The Grounds

More Long Lines For Armstrong

Yesterday the line into Sam Querrey’s match at Armstrong streched hundreds deep, and apparently even the French men are a draw. Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet are in the third set of their match–Monfils leads two sets to love, but Gasquet is up a break in the third–and everyone wants to get in. Read More

Hawaiian Luau for Gasquet Match

Aloha from Hawaii!

The outercourts are just about history from the singles draw, but Richard Gasquet and Kevin Anderson are currently playing on Court 11, right near the food court. The court is a often a distracting place place to play because you generally can quite clearly make out the PA announcer from Arthur Ashe Read More

Matches to Watch, Day Three

There’s a nice mix of first and second round matches today, and this also presents really good stuff we’ve been looking forward to since the tournament began. Play!

Richard Gasquet v. Rafael Nadal; Arthur Ashe, Late Afternoon:

Gasquet has been gone all summer thanks to a suspension after low doses of cocaine was discovered in Read More

At Birthday Press Conference, Roddick Talks Tough

Andy Roddick held an entertaining birthday-edition press conference yesterday.

Two points of interest from it: (1) He had a message for Rafael Nadal, who complained that the hard-court season is too long, which he blamed for causing his tendinitis.

“You play seven months a year on clay if you want to. I’m not going to Read More

Gasquet Withdraws

So much for our match of the day.

Richard Gasquet is withdrawing from the tournament due to a fever, giving untested prospect Donald Young a ticket to the third round.

Two things to say about this:

(1) It’s a big break for Young, who now, unbelievably, has a shot at the fourth round. In Read More