The red clay of Paris is the start of spring for Parisians and for Woody and I it was a tennis adventure come true. After having watched year after year we were finally there ourselves. Since we were beginners at the ticket auction we got general admission tickets for two of the three days we attended. We found out on the third day that we could buy a ticket upgrade at 5pm for PHILIPPE CHATRIER or SUZANNE LENGLEN.
It was really crowded and the courts with the best action had the longest waits to see the matches. We got on line and parked ourselves to watch the matches on the court we called home each day.
Being a major event everything was expensive and the lines were long. Debbie found out that the bathroom in the museum was never crowded so that's were we went.
We never got to see any singles matches but did get to see plenty of doubles. The last time I saw Tommy Robrado he lost in Miami. His results were better in Paris although he was rough on his partner.
Leander Paes and his partner ended up making it to the mens doubles finals. We saw them early in the tournement. Leander won Wimbledon with Martina Navratilova several years ago.
Gael Monfils on the practice courts.
