Englishmen in New York
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- August
- 30
With 40 men’s matches and 32 women’s matches, there was excitement all around the USTA BJK NTC today. Some players, including seeded American Robby Ginepri and Paul Goldstein, who won the Kennedy Funding Invitational in Rockland County, still haven’t taken the court yet.
Some of the best action has been on the outer courts, with the day’s biggest upset victim (No. 11 Anastasia Myskina), weirdest outfit (American Bethanie Mattek, wearing a puffy shirt and what looks like knee stockings), most entertaining player (“The Magician”, Fabrice Sontoro) and toughest decision (English fans during the Tim Henman-Greg Rusedski match).
Sting wasn’t there, but every other Englishman in New York seemed to be at Court 11. The one I was sitting next to, Richard Upton of Essex (outside London), waved his English flag and said he was rooting for whichever player was on his side of the net. I guess that system is as good as any.
The crowds have been large — it seems a lot of people have exchanged their tickets from Tuesday — and fans had to be turned away from Louie Armstrong while Martina Hingis and James Blake were on. Even at the practice courts, the crowds were five deep watching players like Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams and Martina Navratilova warm up.
Should be more of the same tomorrow, but the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto could be a problem this weekend.
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on Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 at 7:27 pm by Harold Gutmann.
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