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Rain Rain… gone away

August

The Arthur Ashe Stadium has been dried, and U.S. Open tournament referee Brian Early said, “The rain is done.”

The morning was a rainy one at the U.S. Open, and delayed the start of the tournament. Already, Billie Jean King has addressed the media on the renaming of the center to the USTA Billie Jean National Tennis Center.

Jimmy Connors was in the hallway as King walked in, just two of the tennis legends on hand for a day and night that should, weather permitting, host retiring Andre Agassi’s first-round match.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 28th, 2006 at 11:18 am by Jane McManus.
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One Response to “Rain Rain… gone away”

Jackson Smith August 28th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Certainly BJ King is of much more relevance to American tennis than Louis Armstrong….never did get that one….Did he play tennis in his spare time?

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