Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Championship weekend looms as the singles tournaments play to their conclusion on Saturday and Sunday. But there was a major storyline converging to open the play on the showcase court. The Cinderella story missed its most fitting outcome possible as the U.S. Open; but even in defeat, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna gave us a display that will resonate longer than any victory or defeat ever can.
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 9, 2010 · 3 Comments
The final Wednesday at Flushing Meadows saw the men’s and women’s singles and doubles draws pared back enough to play out the day at just Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium, closing down the Grandstand for another season. Before we get to that action, though, the junior courts offered up some interesting outcomes amongst those players who could very well be destined to become the future stars we’re following on the WTA... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
In the wake of that blundering performance by Andy Roddick on Wednesday night, the U.S. Open reawakened on Thursday with renewed purpose as those players still alive in the touranment got back to the business of playing tennis. I spoke my nickel’s worth earlier today in my weekly column about the aftermath of Roddick’s behavior and even offered a few links to other people’s writing on the subject there. So for those who didn’t... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 2, 2010 · 2 Comments
Wow… seems that the beer my wife bought me last night really did a number on me. As I sat in front of the computer on Wednesday, digesting the 22 ounces of Bourbon County Brand Stout by Goose Island Brewery (13.0% alcohol by volume) and trying to finish up stage recaps from the Vuelta and musings from the U.S. Open and yes, this column as well, I instead felt my eyelids falling, falling, falling… Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 2, 2010 · 1 Comment
The biggest story of Wednesday in New York was undoubtedly the literal collapse of Victoria Azarenka in the first match of the day on the Grandstand Court at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Down 5-1 in her match against Gisela Dulko, the #10 seed fell unconscious to the court a few feet behind her baseline in the first set of their second-round match and was taken off the court in a wheelchair. Temperatures in excess of a hundred... Read More
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