Hey Tennis Friends!
I’ve been telling you to get your tickets early . . . and, word on the street is that only “grounds passes” may be available for the weekend, and only at the ticket windows. Be sure to check the tournament website for any updates.
Today’s web-only exclusive is an excerpt from the transcript of the Q&A
with Maria Sharapova at today’s post-match press conference:
QUESTION: Kim (Clijsters) pulled out of US Open this morning.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: “I heard.”
QUESTION: You know what it’s like to not be able to defend a major title because of injury. Can you speak, just from your experience, what that was like to have to sit home and watch as the tournament goes on without you when you’re the defending champion?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: “Yeah, it’s frustrating, there’s no doubt about it. It’s probably one of the most frustrating feelings for an athlete just sitting there knowing that even before the tournament your name is not going to be in the draw, that you won’t have that spot to compete for the title.
It’s tough, but I think, you know, Kim, amongst many of us, we all know what it’s like to deal with tough moments like this. So it’s really about adversity and just realizing that you’re fortunate to almost come into a position to be a defending champion. Obviously means that you’ve achieved something big there.”
The final scores for the matches I featured are:
Juan Sebastian Cabal / Florian Mayer
d. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. / Steve Johnson 1-6, 7-5 [10-7]
Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
d. Ekaterina Makarova / Jie Zheng 6-1, 6-3
Michael Llodra / Nenad Zimonjic
d. Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 6-3, 6-2
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– Marcus Tennis
