It is obviously love: U.S. Open!

So tomorrow the final Grand Slam, the U.S. Open, begins. This is my all-time favorite event. I was born and raised in New York for 8 years and have had the opportunity to visit the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, but have yet to attend. I hope to attend next year [...]

Bashing Players

Everyone has their own team, or in tennis, their own player they root for. I have my favorites and so do you. On tennisforum, a message board I am a part of, posters have a tendency to “bash,” or talk crap about players. A lot of the bashing goes towards American players, including (well, mostly) [...]

Cincinnati: Day & Night 2 of Main Draw

After an extremely long night in Cincinnati, I woke up early again, about 8ish or 9, I really don’t remember, but I did oversleep. Kevin and I picked up our friend Alex at his hotel and we arrived at the tennis center about 45 minutes before the first match, which was Christina McHale vs. Nadia [...]

Cincinnati: Day 2 Qualies and Night 1 Main Draw

After a scorching and amazing day at Cincy, I was eager to go back. This time, my brother Kevin joined me for the trip. Again, I spent the majority of the day at the practice court area. I watched Jelena Jankovic practice when I first got there and I was lucky enough to get a [...]

Cincinnati Qualies: Day 1

So the past 2 days, I have been attending The Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open for the qualifying rounds. A mouthful, huh? After getting about 5 hours of sleep, I managed to be out of the house at 8:15 and arrived at pretty much at the 10:00 start time. On my way to [...]

WTA: Stanford Review (Pre-Final)

Love is in the air, according to the U.S. Open Series commercials. I love this time of the tennis season. The weather is great, I can watch tennis without staying up too late and it is on hard courts. The U.S. Open Series is a series of tournaments where the quarterfinalists-winner gets a certain amount [...]