Tennis is often accused of being stale but I have to say there are still some outrageous things that are happening on and off court and a handful of very charismatic personalities present on both tours.
While Ernests Gulbis was busy telling us he didn’t think Novak Djokovic is not the most talented guy on tour, over on Suzanne Lenglen, Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky pulled out his iPhone to snap a picture and document a disputed line call during his match with Richard Gasquet. He got a warning but the crowd certainly liked it.
This isn’t the first time Stako’s done it either. He did it in Munich a few weeks back and tweeted the picture of the mark later. Funny enough, most tennis players tweeted him back saying he was wrong. Let’s see what they think about Monday’s mark.
Earlier in the day, Caroline Wozniacki got teased about her golf swing in the press room when she was asked whether she would work on her game for next year’s Masters. The Dane had scuffed a tee shot in Augusta while caddying for her beau Rory McIlroy in the Par-3 Contest.
The former world No1 immediately defended herself saying: “I told Rory ‘I am not going to hit a ball at the par 3, there is no chance. He goes ‘okay. I respect that.’ What does he do on the ninth? Tees it up, gives me the club and goes ‘here you go’. I'm like ‘first of all, I'm not prepared; second of all, I don't want to hit the shot. He said ‘I don't think you have a choice now because the crowd is going crazy’.”
Wozniacki took it all in good fun though and shared some tweets she had received that were mocking her shot, including one from Andy Roddick who joked that the grass went farther than the ball.
Meanwhile, French veteran Fabrice Santoro, the Magician, and former champion Guga Kuerten were happy Roland Garros visitors, although the popular Brazilian was not too impressed with the crocodile gummy bears on offer at the Lacoste Lounge, tweeting: "Desert avec elegance,,, ehehehe!!!"
The day ended with Philippe Chatrier roaring for Gael Monfils, returning from injury, ranked as low as 81, fresh off a final run in Nice on Saturday, and taking out Tomas Berdych in a four-hour five-set battle. As I felt the press room shake the crowd going crazy above us, and watched LaMonf on my monitor tapping his chest looking towards his team, all I could think of was: “SO MUCH HEART!”
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