The opening night at the National Bank Open brought together several personalities on Monday. This year, the male tennis players have an appointment in Montreal until Sunday at IGA Stadium, while the women are at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto.
Louis-Philippe Neveu, General Manager of TVA Sports, and Véronique Dubois, Director, TVA Sports Programming, met Félix Auger-Aliassime, who we should see at work Wednesday evening on TVA as well as on TVA Sports.
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Louis-Philippe Neveu, CEO of TVA Sports, discussed tennis with Eugène Lapierre, Montreal Tournament Director, Véronique Dubois, of TVA Sports, Martin Dion, of TVA Sports and Claude Savard, of Tennis Canada.
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Former Canadiens player Maxim Lapierre and his wife, Natasha, were accompanied by their children, Kyla, Lexie and Milya.
Minister Isabelle Charest, who had just arrived from the Canada Games, attended games with Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon.
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The legendary Martin Matte is surrounded by Jean-Michel Dagenais and Louis Beaudet, from Loto-Québec.
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Olympic medalist Joannie Rochette and Chantal Machabée of the Canadiens are undoubtedly sources of inspiration for young people.
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Olympic athletes Jacqueline Simoneau (artistic swimming), Sandra Sassine (fencing), Marie-Pierre Gagné, (artistic swimming) and Joannie Rochette (figure skating).
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Among the Olympic athletes were figure skaters Nikolaj Soerensen and Laurence Fournier-Beaudry, Émilie Heymans, winner of four medals in diving, and kayaker Émilie Fournel.
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Yves Lalumière, CEO of Tourisme Montréal, is with Benoît Huot, multi-paralympic champion, who will become the father of a second child in a few days.
Baptiste Peupion, Executive Chef and Director of Catering at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, is joined by Service Attendants Claudia Zarifé, Zahira Cheriti and Executive Pastry Chef Jean-Marc Guillot, who prepared Félix’s birthday cake Auger-Aliassime.