Andy Roddick threw a tantrum. He did it in the third set after he had been--correctly--called for a foot fault. He asked the lineswoman if it was his right or left foot that hit the line. The lineswoman said it was his right. In fact, it was his left, so Roddick decided to make a Read More
Last year at this time, Andy Roddick swept into Queens riding on a wave of goodwill. After coming thisclose to winning Wimbledon, everyone remembered Andy again! It seemed like maybe he could win a second Grand Slam last year. Then he didn't even make it into the second week. In the third round at Read More
Thirsty Thursday created its fair share of thrilling tweets. Now we shall enjoy them on this Summer Friday. Here we go:
The weather has been wonderful for nine days, but don't look at the forecast. It's calling for a chance of rain today, tomorrow, Friday and Saturday.
Eep.
In 2014, by which time the folks at Roland Garros will have finished building a new center court with a retractable roof, the U.S. Open will be the only Grand Read More
Players wives, girlfriends and fiancées don't have a whole lot of say on whether they're staying at the Open. And unfortunately, to the disappointment of men all over the city, a nightmare scenario unfolded yesterday: Brooklyn Decker, the toast of Wimbledon and wife of Andy Roddick, along with Sara Foster, the lovely fiancée of Read More
Before we even got the shot to embrace him in the way we promised we would, Andy Roddick is out.
In a marathon shootout, John Isner, the 24-year old boy giant, shocked Roddick in a 3 hour, 51 minute five set victory, which ended in a 7-5 tiebreak.
But Roddick didn't choke. It was one Read More
Well, CBS is sitting awfully pretty. Its coverage begins today and the network has what is far and away the best day of matches in the tournament so far. So much to watch:
Roger Federer v. Lleyton Hewitt; Ashe, 11 a.m.:
Now, this really shouldn't be much of a match, but you know, it's two Grand Slam Read More
Move over, Brooklyn Decker. Amy Littlefield is in town, and she has a posse. Littlefield is turning 40 this weekend, and she traveled down from Maine with her parents and sister to celebrate at the Open with her favorite, newly resurgent player. They even made T-shirts! (Which are rather clever, if we do Read More
Thanks to two unexpectedly long matches that resulted in two upsets, the schedule at Arthur Ashe got all crazy yesterday! And as a result, James Blake wasn't finished defeating Oliver Rochus until well after 8 p.m., which meant that the night-match ticket holders had to wait nearly two hours to get into Ashe. (To the Read More
The entire media center--including us!--was writing Venus Williams' obituary. Down 4-5 in the second set against 47th-ranked Vera Dushevina, three points away from a stunning upset, Venus managed to turn it around and avoid her first-ever exit during the Open's first week. But not without more twists: up 4-0 in the third, she let Dushevina Read More
What exactly do tennis players know about food?
We know they have a thing for sushi. But are they foodies? Do they care about Frank Bruni? Do they cook?
That's what we wanted to find out last week at the BNP Paribas Taste of Tennis event at the W Hotel in midtown last Thursday night.
The main Read More
No need to channel-surf! Here's a list of notables on late night tonight. We'll post each weekday, for your convenience!
The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS, 11:30pm): Andy Roddick, musical guest Mutemath.
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC, 11:35pm): Mike Tyson, Matisyahu.
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, 12:05am): Kathie Lee Gifford, Selena Gomez, Darius Rucker. Read More
At some point in the not-so-distant past, Andy Roddick was our great American hope. It was early in the decade, and Pete Sampras was calling it quits. Andre Agassi was slowing down, and New York–area tennis fans turned to a cute, plucky native of Texas. He was going to be the new king of Queens.
Andy Roddick said that his comments about Novak Djokovic's various injuries were all a big joke. "Listen, I joke all the time. I don't think anybody in their right mind takes me serious. I think it's very clear when I give a serious answer and when I don't give a serious answer." Well, maybe not.
"I Read More
I caught up with Novak Djokovic's agent Benito Pérez-Barbadillo after last night's PR disaster, and he said a center court interview was definitely the wrong place for Novak to vent his anger.
"He’s young, and he’s learning," said Mr. Pérez-Barbadillo "He learns from defeats, and he learns from wins and he learns from life. He’s 21 Read More
