Christophe Rochus (born December 15, 1978, Namur) is a professional male tennis player from Belgium. He is the older brother of Olivier Rochus, also a tennis player. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Namur, the Meuse, the Walloon parliament and the citadel. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Olivier Rochus (January 18, 1981) is Belgian tennis player. ...
The setting of the Rochus confrontation -- in which the chair umpire would signify points by mere first names: "Advantage, Christophe," "Game, Olivier" -- was just as far removed from the Williams' normal stomping grounds as was their sparkling, consummate serve-and-volley, rabid competition.
Christophe pointed to Olivier, who was sitting beside him at their postmatch press conference -- fancy that; the Williamses will appear together for their media grillings when South Korea gets a bad call in the World Cup.
C and O have been sub-commanding officers of Belgian tennis -- Xavier Malisse is the country's No. 1 -- for a couple of years now, the blue-eyed, blond-haired pocket dynamos becoming in 2000 the first brother combination to finish in the top 100 since the Blacks of Zimbabwe.
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