Great Tennis Balls of Babolat: Players having a ball at Roland Garros?

They’re harder, they’re fluffier, they’re Babolat.

They’re better?

They’re faster—sure, at first.

They’re the fresh tennis balls of Babolat.

It’s goodbye, Dunlop. A new sphere dawns.

French balls at the French Open. Did you expect less?

Shouldering a heavy workload at the French Open? All that running and sliding and now this…

A song-and-dance about nothing, you say?

Well, let’s give the musical some lyrics and a tune.

Here’s to ballsy folk at Roland Garros.

Have a ball swinging to a modified version of Jerry Lee Lewis’ Great Balls of Fire.

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brainToo much fluff drives a man insaneYou broke my strings, oh what a thrillGoodness gracious great balls of fire[band joins]I learned to love all of tennis moneyYou came along and you moved me honeyI changed my mind, looking fineGoodness gracious great balls of BabolatYou kissed me racquet, Babolat, woo…..it feels goodHold serve, Babolat, learn to let me serve you like a server shouldYour fine, so kindI’m a nervous world that your mine mine mine mine-ineI cut my swing and I quiver my thumbI’m really nervous but it sure is funCome on, Babolat, you drive me crazyGoodness gracious great balls of Babolat

Well kiss me racquet, Babolat, woo-oooooo….it feels goodHold serve, BabolatI want to serve you like a server shouldYour fine, so kindI got this world that your mine mine mine mine-ineI cut my swing and I quiver my thumbI’m real nervous ’cause it sure is funCome on Babolat, you drive me crazyGoodness gracious great balls of Babolat

I say goodness gracious great balls of Babolat…oooh.

Roger Federer has left the building….

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