NEW YORK – Caroline Wozniacki is chasing a tennis ball far to her right. But with three quick-steps the All-Danish girl catches up and delivers a stiff forehand to her foe’s ankles. Show over. Wozniacki, she of the golden smile and plenty of gold in the piggy bank (over $ 10 million in prize money) is 21, has won 18 tournaments and intends to seize the US Open as the … [Read more...] about #1 – WOZNIACKI, STILL LOOKING FOR MAJOR TITLE
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FLUSHING MEADOWS – A LATTER DAY OK CORRAL
NEW YORK – Ever wonder how Billy the Kid would have done with a tennis racket instead of a shotgun? The Kid, known as a withdrawal artist to the bankers of Lincoln County, New Mexico, showed his quick, greedy hands to advantage in practicing his craft in the neighborhood of the Tombstone’s infamous OK Corral. Who knows? Maybe the Kid might have preferred serving aces … [Read more...] about FLUSHING MEADOWS – A LATTER DAY OK CORRAL
SIZZLING RALLIES AS NADAL WINS THE US OPEN
NEW YORK – The reign’s in Spain now, falling mightily and mainly on the crowned head of Roundhouse Rafa. Spain, of course, has a king, Juan Carlos I, with a palace in Madrid. A good fellow, we’re told. But the real monarch today is young Rafa I, whose roundhouse knockout punches on a tennis court are massive left hooks that leave no doubt of his being No. 1 in his … [Read more...] about SIZZLING RALLIES AS NADAL WINS THE US OPEN
BOB BRYAN AND PARTNERS KEEP WINNING MAJORS
NEW YORK – Oldest game in the world? That’s easy – mixed doubles on a tennis court. I believe the Dead Sea Scrolls revealed that Adam and Eve won the first Eden Open over a Hittite couple, using apples as balls. Apparently Eve ate some apples, causing Adam to scold her: “How can we play if you dine on the balls?” Then she stepped on a snake, a thoughtless foot fault … [Read more...] about BOB BRYAN AND PARTNERS KEEP WINNING MAJORS
NUMBERS KEEP PILING UP AS LONG AS ESTHER IS PLAYING
NEW YORK – One of these days she will not win the US Open. Maybe. But don’t count on it. Just count on the wheeler-dealer of Flushing Meadows to ride the paved range like Annie Oakley, hitting her targets at will, making sure of one thing: you lose. It has been this way –- her way – for years since she began competing. Fourteeen years, to be exact — while the world … [Read more...] about NUMBERS KEEP PILING UP AS LONG AS ESTHER IS PLAYING