Marion Bartoli gets petanque in New York

Marion Bartoli gets petanque in New York

Astrid Ribois - Verlinde

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ON THE SAME SUBJECT DYLAN ROCHER

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In the shade of the plane trees of Bryant Park, a champion can hide another ... Venus for Dylan Rocher, " the Tiger Woods of petanque " on Friday , viewers were surprised to meet the newly retired Marion Bartoli .

The winner of last Wimbledon made ​​the trip to New York to review the matches of the U.S. Open for Eurosport . "This is the first time in my life that I play ball , she says.
Safe to retire before casting doubt over the weekend about a possible return , she said work on several projects such as commentator for the U.S. Open and Roland Garros later . "I also want to work with sponsors to develop tennis in France but also to get into art projects and fashion ," she says . " For girls : A busy for the champion who gives his prognosis for the U.S. Open Serena Williams program . But it is more complicated for men . "

Dylan Rocher

After a demonstration in which the champion was the real hero of the day came on the scene . Objective : to beat his record of balls drawn , with 100 out of 100 balls . At 23, the world champion bowls held since last year's record with 99 balls drawn out of 100. But the lack of a missed ball in the first round , the record has not been beaten this time . "I am very happy but it's a shame not to have been 100% successful ," he admits. Blame it on a missed ball in the first round . " It's a shame I'll have to come back next year," he added in a tone of the joke.

Back yes, but not to play club. Although said to enjoy playing in the middle of skyscrapers , it does not even consider taking a card in one of the clubs of New York alley . "There is not enough competition in the United States and it is a sport that is not sufficiently taken into consideration , says Dylan Rock. The bowls should be publicized as the competition this weekend for example. Americans should discover this sport . Yet in Bryant Park , the land is often taken , people like bowls but they may not dare to take a license . "

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