Sunday, December 12, 2010

Bjorn Borg vs. John McEnroe Doha November 16, 2010

Doha is one of those "big fish in a small pond" types of places.  Recently, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg came to Doha to play an exhibition match.   They were both #1 players so they came back out of retirement to entertain us a bit.   Khalifa Stadium is a small enough place that there's really no bad seat in the house.   





Swedish pride

Borg entering the court


McEnroe entering the court


Locals enjoying the ultra VIP...you need to enter via a glass door



Typical McEnroe drama

 Halfway through the match, a friend from our gym called us and asked us to join him in the VIP box.  As I said before, there's not really a bad seat in the house, however, it sure is nicer in the boxes.  The nice thing is the prices are very reasonable however there aren't many seats so since they're cheap ($30USD/seat), they go fast.  


Borg mimicking McEnroe
Manager of Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson (in the light pink shirt)
 
Michael Johnson 
 It was close the entire time.  They kept breaking each other but in the end, McEnroe was triumphant.   

We had a great time and look forward to the ExxonMobil Open in January when my parents will be here :)

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