Saturday: Rafa vs. Gaudio - MAC's Report from the Front Lines
OK we're back in the hotel now feeling pretty vamossed out!
We cheered until we were hoarse and waved the flag like crazy. Luckily we had amazing support from a little lad next to us who shouted "Allez Nadal" and "Vamos Rafa" at virtually every point. We want to adopt him as drummer boy for the Vamos Brigade. Or maybe cabin boy for the seaborne division out in the harbour at Villefranche.
The atmosphere at the match was incredible. Up until now we haven't really had much to worry about and most of the matches we've seen have been pretty straightforward. The only other one with real atmosphere was the Coria Keifer match and as previously reported that was bizarre in the extreme.
Cannot say I exactly warmed to Gaudio today. Some of his behaviour was a bit suspect to say the least. And I'd like someone to explain why Rafa got a warning for timewasting when Gaston did it all the time. The concept of moving quickly on to the next point is clearly not one with which he is familiar.
In all other respects today has been totally Rafa free I'm afraid. I had thought of riding up and down in the lifts all evening just on the off chance but suspect that might get some pretty strange looks. Unless, of course, I pretend to be the newly recruited lift attendant. Trouble is there are six lifts so it could be tricky.
We cannot believe how lucky we are. When we booked these tickets we did kind of hope that we would see lots of Rafa but the losses in IW and Miami had made us a little nervous. We came therefore in the hope of seeing at least one round and prepared to have a good time in the South of France whatever.
MAC
We cheered until we were hoarse and waved the flag like crazy. Luckily we had amazing support from a little lad next to us who shouted "Allez Nadal" and "Vamos Rafa" at virtually every point. We want to adopt him as drummer boy for the Vamos Brigade. Or maybe cabin boy for the seaborne division out in the harbour at Villefranche.
The atmosphere at the match was incredible. Up until now we haven't really had much to worry about and most of the matches we've seen have been pretty straightforward. The only other one with real atmosphere was the Coria Keifer match and as previously reported that was bizarre in the extreme.
Cannot say I exactly warmed to Gaudio today. Some of his behaviour was a bit suspect to say the least. And I'd like someone to explain why Rafa got a warning for timewasting when Gaston did it all the time. The concept of moving quickly on to the next point is clearly not one with which he is familiar.
In all other respects today has been totally Rafa free I'm afraid. I had thought of riding up and down in the lifts all evening just on the off chance but suspect that might get some pretty strange looks. Unless, of course, I pretend to be the newly recruited lift attendant. Trouble is there are six lifts so it could be tricky.
We cannot believe how lucky we are. When we booked these tickets we did kind of hope that we would see lots of Rafa but the losses in IW and Miami had made us a little nervous. We came therefore in the hope of seeing at least one round and prepared to have a good time in the South of France whatever.
MAC
posted by Susan at 12:36 PM
2 Comments:
Hee hee, newly recruited lift attendant!Good one! Maybe it'll work if you disable the other five lifts??
Happy sightings!
I just watched the replay of the match and heard your neighbor lad yelling "Allez Nadal" and "Vamos Rafa" at almost every point!
Allez Vamos Brigade!!!
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