U.S. Open running thread

She can handle those Ukrainians.

We'll see how she does against the Russians.

 

Probably depends on which Russian she gets. I'm interested to see how she'll do against the Serbs as well.

 

This conversation sounds like a Cold War strategy meeting.

 

Well, Belgium got wiped off the WTA map this year.

 

Didn't have anything in the pipeline for when the Big 2 retired, just like the U.S. doesn't seem to have anybody for when the Williams sisters and Davenport retire.

 

When you consider that the U.S. has, literally, 30 times the population that Belgium does, I'd say that's a much bigger indictment of American tennis than Belgian tennis.

Off topic: I went to a wedding once where the groom was Belgian, and I got a little drunk at the rehearsal dinner and apologized loudly to a group of Belgians for George W. Bush. They got a little huffy and said that all Americans had to own that monster, since all we did was eat fast food and watch American Idol, and I tried to explain that 49.9 percent of us hasn't actually voted for Bush, but they didn't want to hear any of it.

So we talked about women's tennis instead, and I expressed my love for Kim Clijsters but my dislike of Justine Henin. They agree that Henin was a big bitch, but a fierce competitor.

 

I would agree it's a much bigger indictment of American tennis, DD.

I miss Henin. I have no one to root against these days. In order for somebody to be a good sports villain, they have to, well, be good, if not great, at the sport. It's why Kyle Busch is so good for NASCAR, and it's what's lacking in tennis -- men's and women's -- right now.

 

Roger's attire does not meet with my approval. Ugh.

 

Who the hell dressed Novak this morning? That is hideous.

Ginepri's through, and Roddick finally plays tonight. No clue why they stretched out the men's first round for three days.

 

Apparently Djokovic got busy in the Olympic village, because he's now dating the hot model/javelin thrower from Paraguay.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_nejs1cBXmn0/RrjYJ20LySI/AAAAAAAABI4/_7stJsPUQDg/las+del+uni+023.jpg (link is SFW, but huge)

 

Apparently, I'm the only one watching the Open this week. Ana Ivanovich is in major trouble against a qualifier from France, down a set and on serve in the second. She is not playing well.