Lightly Supported Del Potro Loses First Set

Roger Federer just took the first set, 6-3, from Juan Martin del Potro. And there certainly isn’t a lot of support coming from the del Potro family box, at least not if you’re counting bodies. Federer’s box is filled to capacity with fifteen people: Anna Wintour, Gavin Rossdale, and Gwen Stefani, not to mention Roger’s Read More

Four Hours

For a second straight year, we’ve got a Monday men’s final, which means things are a little quieter than normal around here. We’re about four hours away from the start of it. Roger Federer is trying to win his sixth straight Open; Juan Del Potro is trying to pull a Marat Safin–who beat Pete Sampras Read More

Federer Advances to Sixth Straight U.S. Open Final

This one was never in doubt. Yeah, the ledger will read that Roger Federer outlasted Djokovic 7-6, 7-5, 7-5, which looks like you had three close sets, but there was no question who was going to win every critical point at the end of each set.

Federer’s play has been so carefree in this tournament. Read More

Welcome to the Best Day of the Open

Well, CBS is sitting awfully pretty. Its coverage begins today and the network has what is far and away the best day of matches in the tournament so far. So much to watch:

Roger Federer v. Lleyton Hewitt; Ashe, 11 a.m.:

Now, this really shouldn’t be much of a match, but you know, it’s two Read More

Tennis Star Seeks ‘Wild’ Night

When he spoke to reporters on Saturday, Roger Federer–who easily moved into the second round yesterday–referred to New York as “the wild city.” It was the same phrase he used to describe the city a couple of days earlier, at the Open draw ceremony.   So we asked a few people taking in his Read More