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Ah Roland Garros – the queues for the concessions, the laid back Sunday start, and some interesting things on day one. Here goes with our recap!
Hi everyone. Here's Sven. Sven here. He sent us these photos. He is obviously a very busy man. He has everyone stopping him every few steps to ask him something...
Roland Garros draw one of the most wide-open in recent years?
There is only one ticket in town next week! The French Open is finally here, and after weeks of confidence-issues, first clay court titles, favourites falling and old faithfuls prevailing, it’s all eyes on Paris for the next two weeks!
What a week that was! Rome brought us gelato, pizza, pasta, all manner of coffee products and the world’s best in their last bit of action before the start of the French Open.
Put away your ice-creams and prepare to get out your pains-au-chocolat in a week’s time as the best players take a breather before the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open.
Tomorrow’s headlines will read, the Rome ATP final finished with Novak Djokovic defeating Roger Federer 6-4, 6-3 in a one-sided contest that saw Federer playing below his ability and Novak staying solid throughout.
As we kick back with one last gelato, and gear up for carbs galore in Paris, we just have a little time to look back at the women’s final in The Eternal City.
One of the perks of having a tournament pass and being a coach, is having access to tennis greatness. Today, I got to spend a little time with Roger Federer.
The Ancient Romans constructed the Pantheon as a dedication to divinity of the past, present, and future. Today, about one kilometer from the Vatican, the 2000 year-old temple still stands, its diametrically perfect roof hole, the Greek inspired colonnades, the Latin inscription on the front crediting Marcus Agrippa for the build.
Well we have our women’s semi-finalists in the City of Roma. And boy was there a lot of conquering on Saturday.
We are almost at the end of the final (big) push for preparation for the French Open, so let’s cast a gentle eye over those warriors left standing.
Wikipedia (def) “The most pressing feature of Rome’s decline was the Roman state’s progressive inability to enforce its rule, either through the armed forces or by administrative means...
Sven's friends here @10sballs_com put together a few photos off instagram and other sources. The TOALSON training rackets are a oddity here. But anywhere.
It was a day of withdrawals in Rome as two hastily arranged press conferences sent the tennis press scrambling. First in was Andy Murray whose two wins in two tournaments (and in one week, no less) left him fatigued, not surprisingly!
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