Yahoo Sports reports: PARIS – Melanie Gauthier Knopp’s job at the French Open has nothing to do with playing tennis. She spends her days helping the hundreds of players who have come through their gates over the past couple of weeks feel cared for. In that pursuit, she does everything from coordinating social activities to leading excursions off grounds. She gives massages to those who need it after a long day of running around and, when it was unseasonably hot in Paris last week, she even opened a private pool so th
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PARIS – Melanie Gauthier Knopp’s job at the French Open has nothing to do with playing tennis. She spends her days helping the hundreds of players who have come through their gates over the past couple of weeks feel cared for. In that pursuit, she does everything from coordinating social activities to leading excursions off grounds. She gives massages to those who need it after a long day of running around and, when it was unseasonably hot in Paris last week, she even opened a private pool so th
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