan! Best of luck against Rafa.
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