Roland Garros has a glassy new court: Simonne-Mathieu – instantly my fave.
… and the little village & greenies
Archive for May, 2019
Day 3 @ French Open
2019 trip: Tuesday, Day of Court Simonne Mathieu @ the Open.
Jasmine Paolini vs Daria Kasatkina (2, 3) @ Court 1 (kind of like USO’s Court 17.
StefanoTravaglia vs Adrian Mannarino @ Simonne Mathieu
Jeļena Ostapenko vs Victoria Azarenka @ Simonne Mathieu. Lots of breaks …
Aryna Sabalenka vs Dominika Cibulková @ Simonne Mathieu
Zheng Saisai vs Wang Qiang @ Court 12. The last point. The giant lens seems can zoom the moon down to earth -:). The photographer is from Xinhua News Agency.
Day 2 @ French Open
Day of Serena @ the Open
It’s heart breaking to see Serena has to struggle to win in three sets. But she prevailed. She’s mentally strong and determined – all the power to her.
I lounged by Court 7 (the bathroom is modern and clean), then went to watch Serena from high seat.
Court 6: Maxime Janvier vs Pablo Cuevas (4, 4, 2)
Su-Wei Hsieh (4, 6, 0) vs Viktorija Golubic @ Court 12
French Open 2019
This year it began on Sunday, May 26 in Paris, till June 9. I attended the next two days, on Monday and Tuesday with my gang.
~ Anisimova and Thiem
~ Sportsmanship 体育精神 & Mahut
First, something new: the center court – Philippe Chatrier that seats 15,225, a red clay wall, and a 5,000 seat court Simonne-Mathieu – my favorite and I spend much of my second day there. Tennis, as whole must have some banner years for them to expand so much recently, New York for example,
Second, I got to watch Serena play on the new center court. It is the last one to add a retractable roof, by next year, 2020.
Third, the security check is tight: checking bag and patting down. Then there is another layer: they issue you the ticket at the entry with your name printed (same as 2017), and you need to present your photo ID with your ticket to finally get in.
Court Suzanne Lenglen has 10,068 seats.
Court Simonne-Mathieu holds 5,000 spectators:
