Justine Henin visited the tennis center today and, for someone who got almost no sleep in the last two days with all the nervous energy of a Grand Slam quest, she looked perfectly rested and content.

I have covered her for years now, and she was always cautious and guarded. It was difficult to read her, [...]

Roger the Great comes through against Nikolay Davydenko, 7-5, 6-1, 7-5. It means he’ll play one of the four players on the tour who has beaten him this year, meaning this can potentially be a real match rather than a walkover.

Novak Djokovic is up two sets over No. 15 David Ferrer, but not the easy way. The third seed has called for a trainer, added and then discarded a white baseball cap, asked the chair umpire to hush the crowd, and at one point moved so poorly he looked ready to retire.

However you look at [...]

Yesterday, Oracene Price and boyfriend Hank Kuehne said they were worried about Venus Williams, who has been experiencing dizzyness and a lack of energy intermittantly in the last few months. She was diagnosed with anemia after Wimbledon and has been taking medication, but this seems to be something different. Price said she would encourage her [...]

The stands were pretty full, but the atmosphere in Ashe was nothing short of flat for the semifinal featuring No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova and No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze. In a sport filled with boxing analogies, this match really was the undercard to No. 12 Venus Williams and top-seeded Justine Henin.

And if the Belgian gets [...]

Looks like David Ferrer will win the afternoon quarter against Juan Ignacio Chela (he’s up a set and it’s 5-2 in the second), but this place is empty. You can walk right up to the food court and order nachos. You could successfully get the video screen from the AmEx booth without a wait. The [...]

Andy Roddick after Serena Williams, that’s back-to-back nights of surly athletes in the press room. Roddick actually glared at a few reporters who asked him questions that rubbed him the wrong way.

Then there was the piece of cake. Michael Barkann of USA Network asked Federer about his training method and then made a joke [...]

How weird is it to hear Andre Agassi commenting on the Federer-Roddick match? It seems like just yesterday he was here in the draw, not sitting above the court with John McEnroe in the USA Network broadcast booth.

He’s OK. Hard to judge so early, but it’s a heck of a lot better than turning on [...]

If you are not out here for the Venus Williams Jelena Jankovic match, turn it on right now. Jankovic has her on the run and just won the first set 6-4 in 48 minutes. But this one isn’t even close to over.

Although it’s dangerous to make predictions, Venus has been playing better as this goes [...]

The two men’s quarters tomorrow in Ashe:

Juan Ignacio Chela vs. No. 15 David Ferrer, starting not before 12:30 p.m.

Carlos Moya vs. Novak Djokovic, first match of the night session.
Jana Novotna vs. Martina Navratilova to follow.