2016 Roland Garros: Paris Sidewalk Cafe Discussions

[ClayDeath]

Lets get this party started. I will create some images later and post them here at the opening post here.

Djokovic has to be the very heavy favorite now.

Is there a scenario where Djokovic is denied RG this year?

Rafa is completely out of the picture now. Roger is getting old. And Andy does not have a dominating forehand. Is it 11 out of last 12 matches now where Djokovic has had the upper hand?

And Stan is pretty much done challenging Djokovic. he is not young either.


Everybody is invited to the Paris Sidewalk Café. Post away and have fun.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Clay is my favorite surface full stop.Maybe I am a tad biased,I was brought up on the red stuff.I have been lucky to have visited most of the European clay tournaments.There is no other tournament to me than in the Spring and being at Roland Garos.Rafa is the Greatest Clay Court player! his records are a testament to that fact full stop.I have witnessed Rafa many times live at Roland Garos,to me that is his back yard.

 

[ClayDeath]

clay is the wellspring from which i flow too.

I have never lost a singles match on clay.

clay: the battlefield of the gods


and yes I hit with heavy and deadly topspin off both wings. only I had a one handed backhand. it was more like the vilas backhand.

 

[ClayDeath]

that reminds me. I need to create some images for this thread that will go on the opening post.

I will do that on Tuesday.

in the mean time please feel free to post images of clay and RG here for folks to enjoy.

 

[britbox]

Court Philippe Chatrier - 1er tour de Roland Garros 2010 - tennis french open by Yann Caradec, on Flickr

 

[britbox]

Pista Central Roland Garros 2009 by Joaquin Duaso, on Flickr

 

[britbox]

There is something uniquely majestic about the look of the clay courts at Roland Garros.

 

[ClayDeath]

affirmative.

no question about it.

 

[britbox]

Monaco always looks pretty exceptional too.

 

[britbox]

ATP 1000 Rolex Master by Fabio Pani, on Flickr

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Monte Carlo has to be the 'most beautiful place on earth' to play tennis.

 

[Carol]

Talking about clay Rafa will defend his title of B.A.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/nadal-2016-buenos-aires-wild-card

 

[ClayDeath]

i am loving all the amazing images at this thread.

i will add a few as well later tonight.

 

[Carol]

I'd like to see this imagine until he loses his teeth

https://www.google.com/search?q=fotos+de+Rafa+Nadal+en+RG&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#imgrc=Ri3eQwlIquU6wM:

 

[britbox]

Here is a sidewalk cafe near Roland Garros.

 

[ClayDeath]

my kind of café. love it.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

One of the things I love about Paris is their cafes,you can sit down and watch Paris walk by with great coffee of course.

 

[ClayDeath]

 

[ClayDeath]

 

[ClayDeath]

Now some experts are saying that Rafa will fail to make the semis at RG.

They may need to change that. At the current rate Rafa won't win more than 1-2 matches at RG.

He has managed to become completely irrelevant in the sport on all surfaces let alone clay.