Tennis Is My Racket…
My latest binge is the US Open.
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Tennis Anyone…
US Open started on Monday. Feeling nostalgic.
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Smashing Rackets & Gender Inequality…
I am not rewarding bad behavior, but Serena Williams was robbed.
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No Longer My Racquet…
I’ve got no balls…anymore.
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Feet Don’t Fail Me…
Another day which means another long day of tennis and my feet have turned on me. As soon as this is over, I am taking to my bed for one week. I am just disappointed that I didn’t hook up with a pedometer so I can, at the very least, impress myself with my mileage…
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Rain, Rain Go Away…
I have nothing left…worked 18 hours through a 4 hour rain delay and the longest day match of the tournament between del Potro and Garcia-Lopez which lasted 4 hours and 13 minutes. If I never talk to another human again, I’ll be fine. Here is a photo of the throngs waiting to enter Ashe as the…
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Dandy Duval Day at the Open…
Another 14 hour day. The match of the day was up and coming 17 year-old American teenager, Victoria Duval, taking down 2011 US Open champ, Australian, Samantha Stosur. She powered through in 3 sets in the first round of the tournament. Duval, who is a qualifier, is ranked 296th and won 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. This was just…
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Serving Up Secret Service, Michelle Obama and Tennis…
Long day at the Open yesterday. Arrived at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center by 7:15am as Michelle Obama attended Arthur Ashe Kid’s Day. We witnessed New York’s finest and the Secret Service in action…loved that some of the SS was dressed in Ralph Lauren. Metal detectors abounded as did bomb sniffing dogs…had to resist trying to pet…
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Tantalizin’ Tennis Talent…
It’s late and I look like a drown rat. I just spent 7 hours outside in the pouring rain at the US Open. Can you handle the glamour of this job?! We, at the Open, are modeled from the same mold as the United States postmen…neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of night… I am amazed how many…
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The Heat Is On…
Day 3…the tennis players are literally burning up the courts. It was 90 degrees today with 100% humidity. Being outside all day long is enervating. I really don’t know how the players practice and compete in this heat, but that’s why they all have conditioning coaches and are prepared to play under any circumstances. I am shocked by how expensive…