When a day session lasts past nightfall…
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- September
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it results in a really long line. That’s exactly what’s happening right now as the day-session fans empty Arthur Ashe Stadium at the very night-like hour of 8 p.m.
I just got a great first-hand look. There are literally tens of thousands of fans standing outside the gates to Ashe, waiting to get in for the night matches. I tried to take a picture with my camera phone, then realized: A) It’s a terrible camera and B) It doesn’t have a flash. But trust me, just a surreal scene.
The best way I can describe it is this: From where I came down the escalator, the crowd looked like the scene in “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”:http://imdb.com/title/tt0067992/ when the masses are standing outside Willy Wonka’s gates. (And, yes, I’m talking about the 1971 version. Frankly, I don’t believe the other version exists.)
In truth, U.S. Open organizers can thank Serena Williams for not making matters worse. She could’ve made the night-session crowd wait longer but she beat No. 16 Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-4 in 66 minutes. I saw most of this one and Williams looked pretty dominant against a good player. Her serve reached 124 MPH, a speed many men would She may, indeed, be in good form. We will see, as No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo will likely be up next in the fourth-round.
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on Sunday, September 3rd, 2006 at 8:02 pm by Josh Thomson.
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