Today we attended a day of French Open Tennis. The weather is beautiful and the tennis was great. Although we only purchased a grounda pass which entitiled us to view matches at the outer courts we got the full flavor of the Open. Watching the senior mens doubles was a blast as they have fun with each others play. Many of the player's pass by the outer court area and we had the chance to meet and take a photo of Mary Carillo, a very nice lady. Earlier we watched several of the Juniors matches. One 18 year old French player, Mina, was particularly impressive as he looks and plays like Monfiels (literally translatted (my son)). There was also a wheel chair tennis semifinals which we watched. The crowds here are very large and enjoy viewing the major matches on a very huge outdoor tv screen. They like to clap loadly for their French players and sometimes boo the opposing player if he or she contest a linesman's call or slams his racket onto the court. We watched much of Serena Williams match and all of the Federer-Monfiels match while drinking beer and eating european style sandwiches on a huge plaza by the tv screen. Federer really looks good and seems to have built his confidence after his previous win over Nadal two weeks ago in Barcelona. All in all the day was lots of fun. It takes a while on the metro to get there but worth it. As a little treat a local official and former player gave us a lift to the metro stop afterwards. He had the misfortune today of having been hit by one of Federes serves and had a back eye. Who says tennis is not a contact sport.
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I've been looking for you two in the French Open coverage. I had taped the Serena and Federer matches, and imagined being there with you in the crowds. What fun youmust be having!
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