[onewoman74]

Did anyone get to see Fed and Youzney practice yesterday? Pretty damn cool i must say...as Fed a fan it was fantastic to get to see Fed so up close and personal...I ran from the Bjorkman match when I spotted his trainer and then Fed on the PC#5...tons of spectators gawking at both players...not too many people around me knew who Mikhail was...so sad-I did give them the heads up.

Then guess who marches in behind Fed while he's playing, but the Williams' sisters...they go all the way down PC1-it's more enclosed, but you can watch from the rafters behind the PC1. Gaudio was right next to them on PC2...blue socks in tow lol!!!

A few sightings around the grounds: Mark the Scud, Papadorn S, Ivo K(yes, he's that tall), Alberto C., Scoville J, Radek S.( yes, he looks like Brad Pitt), Sania M

I watched some of the Clement, Bjorkman and Murray matches

 

[ktwtennis]

Cool!! Sounds like you're having a great time...Thanks for the report!

 

[1sun]

cheers. i like rogers shoes and shorts

 

[oneandonlyhsn]

Fed and Misha Thanks for the report and pics

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

I saw some of Fed and Misha. Maybe I bumped in to you

 

[onewoman74]

I saw some of Fed and Misha. Maybe I bumped in to you

While i was watching them practice a guy behind me was talking about the Moya/Safin practice...supposedly Safin hurt his knee while playing w/ Moya...i don't know how bad it is, but they way he made it sound it wasn't looking good. I hope he's doing better today

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

Did you see Fed practice with Djokovic a couple of days ago too?

 

[Aleksa's Laydee]

Cool...I've pmed you

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

I left Marat's practice after getting a couple picture, but somebody who was there told me that yes, he did quit it in the middle. Too bad, hopefully he's okay.

 

[onewoman74]

Did you see Fed practice with Djokovic a couple of days ago too?

No...I got lucky yesterday...I got out of work early(summer friday) and went straight to Flushing Meadows. I wasn't sure if I would see anyone let alone Fed...I've never seen him play in person-match or practice...I was drooling at the sight of him...still pinching myself!!!

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

I'm glad you got to see him. I went over the other day excited about Djokovic and spent the next hour having to tell people who he was, and yes, I do know that the other one is Federer.

 

[gsm]

Gaudio was right next to them on PC2...blue socks in tow lol!!!

lucky you getting to have a gawk at the practice

 

[Mrs. B]

No...I got lucky yesterday...I got out of work early(summer friday) and went straight to Flushing Meadows. I wasn't sure if I would see anyone let alone Fed...I've never seen him play in person-match or practice...I was drooling at the sight of him...still pinching myself!!!

good on you, onewoman74!
it's great to see Roger live, isn't it?

cool he practiced w Mischa.

 

[enqvistfan]

Thanks a lot for the reports and pics

 

[NYCtennisfan]

Damn, you guys are making me jealous. I always love going out the practice courts right before the Open. I'm in San Francisco right now and will be here for about the next 10 days.

It sure is beautiful here at least. A nice change from the hot and muggy New York summer.

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

The weather in NY this past week was gorgeous

 

[silverwhite]

The weather in NY this past week was gorgeous

I heard you were spotted drooling over Richard, Becca. :lol: Any pictures for us? Did you hunt down Paulo and Lizard Lips?

 

[Chloe le Bopper]

I heard you were spotted drooling over Richard, Becca. :lol: Any pictures for us? Did you hunt down Paulo and Lizard Lips?

I did not! I swear that I did not! It's just that he has really nice hair! WHO TOLD YOU!

Anyways, yes, I found Mahut and took 23947930 photos of him Too bad he was horribly off his game. I had hoped to see him two more times Seeing as I ran out of space on my memory card as it is, I guess it was for the best.

I saw Paulo at Clement's second round qualie match. He has nicer hair than Gasquet

I have photos of lots of the French players: Clement, Roger-Vaselin, Mahut, Benneteau, Richard, Ascione, Lisnard, Carraz, and somebody else... erm, maybe it was De Chaunac? I'll see.

I will get them all up over the next couple of days. I have 4 days to cover and more than 300 photos, so be patient.

Should I put the thread in the tournament forum or in GM?

 

[onewoman74]

put it in GM

 

[delsa]

Thanks a lot everyone for the reports and pics!
Wow! You're really in your kind of "French period", Chloe!
You're all very lucky! It seems that you all had a fantastic time going to the USO quallies and for free moreover...I'm extremely jalous...
I can't wait to see all these pics and reports!
Djokovic practiced with "The boss"? Waow!
Oh and we could all read this here ... :secret: :devil:

I might add that I ran into the infamous Rebecca here and she was drooling all over Richard, although she caught me drooling all over Sesil Karatancheva when Sesil walked by a little later, so I guess we're even