Tuesday was once again an early start that began with a quick tour of the famous Triumph Arch and the Eiffel Tower. We all seemed very tired and cold at the arch but by the time we made it to the Eiffel Tower people seemed to have woken up a bit and jokes were being cracked as usual including a Professor Ryan classic. Salesperson: “5 key chains for one euro,” P Ryan: “O yeah I’m very interested… NOT!” After a little wondering around and some pictures we took the metro to the area where Rolland Gardens is, which is the stadium that hosts the French Open each year. Eric, Jake, Stephanie, and I all managed to get our hands on some tickets for a day of first round matchups. I’m not sure what the rest of the group did, (they may wondered around for a while doing nothing), but us four had a full seven hour day at the event.
I had a great time and I believe the other three did as well. Highlights of the day included watching an American, Sam Quarry, defeat a German which is always fun. Other matchups I saw were victories from the fourth and fifth ranked players in the world Andy Murray and Robin Soderling. Americans performed extremely well today as underdogs such as Harrison and Isner almost made huge upsets when they were supposed to be blown out. We also saw some hot French girl throw away her lead in the end to a Japanese player; we were all very disappointed by that result. I may go to the Tower again tonight to see it all lit up but think I am going to take it easy tonight because of the early morning tomorrow. Anyway, besides the pricy food and the sunburns that we all got, it was a great day overall. The picture is from the French Open just to get a feel of the type of courts we went around to, it is one of the many outdoor courts.
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