Last week was the Canadian Open in Montreal, and one of the big stories from the weekend (where I was busy and missed it) was that the music man screwed up during the semifinal match.
Which is something, because I did get to watch some of the Round of 64 action, which featured a sneak preview: the umpire had to admonish the sound guy. I can't remember which match is was, but the chair ump said "thank you for the music" and a few seconds later the sound system died down. I thought it was weird at the time.
Turns out I could have blogged about it that night and been a little more prescient. Sorry about that.
Bonus content: it might be a North American thing. Wednesday evening just before Mayar Sharif (4.5/10) and Coco Grauff (5.5/10) took the main court a loud remixed version of "Bittersweet Symphony" to pump up the crowd could be heard reverberating on the TV feed...of those of us watching the Elise Mertens (7.5/10) v. Marie Bouzková (8/10) over on the alternate ("Porsche") court. Nobody dared mention the noise these players had to play through.
