The timing of our trip to Paris was to coincide with the last tennis tournament of the ATP calendar - the BNP Paribas Masters. We all went on Tuesday (the second day of the tournament) and got to see one Canadian (Pospisil, who lost) and the world #1 (Djokovic, who won). The facility is indoors, with 3 courts. The main court has reserved seating (but is small enough to see everything - sort of like the lower bowl of the Metro Centre in Halifax), while Courts 1 (singles) and 2 (doubles) are very small and first-come, first-served. So we were only 2 rows back courtside for Pospisil's match.
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| At left is Canada's Milos Raonic (7), who defeated Berdych (5) and Federer (2) before losing to Djokovic (1) in the final |
Yolanda went by herself the next day, which we've been calling her birthday present. She had the chance to see pretty much all the rest of the top-10 ranked male players (except Nadal, who is injured), as well as Daniel Nestor in doubles action.
Of course, going to Paris for a birthday present is more impressive if you aren't already in France, but she'll take what she can get.
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