NEW YORK – “Dream big!” has been the outlook of the Fair Maid Melanie of Marietta, Georgia and she made it stand up for longer than anyone could have imagined. She was a duplicate Dorothy, 5-foot-5, carrying a tennis racket, and New York became her Oz. Millions of us fell for her, and she responded in an improbable run to the quarter-finals of the US Open. For a week the … [Read more...] about WOZNIACKI ALARM CLOCK SPOILS THE KID’S DREAM
ANDY MURRAY LOSES MATCH AND #2 RANKING
NEW YORK – The Great Bright Hope of Great Britain came, saw and was conquered, and will have to wait another year to maybe break the Curse of Fred Perry. No Brit has won the tennis championship of the United States (or Wimbledon) since the dashing Limey, Perry, took both those prized majors in 1936. Seventy-three years have passed — no cigar — although the current Great … [Read more...] about ANDY MURRAY LOSES MATCH AND #2 RANKING
QUEEN OF QUEENS, MELANIE OUDIN REIGNS!
NEW YORK – This little kid is still running around a meadow in Flushing making her elders look bad. Isn’t anybody going to discipline Melanie Oudin, teach her some manners, spank her with a tennis racket? Hasn’t happened yet. And maybe it won’t. As the female field in the US Open slims to the last eight, the Menacing Maid from Marietta (Georgia) is right up there – “I can … [Read more...] about QUEEN OF QUEENS, MELANIE OUDIN REIGNS!
ANOTHER GEORGIAN ON THE MOVE, ISNER WINS BIG
NEW YORK – Joe College was up to his old campus pranks. Sort of. But instead of chug-a-lugging steins of beer John Isner was mugging his pal, Andy Roddick, at an outdoor party called the US Open. A gathering of 23,763 filled Arthur Ashe Stadium as John and Andy provided the floor show with an unexpected closing act: Roddick, the best American guy for the last seven years, … [Read more...] about ANOTHER GEORGIAN ON THE MOVE, ISNER WINS BIG
MAID OF MARIETTA CONTINUES UPSETTING ORDER AT US OPEN
NEW YORK – Clean, free laundry every day. That was one of the topics as the first week of the US Open faded into another of it’s lovely daily sunsets. But the sun has yet to set on the wonder child of the Open, who keeps washing tough, towering adversaries out of her golden hair with unfailing swings of her tennis racket. Who knew of her a few days ago? But now she’s a … [Read more...] about MAID OF MARIETTA CONTINUES UPSETTING ORDER AT US OPEN