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Cool to see the event like this! Nice report again from you both!
Yesterday I thought “If I were Ray, I would go to Roland Garros”…and so it is!
I’m a club tennis player (prior to a runner) and RG is a legendary tennis tournament (maybe the second one, after Wimbledon).
If I were you, I would satisfy a dream of mine
….game, set and match! ;-)
There was a UK program on the selection process for Wimbledon. In summary, very intense! Jokers probably don’t get through the application stage.
I know for Wimbledon you can have ticket only by public Ballot or byt the queue.
link to wimbledon.com
Apologies for the confusion, i was refering to the selection process for ball girls/boys and Ray’s reference to their discipline
A great experience, like Wimbledon or the US Open. Glad you could experience this in my homeland, esp under the sun!
All of this is GREAT—however I dig the dude in the newspaper hat! ;)
Sarah
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Ray,
here’s how ball boy works out
link to it.eurosport.yahoo.com
The kids are between 12-16 yo, they are member of the french tennis federation. There are selections across France, and there are about 2500 candidates for about 250 positions for Roland Garros. During a game they are always evaluated closely by supervisors and if they make mistakes they go down one court, if they are good, they go up, so doing good is their only chance to end up being on the central courts and thus brush shoulders with the top tennis players.
Very cool, thanks for that!
You would have seen my favourite player (Kei Nishikori) beat Jesse Levine. A day at grand slam tennis event is The Best sports entertainment available, I reckon. I’m always blown away by the atmosphere and sheer variety of matches and players one can see any given day. And then there’s the practice courts, where you can get up close to the World’s best players going through their routines. But if you’re worried about sunburn best not come out for the Australian Open ;-)
Came across your blog while looking up info on the French Open. We are going to Paris this year for our first anniversary and for my husband’s birthday I got us general admission tickets during the first week of the tourney – this post was very insightful on what to expect! My husband is the tennis nerd, and he’s been to the US Open but I’ve never been, nor do I know too much about tennis. Glad to see that it’ll be a fun time despite that.
Do you know if it is possible to buy ground passes on the day like at Wimbledon?
Great Post.
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