The French Open Seen By Nicolas Rey

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Nespresso loves the unusual, the promise of new taste, audacious talent. Nicolas Rey, 36, has been acknowledged by his peers as one of the most interesting novelists of his generation and, like his friend Philippe Delerm, his heart beats to the rhythm of a fuzzy yellow ball. He spent his childhood and adolescence mesmerized by the Roland Garros tennis championships. Occasionally he was forced to turn off the TV and return to his studies (agony).Author of Un Début Prometteur (2005) and Vallauris Plage (2006), his wit is razor-sharp, full of observations that cut to the quick. With legendary enthusiasm and his tousled, silver-streaked hair, he has proved irresistible to the press. His style of play? Definitely aggressive. Nicolas won the Prix de Flore, one of France's most prestigious literary prizes, in 2000 for his novel Mémoire Courte, and he has also written the novels Courir à Trente Ans and Treize Minutes. He excels in the fierce rally of existence, dominating the court of his dreams, living life without a net.Now with typical bravado, Nicolas has risen to this new challenge — to share his on-the-spot observations of the Roland Garros tournament: “It's great," he says. "I love NESPRESSO coffee just as much as tennis." Also, he points out, there's a lot of poetry in tennis.Look for Nicolas Rey's commentary on Nespresso's "Ultimate Events" website, beginning May 29th and continuing to the end of the Roland Garros French Open.