Twenty years ago I was in Newport, Rhode Island to watch my first professional tennis tournament. I saw Javier Frana beat Brian MacPhie in the quarterfinals. My wife was pregnant with our first child and it was our last vacation without kids. We drove from Grosse Pointe, Michigan to Freeport, Maine. We went to LL Bean after midnight. (It is open 24 hours) We ate $9 lobster dinners at roadside stands. We made a last minute decision to drive to Newport to watch the tennis. It was a great venue. Greg Rudeski won the event over Frana just as we were pulling into our driveway.
Why do I mention this?
Because Michael Russell, native Detroiter, has made to the semifinals. Let's keep our fingers crossed that at age 35, he makes it to his first major tour final.
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