New Yorker article: The Egyptians

January 16th, 2008 Mithun Mukherjee Posted in General, Press

Having just returned from the Tournament of Champions in New York City last weekend, a handful of us had a chance to watch some members of the Egyptian contingent at Grand Central. A humorous article in the New Yorker rings closer to home describing the close attachment their New York host and her son have developed with these players over the course of their stay in Bronxville, Westchester.

… from the fact that both players, along with two others from Egypt, were bunking at her home in Bronxville, in Westchester. The pro at the Bronxville club, an Egyptian, had arranged for them to stay there. She and her son had grown close to them. The son had declared that he wanted them to stay forever, and the mother, a little like Susan Sarandon in “Bull Durham,” had started attending all their matches….

…He stalked off the court, and the boy and his mother went to console him.

The Rochester ProAm 2008 is coming up in April and every year our hosts graciously open their homes to these charming and personable athletes and even after the event, continue to keep in touch with the professionals.

Read the entire article here.