rogers cup montreal

[tennis_nerd22]

Originally Posted by Mr.Federer

That's a very hard question, but on every practice court they have the schedule of the players practicing so you can know at what time they're gonna be there. Also, you can ask the friendly people who work at the stands near uniprix staidum and look up the practice times. Anyways, if you see a large crowd suddenly gather up a practice court it's not for a player who's ranked #44 world.


What day will you be going tennis_nerd?

k thanks for the help. yea im hoping to see some certain players, maybe autographs? lol we'll see...

as for the day, i have a tournament starting friday and if i win my first few matches i may have to play on monday and/or tuesday (not counting on that), and i cant go for the rest of the week cuz another tournament starts and some other commitments. so im thinking of going on either monday or tuesday, most likely monday.

the 2 hour drive shall be fun.. lol probably like 1.5 hours, but ya. you're going for some of the days right?

[Mr.Federer]

Originally Posted by tennis_nerd22

k thanks for the help. yea im hoping to see some certain players, maybe autographs? lol we'll see...

as for the day, i have a tournament starting friday and if i win my first few matches i may have to play on monday and/or tuesday (not counting on that), and i cant go for the rest of the week cuz another tournament starts and some other commitments. so im thinking of going on either monday or tuesday, most likely monday.

the 2 hour drive shall be fun.. lol probably like 1.5 hours, but ya. you're going for some of the days right?

Yeah, I'll be going a couple days, it's loads of fun.

[mrcalon]

Hi,

I've got two pairs of tickets I'm trying to get rid off. Saturday and Sunday sessions, Aug 4 & 5.1

$70 CAD OBO for both. Paid $100.

Unable to go due to family emergency

Send me a private note, or email me

[mrcalon]

Never mind..i bought them online and don't think i can re-sell. Oh well.

[tennis_nerd22]

so, we went all day today, it was amazing. saw most of the top 10 players, got 6 autographs. got to within 10 feet of nadal and federer. my sister got to have a chat with gasquet, im jealous of her for that

but what a great day. just all the tennis was amazing, great value for money thats for sure. walking around the practice courts was nice too. just out of interests sake, the nicest pro's that we ran into (ones that signed autographs, didnt look as if they didnt want to be there, joked around, had patience for the crowd and signing, etc.) were: blake, safin!!! (he was awesome, we saw him going on the little car thing and we waved and he waved back with this big smile. funny guy), davydenko (he posed for tons of pictures and everything, didnt say "no" to a singal signing or picture), gasquet, ginepri (spelling?). guys that werent too great were djokovic (he was really bad, no autographs, no waving, nothing), federer was so-so, he signed one autograph and sprinted inside as there was a 100+ mod coming at him , nalbandian wasnt nice either (he had an autograph session for which probably around 80 people showed up. around that... and they cut the line off, i just made the cut by about 5 people. then when half the people remaining were done, he decided to leave. some little kids were really sad, i was too though i wasnt little.. haha. but yea i didnt think that was right, especially cuz he'd already practiced a couple of hours and had plenty of time).

i developed a new found respect for blake, davydenko, gasquet and safin especially.

anyways, to anyone considering going, definitely go. its a great tourney. lots of stuff to see and tennis stuff to shop for

to mr. federer: thanks SO MUCH for your help, it really came in handy. there were a lot more people than i thought there would be based on what you said, but still, it was great and your inside info led to some more autographs and time in the stands of both main courts. THANKS!!

[Mr.Federer]

Originally Posted by tennis_nerd22

so, we went all day today, it was amazing. saw most of the top 10 players, got 6 autographs. got to within 10 feet of nadal and federer. my sister got to have a chat with gasquet, im jealous of her for that

but what a great day. just all the tennis was amazing, great value for money thats for sure. walking around the practice courts was nice too. just out of interests sake, the nicest pro's that we ran into (ones that signed autographs, didnt look as if they didnt want to be there, joked around, had patience for the crowd and signing, etc.) were: blake, safin!!! (he was awesome, we saw him going on the little car thing and we waved and he waved back with this big smile. funny guy), davydenko (he posed for tons of pictures and everything, didnt say "no" to a singal signing or picture), gasquet, ginepri (spelling?). guys that werent too great were djokovic (he was really bad, no autographs, no waving, nothing), federer was so-so, he signed one autograph and sprinted inside as there was a 100+ mod coming at him , nalbandian wasnt nice either (he had an autograph session for which probably around 80 people showed up. around that... and they cut the line off, i just made the cut by about 5 people. then when half the people remaining were done, he decided to leave. some little kids were really sad, i was too though i wasnt little.. haha. but yea i didnt think that was right, especially cuz he'd already practiced a couple of hours and had plenty of time).

i developed a new found respect for blake, davydenko, gasquet and safin especially.

anyways, to anyone considering going, definitely go. its a great tourney. lots of stuff to see and tennis stuff to shop for

to mr. federer: thanks SO MUCH for your help, it really came in handy. there were a lot more people than i thought there would be based on what you said, but still, it was great and your inside info led to some more autographs and time in the stands of both main courts. THANKS!!

Hey you're welcome man, I'm happy that you enjoyed your experience. And yes I agree that when you see a player that is nice to the crowd, you do get some new found respect for them. Did you go on tuesday? If you did, you most probably saw me, I was wearing a green t-shirt with "moniteur" written on the back and I was with another dude with the same shirt.