NEW YORK – From the sea-breezed grassblades of Rhode Island’s Newport Casino in 1881 to the steaming blue asphalt slabs of Flushing Meadows, the planet’s longest-running tennis show has settled in again for a fortnight’s duels with gut-strung cudgels. Oh, yes, I know that Wimbledon is four years older, but was dark nine years for World Wars I and II. Anyway, some call this … [Read more...] about US OPEN SWEETHEART, MELANIE, KEEPS GOING
Archives for August 2010
THE US OPEN — NO LONGER A SPLIT PERSONALITY IN FLUSHING’S BIG TENT
NEW YORK – As the 43rd season of the chase for dollars rolls toward its crescendo in Flushing (who will come out of it most flush?), few tennis junkies are aware that this monstrocity called the U.S. Open was once-upon-a-time a split personality. It was in a day when something amusingly labeled as “amateurism” held sway, and room-and-board was a prized goal on the tournament … [Read more...] about THE US OPEN — NO LONGER A SPLIT PERSONALITY IN FLUSHING’S BIG TENT