We are on site. The wind is blowing and the temperature has dropped ten degrees. Yesterday hit a high of 95… No wonder we were melting…
The excitement on the site is in the air. The coaches are having breakfast. The players are cruising by. Del Potro just off the practice courts. Caroline Wozniaki heading out to them. The Italians are enjoying the morning. Lots of loud talking and laughing coming from their tables. The fans are starting to make their way in…Trust me you can feel the energy buzzing around here. Coaches saying the usual. ” I told them what to do?..” Everybody checking his or her rackets. The tension in their strings with the conditions changing. They need to go up or down a bit depending on their style of play. Usually cooler conditions you go down a little. Each player has the need to feel the ball the desert air usually causes the ball to “fly” more anyway…
This was a tennis tournament.... Like no other. This was a U.S. Open like no other.. Let's start with new logo. It's click art like ours? But we aren't the USTA.
The only way to describe this U.S. open is soaking wet without raining... It's really hard to play tennis when your socks are soaking wet and you are "sloshing" in your shoes. Your shoes get really heavy when they get wet.
What a start. First match in the new stadium and bye bye ladies number one seed and WTA World Number One. Simona Halep. Losing to Estonian Kaia Kanepi.
It was the end of an era at Crandon Park for the Miami Open last year. From the Lipton, to the Nasdaq 100, to the Sony Ericsson, to the Sony, to the Miami Open presented by Itau, Key Biscayne saw it all.