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**AlistDakisa** · 06-11-2011, 08:35 AM

Notes from a spectator in Paris, 5 November (times approximate):

9:55 am - 10:45 am: arrive at POPB; hunt for correct entrance; fail to find it, but wander around various areas being set up for the main event; get stink-eye from security guard in press corridor; go for cup of coffee; eventually find Door 28 and pay my 10 euros. Open seating.

10:45 am - 11:45 am: On Court 2, Donald Young is playing Maxime Teixeira. He's up 5-4 in the first set when I take my seat in the second row. Turns out I'm only six seats away from Teixeira's coach, who's quietly "Allez"ing a lot. MT mutters back at him now and then. DY wins the match 64 76; was broken serving for the match at 5-4. He is the most vocal person in the entire room (which feels like an aging high school gym), screaming things like "Oh man," "Dang it!" and "This is the slowest hardcourt I've played on in my entire life!" (Also disagreed with several linecalls, at one point saying, "No, no, no, no, no...that hit the line. Challenge? Yeah, right.") [No Hawkeye on either court.] MT also sassing the chair a bit, in French. Tiebreak is mostly MT UFEs.

(I do think the courts have to be pretty slow, because even I am seeing whether balls are in or out, and I'm usually not good at that -- and I'm usually agreeing with the chair or linesperson in question, even when the player isn't. Some of the calls are being voiced quite late, though, and I saw one chair umpire shoot a reprimanding look at the linespeople after an "out" call he made himself.)

06-11-2011, 08:35 AM	#9
AlistDakisa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Notes from a spectator in Paris, 5 November (times approximate): 9:55 am - 10:45 am: arrive at POPB; hunt for correct entrance; fail to find it, but wander around various areas being set up for the main event; get stink-eye from security guard in press corridor; go for cup of coffee; eventually find Door 28 and pay my 10 euros. Open seating. 10:45 am - 11:45 am: On Court 2, Donald Young is playing Maxime Teixeira. He's up 5-4 in the first set when I take my seat in the second row. Turns out I'm only six seats away from Teixeira's coach, who's quietly "Allez"ing a lot. MT mutters back at him now and then. DY wins the match 64 76; was broken serving for the match at 5-4. He is the most vocal person in the entire room (which feels like an aging high school gym), screaming things like "Oh man," "Dang it!" and "This is the slowest hardcourt I've played on in my entire life!" (Also disagreed with several linecalls, at one point saying, "No, no, no, no, no...that hit the line. Challenge? Yeah, right.") [No Hawkeye on either court.] MT also sassing the chair a bit, in French. Tiebreak is mostly MT UFEs. (I do think the courts have to be pretty slow, because even I am seeing whether balls are in or out, and I'm usually not good at that -- and I'm usually agreeing with the chair or linesperson in question, even when the player isn't. Some of the calls are being voiced quite late, though, and I saw one chair umpire shoot a reprimanding look at the linespeople after an "out" call he made himself.)
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