There is one day left in the tournament, yes, the big one, the final, and this Saturday, the penultimate one, there was a toast, morning and night, for the club and this entire history that began 125 years ago. Everything started very quickly, with the Solidarity Aces, continued with the tribute to Barnes (the legendary referee judge, or Baaaaaarnes, as everyone on the circuit knew him, died last February at the age of 82) and ended with dinner gala for members (this time, of course, more gala than ever, because 125 is a very round number) again designed and served by Aspic and staged by the efficient Carmen Palenzuela and Jordi Padró from Tot Hosteleria. In a hospitality packed as always, or rather, like never before, Javier Godó and Marisa Falcó, counts of Godó, received at their presidential table more than VIP Elena Barraquer, Llucià Homs, Carlos Martorell, Francisco Gaudier and Mercedes Arnús at a lunch fast, but enough to catch up and be able to confirm, later in the super VIP box, that, as everyone intuited, Barcelona is going to repeat the last Monte Carlo final. Carlos and Ana Godó, Carlos Torres, the decisive Maite Barrera and Maurici Lucena also did not want to miss a single shot in this second semi-final which, as Joel González also confirmed live, was not easy at all for Tsitsipás.
Meanwhile, tasting the Musclarium oysters and toasting with Croft Twist, a slightly sparkly and fabulously fresh drink ideal for toasting as if this were Wimbledon, Maite Casademunt (the designer who prefers the name Lola for her brand) surprised with a look that would soon will sail in the America's Cup. And when she crossed paths with Darko Peric, Helsinki in La Casa de Papel, she took the opportunity to remember that Luka Peros is Marseille and not Marbella in the series as I wrote in these same lines a few days ago. Have you not seen any episode? she asked, surprised. When this magnificent tennis party is over I will press play. I promise not to make a mistake with the distribution again.
