One of many perks of competing on the ATP Tour is that gamers are capable of go to iconic locations all over the world. That was very true at this week’s Mubadala Citi DC Open.
A number of stars got the chance to take a tour of The White Home, house of the President of the USA. Lots of them had solely seen the landmark within the information or in tv and flicks.
Among the many gamers who made the journey have been Gregoire Barrere, Liam Broady, Maximo Gonzalez, Adrian Mannarino, Fabrice Martin, Andres Molteni and Hugo Nys.
Barrere even made a joke on social media when he wrote in French that Mannarino, the latest Newport champion, held a press convention in The White Home Briefing Room demanding a yr solely performed on grass.
Conf de press de @AdrianMannarino après le titre à Newport demandant une année que sur gazon ! pic.twitter.com/DDrqyFPFp1
— Gregoire Barrere (@GregBarrere) August 3, 2023
Doubles companions Jamie Murray and Michael Venus additionally acquired a Tour. Fellow Murray, Andy Murray, was given a have a look at The White Home in 2015. Judy Murray, Jamie and Andy’s mom, posted that it was an “further particular” day.
Jamie Murray and Judy Murray go to throughout a go to to The White Home.” />
Picture: Murray Household
There have been different causes in addition to the tennis and visiting The White Home that gamers loved their time in Washington. Some took within the native museums. Taro Daniel joined Hailey Baptiste at Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum of American Historical past, the place they posed with Althea Gibson’s 1957 Wimbledon package.
Taro Daniel and Hailey Baptiste pose with Althea Gibson’s 1957 Wimbledon package on the Nationwide Museum of American Historical past.” />
