More celebrity visitors have been stopping by the French Open with the latest being Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg.
Force India’s German driver was at Court Philippe Chatrier to watch Rafael Nadal beat Leonardo Mayer and judging from his tweet, where he called Nadal “The Boss”, it’s safe to assume Hulkenberg’s a Rafanatic.
There was a touching moment on centre court following Nadal’s match as the Spaniard and Cedric Pioline honoured French ex-professional Jerome Golmard, who has been diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
The entire stadium gave the 40-year-old a standing ovation before Nadal went over and gave him a hug.
Meanwhile, Svetlana Kuznetsova was so pleased with her defence against Petra Kvitova, she said she felt like she was Nadal.
“I really feel almost like Rafa out there. The difference is I cannot make winners from that far behind, so I have to go inside a little bit,” said the 2009 champion.
Well if there’s one person you want to feel like in Paris it’s Rafa, so Sveta should definitely feel good about her chances.
Halep’s a language wiz
Romanian world No4 Simona Halep continues her rapid rise and it seems a lot is owed to her support system.
Her manager is Virginia Ruzici, the 1978 French Open champion, and she has the likes of Ilie Nastase and Ion Tiriac constantly supporting her.
She said she met with Nastase and he gave her some good advice. Whatever he said is definitely working for Halep.
She’s also considerably improved her English but she says she still has a long way to go.
What is she doing to make it better? She’s reading Harry Potter, of course.
