Tired staffers and players. Tennis isn’t meant to be played in the middle of the night. How can the playing field be even if one guy has a day match? First on. Or not before a certain time leaves some wiggle room for planning warm-up routine. Pre match meal. But when you walk on court after midnight. Half after to be exact how do you plan for this. Can your body run a higher risk of injury? Can it recover to play again later that same day? Or the next…
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.