I have just brought my Mom to the station since she stayed
in Paris over the last few days. Once again, it was such a pleasure to have her
here. We discovered Paris even more and had the most impeccable food in fancy
restaurants that I will share with you by the end of my stay. End? Yes,
time passes so incredibly fast that I only have few weeks left in this gorgeous
place and I already feel that certain wrench…
As I literally grew up on the tennis court, Paris oozes a particular
charm for me these days: the French Open – or Roland Garros – are taking place in the city. Since forever I have been watching the
tournament on TV, always crossing fingers for my favourites and hoping for the
day to go there myself.
And the day came: Last Thursday I early caught the
metro to enter the holy zone. Thanks to a nerve-wrecking procedure I obtained my
tickets and felt like a little kid going to Disneyland for its first time. I
was mesmerized by the three impressive stadiums, the experts around me, the
excitement of all the spectators in the air. It wasn’t my first time on a
tennis tournament but it was my first Grand Slam (the others are Wimbledon, US
Open and Australian Open). All in all I watched 5 matches, amongst them the
Olympic Gold Medalist Andy Murrey who easily defeated his opponent. I also
attended the games of Simona Halep, the best ranked woman in the tournament,
and Ivo Karlovic, the 2.11m-man with services of 200 km/h. In fact, the
matches with no name players were even better because they were less one-sided
- I was probably as anxious while sitting in the public as when I play myself.
Yet, I unfortunately couldn’t see Rafa Nadal, my all time
favourite and idol, who played the same day, but to which court I didn’t have
access (as I said nerve-wrecking process).
But I don’t mind since I had a blissful day without a single
drop of rain, the world’s best tennis and the one-time experience to have
finally attended such a prestigious tournament.
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