Players wives, girlfriends and fiancées don’t have a whole lot of say on whether they’re staying at the Open. And unfortunately, to the disappointment of men all over the city, a nightmare scenario unfolded yesterday: Brooklyn Decker, the toast of Wimbledon and wife of Andy Roddick, along with Sara Foster, the lovely fiancée of Read More
It was an incredible day of tennis on the first Saturday of this U.S. Open. The biggest stories, of course, were John Isner and Melanie Oudin, but it was a day full of excellent matches, Novak Djokovic’s hardfought win over Jesse Witten among them. There was so much great play that by Read More
On Monday afternoon, when Tommy Haas was struggling in an opening round match, his fiance, Sara Foster, was following every point intently. She kind of sounded like a coach when she shouted things like “Small steps, Tommy! Small steps” and “Keep loose, keep loose” or when she shook her head in disgust after a double Read More
There’s still some action happening out there, but it looks like we’re going to make it through afternoon matches without any glaring upsets.
Here’s what happened today:
-Despite Wimbledon-like temperatures, overcast skies this morning and an ugly economy, the U.S. Open breaks an all-time Opening Day attendance record with more than 36,000 people coming Read More
What exactly do tennis players know about food?
We know they have a thing for sushi. But are they foodies? Do they care about Frank Bruni? Do they cook?
That’s what we wanted to find out last week at the BNP Paribas Taste of Tennis event at the W Hotel in midtown last Thursday Read More
James Blake is playing? Why, it must be a five-set match!
This time, he lost. Tommy Haas overcame three match points and an absolutely nutso pro-Blake crowd to move to the quarters. Blake played valiantly but this caps off a largely disappointing Grand Slam year for Blake.
Nikolay Davydenko is up two sets in Read More
So apparently, spectators weren't the only ones bothered by the flute-and-electric-violin music we told you about yesterday.
According to a reliable source, Tommy Haas stopped his match on Court 13 at one point yesterday to ask that the music be turned down.
“This isn't the Titanic," he said.
Which is true.
