entire year's calender with fun things to do and interesting events to go to without ever even leaving this city. Today I went to a Senior Masters tennis tournament that was held only a few metro stops away from my apartment at the palacio de los deportes; it was my first time at the venue and I was blown away by how beautiful, modern and accommodating the facility was. We arrived a bit early so that we could have breakfast at a local café first and then wandered over to the stadium. ( I would like to add that waking up at 8:30am on a Sunday morning is no easy task for us twenty year olds) But it was well worth it, our seats were perfect, about five rows up right in the center of the base line. 
First we watched the crazy antics of good old John McEnroe who never fails to put on a show and later we watched the finals between Jim Courier and Sergi Bruguera. It was fun to watch these guys goof off a little. At one point Courier turned around to see who the obnoxious person was that was walking by the side of the court mid point only to find that it was two young girls no older than ten. With great charisma and a wonderful sense of humor he walked over, hoisted them both over onto the court and gave them each their own rackets. He and Bruguera went on to play a small game of doubles with the
young Spaniards for about five minutes before they returned to their nail biting match. There really is nothing better than watching people doing what they love; it always looks so simple, so natural, effortless really. I can only hope that one day I will get to make my living out of doing something that I love doing.Oh I almost forgot the Spaniard won the tournament of course. Hmm maybe it was fixed.... but it made all those Spanish fans happy. Bruguera beat Courier after a good fight in the third set.
Above John McEnroe celebrates his third place victory.
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