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| the great roger federer |
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| Federer practicing |
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| Federer |
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| relaxing after practice |
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| always gracious about signing autographs |
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| new area this year with the restaurant "Set" using existing buildings from the fascist era |
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| Inside of "Set" in the old mussolini era fencing area |
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| beautifully designed with wonderful light coming in through many long rectangular windows |
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| fun cardboard cut outs were all around, newly done |
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| aperitivo at Set |
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| good shoes to wear to a tennis match! Only in Italy, really. |
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| Obviously the Italian "hostesses" have black high heels as part of their uniform and are working hard |
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| the grounds of the foro Italico, what used to be called the Foro Mussolini |
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| View toward the center court arena (in distance) |
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| Samantha Stosur, Australian |
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| mosaic from time of Mussolini's foro |
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| mosaic and pool (decorative) |
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| Fascist era building which was the fencing practice area, then in the 70's and 80's the trials of the Red Brigades took place here. Basement was a prison at the time. THis year they are using the same for the wonderful restaurant "Set", run by the team of Settembrini which happens to be one of our favorites. |
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| fascist era statues |
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| smaller stadium |
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| Had the fun opportunity to see Rafael Nadal practicing |
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| Nadal and his coach, Uncle Tony |
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| Rafa and Tony |
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Grigor Dimitrov, Maria Sharapova's boyfriend      |
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| the grounds were lovely, filled with roses |
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| main stadium called the campo centrale |
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| an athelite goes to war |
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| the old main stadium, now called the pietroangeli stadium, where matches also take place |
