It’s a cold day, cloudy and on the brink of a rain. After the wrong side of the town episode I finally made into Roland Garros.
Smokers! Too many smokers on the ground that made it almost unbearable!
Thank lord no one smoked while seated. I saw Gael Monfils’ practicing on day 4.
A juggler is entertaining with balls and rackets
It’s pretty easy to get a ticket for the day.
Booked a ticket to Roland Garros on Tuesday, 5/27. The site map. The tourney runs from 5/25 to 6/8. They charge the qualifying rounds too, 34 € (18€ for age 20 and under) – US Open is still free. It’s kind of late to buy, most tickets are sold out: they opened to public on Mar 12.
Getting there: Metro Line #10 toward Boulogne stop at Porte d’Auteuil. (Port d’Auteuil is 20 minutes from station Chatelet)
The Chinese media asks Li Na why is she smiling overseas and displaying a sour face back home? From those pictures, she did look like mad.
在外阳光灿烂，回国阴云密布，李娜，你为什么摆臭脸。”今天，某地的报纸出现这样的标题，大肆撰文抨击李娜。这文章完全把李娜当成了KTV里的姑娘，接了钱就必须给大爷笑。可是，姑娘们总有不方便的时候、不舒服的时候，大爷们你们知道吗？嫑碧莲！
Years ago, Renée Richards, an American ophthalmologist, author and professional tennis player, underwent sex reassignment surgery. She initially was not allowed in the women’s draw in 1976 but after she challenged the ban, ultimately played five US Opens, from 1977 to 1981, with the best result reaching third round. He played five US Open in the men draw, the best result was second round. Her best result in the US Open was mixed doubles, she went as far as semi final in 1979. Apparently the gender reassignment did not really help her tennis career.
It was day 2 of USTA/Eastern Metro 2011 Regional Championship. We were playing Bronx.
Jerry and I had a 3-0 lead in the fist set but lost it 7-5. The gent seemed having trouble moving in the beginning which was distracting, which is to say, I need to improve my game mentally and my brain.
My mind began wandering around, trying to figure out why Court #15 next to us wasn’t being used by Deb: two girls vs a gal and a guy. … Thought I saw the girl in the blue dress was mingling with us .. It bothered me. So .. after couple of more games and finally I heard the tall gal grunt like a man. Oh, I got it, to show unity he dressed in sync with his partner.
How sweet and cute.
We lost first set.
Then the second set, and the match at 5 and 4.
After the match, I teased Jerry, next time maybe he should wear an outfit that matches mine, just like that guy on Court 15. One of my mates heard it and told us in whisper,
“He’s going through gender change.”
Ops. I didn’t know.
However, a couple of years later, the girl would play on my 8.0 team. Needless to say, we are all very happy. She plays first doubles, won five and half out of eight matches.
Her first match’s opponents were both active with the League. The League is a small world. The committee members are all tennis bums themselves. Season in and season out, there is always the chance that you either be on the same team with or play against those committee members. They happened both worked on my first team.
Our 5th match is on a snowy day. Forecast a storm but stops in the afternoon. 2-1
