May 25th- May27th 2025- Attending this year's French Open was pretty special cuz Alyssa and I got to go together with my parents watching the kids for a couple of nights. It was a blast! It continues to deliver as the tennis mecca, getting to watch most of the matches with front row or nearly front row seats to top 25 players. It's amazing how after watching over 10 hours of tennis the first day, and then to be so excited to get back there the 2nd day for more and then is always so hard to leave. Such a perfect combo- all day tennis, being in Paris with Parisian bakeries in the morning and bakery sammies for lunch and dinner. The weather thankfully was better than last year (hard to be worse) and we had no rain delays despite at times iffy looking weather. Alyssa came prepared to do some work and art in between the tennis but she enjoyed up enjoying a lot more than she thought and was very much into the tennis and overall vibe. It was such a fun trip and so thankful for my parents watching the kids.
There's some matches that unexpectedly deliver and become the favorite of the day like this one (Griekspoor v Marcos Giron). The level of tennis and rallies was really high, two evenly matched dudes and a surprisingly raucous crowd of Dutchies and Americans each supporting their guy. Turned out to be one of the last matches going on in the outer courts so was fun to get some under the lights late night tennis.
A few weeks later we had a work outing to the Libema Open in den Bosch. It was really fun. First time seeing tennis on grass and it was a completely different vibe. Was really cool to see. Will definitely be going back next summer to this tournament. The vibe was really chill. Really pretty location in the middle of pretty Dutch country fields and the grounds were really pretty with lots to do for kids, foodtrucks and just a lot of hang space. Really enjoyed the time there and got to see some good tennis. Seeing Opelka in person was really cool and got to see Medvedev for a bit before we had to go. Cant wait to go back with the fam and my dad.
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