Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 9, 2010 · 1 Comment
Some of the following words were penned over the past week, part of daily coverage of major international sporting events being held both here stateside and over the Atlantic across the length and breadth of España. Some are thoughts I’ve articulated with other writers, grappled with amongst coworkers at the day job, and discussed amongst friends. Others are fast-paced thoughts happening in real time, regurgitated verbatim as they spew from... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on September 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We’re getting deeper into the tournament now, as the women began third-round play today and the men settled out their field for the third round. The doubles tournaments are all coming up on their Round 0f 16, things settling out quickly with the smaller fields (64 teams in the men’s and women’s draws, 32 for the mixed pairs) and working toward a frenzied second week.
So let’s do something a little different today. Before the... 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 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It was a day when the brackets started tumbling at Flushing Meadows. With the men’s and women’s singles tournaments joined by the first set of first-round matches in men’s doubles there were even more opportunities to see seeded players falling. There were plenty of tight matches, five-set thrillers, and both upsets and near-upsets at every level. Read More
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