Hurricane Irene and the Tweets of Restless Tennis Players

Written by: Staff on 28th August 2011

Hurricane Irene and the Tweets of Restless Tennis Players |

(Pictured: Julia Goerges)

So Hurricane Irene has finally come and gone and there is Tennis to be played and a Trophy to be won. Will it be Novak Djokovic? Roger Federer? Rafael Nadal? Serena Williams? Will Caroline Wozniacki win her first Slam? Or will be an unknown making a breakthrough?

I think Tennis Players and fans alike are just happy that play will even begin tomorrow. Some courts will begin at 11 AM EDT while others begin at Noon EDT or 1 PM EDT. Be sure to check the schedule.

Below are tweets during the storm and post-storm.

@gidulko (Sat., 11:32PM EDT): No se puede ver la tv!!! Irene esta en todos los canales #irenegoaway

(The TV is not working!!! Irene is on every channel)

@DusanVemic (Today, 2:15AM EDT): OK… I got awaken of my hotel swaying In the wind… Fun fun…

@shaharpeer (Today, 9:19 AM EDT): Good Morning! In my bed on my computer watching the news… accept my sister and Nitzan no body is really worry back from home… hahaha

@DusanVemic: (Today, 9:41AM EDT): It seems pretty quiet outside Still some 40mph (64km/h) winds (on the ground) Up here a bit stronger I pray Irene was kind 2 others too..

@jelena_jankovic (Today, 10:02AM EDT): The storm has passed. US Open time:)

@sloanetweets (Today, 10:14AM EDT): Irene! Please go away girl, there is tennis to be played and good food in NYC to be eaten!

@MirzaSania (Today, 10:20AM EDT): Irene has come and gone..thank you for being so gentle!!!!now can NYC be back to normal pls?

@gidulko (Today, 11:18AM EDT): Irene ya se fue, y nunca la vi llegar . Buenisimo…ahora si arranca el Us Open☺

(Irene is already gone, and i never saw her pass by, Great…. The US Open is now on)

@rennaestubbs (Today, 12:01PM EDT): can we please get back to normal now! Its not even raining….open the shops up Mayor Bloomberg! If i cant practice, i want to shop!

@EVesnina001 (Today, 12:48PM EDT): Really?!That’s it!Fuuuf!I wanna go out from my room to have some fresh air!Sick of watching news!But thanks God,Irene wasn’t that bad!!!

@SvetlanaK27 (Today, 1:18PM EDT): Iren is over here!I didnt see anything and hear nothing….

@SvetlanaK27 (Today, 1:19PM EDT): sorry Irene!

@TursunovTales (Today, 3:34PM EDT): So I’m pretty pissed off. All the hype about Irene showing up wrecking havoc. I look out my window. No cows flying! No Explosions! No floods! This totally sucks!!!

@juliagoerges (Today, 3:42PM EDT): I thought Irene is coming pretty strong to New York+I can see something new what i have never seen before,but honestly nothing has happened!

@juliagoerges (Today, 4:35PM EDT): i am pretty happy that nothing has happened and irene was nice to us….so everybody is happy and satisfied….so all good now guys;)?

@juliagoerges (Today, 5:32PM EDT): schedule has changed….i will start my match on court 11 tmrw at 12noon and not 11am…