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How to get Citi Open Tickets 40% OFF - only about $36/ticket for the Finals!!

See our full Citi Open Coverage, previews and photos here!

Citi Open is now Washington DC's biggest tennis event for both ATP men and WTA women. It is also the next stop on the US Open Series, leading up to the US Open 2012 grand slam coming up next month.

Tickets at the box office this week (July 30-Aug 5) are priced $45-$55/ticket.

Tennis-Bargains can help you get them down to $31-$36 for any session you want; plus you can even get $25 back with one tweet* (exp 9/30)!

Citi Open Ticket Prices

Session#	Box Seats	Reserved Seats	4-Pack Seats
3-6	$70	$45	$31
7-9	$75	$50	$33
10	$80	$55	$36

Triple Play Tips for Savings is like "A-B-C"

A) Activate: *Get $25 off $75* promo deal - use Twitter or Facebook (offers exp 9/30*)
B) Buy in Bulk: save 40% on "4-pack" of tickets - Ticketmaster Link (see below)
C) get Credit back: for selling off unused tickets - TicketExchange Link for Fans

Step-by-Step Instructions for Discounted Tickets

1. Go to the Ticketmaster Citi Open Page
2. Select the Session / Date you want
   (ex: Session 3 is first round, Session 10 is the Final)
3. Under Ticket Options,
   Check the "Me+3 4-Pack Offer" check-box ONLY
4. Continue selecting 4 Seats total
   Note: yes they are nosebleed seats but if you are planning to see only non-stadium matches, it's not a problem. It's "first come first serve" seating on the Grandstand and all other side courts.
5. Make sure you activated your Ticketmaster Deal and get a confirmation for $25 credit email
6. Congrats, you just saved over 40% on your tennis tickets! Your buddies will thank you =)

Sell Extra Tickets - use credit to get other sessions or future tickets

**Don't let your unused tickets go to waste!** - Another fan is probably looking for one, especially on sold-out days.

• Did you know you can set your own price for re-sell on any online tickets you buy on TicketExchange? Tickets are bought and sold cheaply here every day, but not many people know it even exists.
• Other fans may post up their extra tickets for a great deal that you may want to attend.

Check current Citi Open Ticket buy/sell prices here

Discount Days

• Mon, July 30 is 2-for-1 USTA Members Day
• Sat, Aug 4 is Military Appreciation Day - Free entry for all active duty and retired members, family. Plus our heroes get free 2-for-1 tickets, any day of the week.
• See all special events days here.

Extra Bonus and Tips

If you followed my advice and still have that 50% Off Ticketmaster Gift Card we announced previously, you can save even more! It was a $100 TM gift card you could buy for $50.

For food choices at Citi Open

I recommend the Basil Chicken entree at the Thai place. Most of the staff are pretty friendly and seems like the business place in the food court area. Gets busy around lunch/dinner, so try to go early and get a place to sit!

Support Team USA Tennis at 2012 London Olympics

"Pro Amore et Patria" ~ Latin: For Love and Country

These athletes play for no prize money; only the love of their game and representing the honor of their country. What greater glory can be achieved in sports than that?

With matches played at Wimbledon, it will be the first time that the Olympics will be held at a Grand Slam venue. May the best grass court players prevail! Congrats to Murray, Federer and Del Potro!

Team USA gifts and souvenirs from the Olympics

Want a Team USA souvenir tennis hat to remember the 2012 games?

Or maybe a Team USA Nike Dri Fit Athletic T-shirt? (I like the red one myself)

USA Women - Serena Williams going for triple gold: Singles, Women's Doubles (with sister Venus) & Mixed Doubles??

Plus the #1 Ranked Women's Doubles team of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond will be the other women's doubles team.

USA Men - A pair of very strong singles players and also the winnest Doubles Team ever. Roddick and Isner provide possibly the fastest serving guys in the game along with the unstoppable Mike and Bob Bryan Brother Twins to play for history.

Cheer on Andy Roddick and our other American Olympic Athletes in London

Check out this Youtube Video of Andy Roddick's Q&A on Olympics: Very funny commentary as usual from Andy. I hope he can help bring some medals home. Available are official gifts from the Team USA website. Matches will be TV broadcasting on Bravo and then NBC later in the week.

Should be an exciting next couple of weeks!
Go Team USA!

The Art of Ticket Resell - secure great US Open Tickets (even for "sold-out" sessions)

TicketMaster is the key to safe exchanges. Recommended for fans who are still trying to get into sold-out sessions or even looking to shop for a better deal than the full retail price.

Most importantly, these tickets are verified as genuine by Ticketmaster and reissued in your name - so someone cannot simply print out multiple copies and sell them.


My advice: Buy only from sellers with good ratings and reviews or accept only digital tickets that can only be used on your mobile phone!

Sun 9/1	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS
	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS
Mon 9/2	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS				Ground
	Round of 16 Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS			💰💰
Tue 9/3	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS		💰		Ground
	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS
Wed 9/4	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	12:00pm	TICKETS		💰
	Quarterfinal Men's/Women's	7:00pm	TICKETS
Thu 9/5	Women's Singles Semifinals	7:00pm	TICKETS
Fri 9/6	Women's Db-Final/Men's Semis	12:00pm	TICKETS	🔥
Sat 9/7	Men's Singles 2nd Semifinals	12:00pm	TICKETS
Sun 9/8	Men's/Women's Singles Final	1:00pm	TICKETS	🔥

Last Minute Tickets - Transfer possible after gates open at 10AM?

Note: Ticketmaster stops ticket sales for that day once the event starts...

Some possible ways around to make a mid-day purchase?

• StubHub has fewer tickets - but sometimes a deal or two
  • TM has the originals, but some fans trade tickets here indirectly
  • Make sure you check the totals *after all fees*
     
• SeatGeek shows their lowest listed price for each day
  • Use our "TENNISBARGAINS" $20 OFF $100 Code

Q: Need to switch to a  different ticket? How do you "exchange" Tickets?

A: Officially, Ticketmaster will not let you refund or exchange directly back to them.

However, if someone decides they cannot attend and wants tickets for a different date, the best way is to try to resell them through Ticket Exchange and buy ones you can use with your credit. This is basically the best way you can "trade" tickets for the US Open. It is a huge marketplace.

1) After you create and log in with your Ticketmaster account, go to "My US Open Account Manager," and it will show electronically what tickets you have available to be sold or transferred.


2) Select the seat that you want to sell and the price you want to sell it. After your tickets are sold, you will receive credit for most of the sale price you set - which you can use to buy other tickets that you can watch!

Setting your Ticket Price

My advice is not to set the sale price too high, if you want to get your money back fast. If you are one of the lowest prices, your tickets will get bought even faster. Do a little research on the "Buy Tickets" page to see how much they are going for, and try to beat that price by a few dollars.

Seller's Tip:
You can even set it so that if nobody buys your ticket at your price within a certain time, you can get an email notification so you can still go use them instead! Good when the weather is iffy. Also, you can forward them to your friend's email (as a last-minute tennis gift).

Tennis-Bargains Tip for Season Plans and Mini-Plans Holders

For those who want to see several consecutive sessions of tennis. In the past, what I have done is bought the full plan season tickets and after selling or gifting away half of my unused tickets, I had enough credit to buy a full 2nd year of season tickets! This is useful if you want to sell night tickets and just keep the day tickets, for example.

Tennis-Bargains Giveaways - Email Tickets to our Fans

TicketExchange is what I used to offer free tickets instantly to our Tennis-Bargains winners.

• Miguel S. (Queens, NY) - last week 7/15
• Piyush (Hoboken, NJ) - this week 7/22.
  In the example above, I just select the tickets I want to send, and just forward them to their email address. Both of them received Men's/Women's QF tickets. They just print them out and show them at the gate with their unique bar-codes and enjoy!

Try Resale Tickets from other fans - check in Aug for great bargains!

USTA promos and events

**USTA Southern has a 15% OFF promo link for Tennis-Warehouse**

See all our coupons and promo codes here:
http://jc10s.com/TennisCoupons

We also have an updated USTA promo code:
$30 USTA membership + free hat promo code

Thanks to USTA Southern for helping sponsor and promote the Atlanta Open last week. Part of the US Open Series of tournaments.

Atlanta, GA is also home to the " largest tennis-based community organization in the world."
Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) with about 80K current members (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Lawn_Tennis_Association)

They have always been a very strong force behind promoting tennis even back during the days I was attending Georgia Tech. Many great tennis players originate from this section of the country.

USTA Virginia hosted another USTA tennis block party at the 9th Annual Asian Festival.

With the Mobile Smashzone arena for the kids with free Citi Open tickets for volunteers. They have generously supported multi-cultural tennis and active military members and families in the Washington, DC area. USTA VA is also the strongest voting member of the USTA Mid-Atlantic Section. 

Tennis Injury or Strain? How to recover quickly for tennis players

Almost all regular tennis players - even Rafael Nadal - will eventually get one form of injury or another

Q: How do you properly treat, recover and heal quickly so you can play tennis again?
A: Below is what my doctors in the past have recommended when I had mild tennis injuries in the past.

Fortunately, I've never had any injuries that lasted more than 2-3 weeks.

Disclaimer
I would advise you to seek advice from a medical professional if you experience any lasting pain while playing tennis to make sure it is not something more serious. See our full medical disclaimer.