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| David and Yolanda watching Milos Raonic |
Marseille's Palais des Sports is the site of the Open 13 ATP tennis tournament (the "13" refers to the département number of the Bouches du Rhône). Three Canadians were in the tournament: Milos Raonic (seeded #1), Vasek Pospisil, and doubles player Adil Shamasdin. The last made it to the semifinal (unseen by us) and Pospisil won his first match before losing a tight 3-set match to the #4 seeded Bautista Agut. On Thursday we waved our flag and decked out in our hats (although it was too hot in the stadium for the boys to keep theirs on) and went to cheer for Raonic. Unfortunately, our Canadian curse continued - any time the three male MacKinnons watch a Canadian play, he loses, in this case in the second round to world #53-ranked Simone Bolelli. On Saturday, we took in the semifinals and the crowd left happy as the two Frenchmen (Simon and Monfils) both won setting up an all-France final.
As was the case in Paris, a number of extras were set up in the concourse, including a small tennis court (where David played for 15 minutes) and Xbox FIFA15 (which all three boys played). The Massilia HC also had a booth, featuring their mascot - a hockey-playing Spartan (?) warrior - and floor hockey that David and Andrew played for 30 minutes.
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