tennis, life and a few things in between

Blink moment. First set tiebreak. Steve Johnson has three challenges but he elected not to challenge. TV showed its OUT, long … and Johnson lost the first set 5-7 …

Talking about Stan Wawrinka’s wardrobe. His opponent Fernando Verdasco, this time, out done him thou, in spite everyone is into yellow fever. Then there’s the plumber Sam Querrey, forever conservative. Go Sam, beat him and advance!

Girls’ skirts are pretty short

Serena’s outfit

This has to be the most uniformed Open so far: every one is wearing the same neon/florescence color of yellow, men and women. At some singles matches the two players wearing identical outfit. Zhang Shuai is very tanned, still playing – she’s considering retirement before.

Today the spider didn’t take down the web… Played 4 sets with only one win. It’s a glorious day out. Crescent moon on the tree top 🌛

It’s held free to the public from Tuesday, Aug. 23, to Friday, Aug. 26, and consists of 128 men and 128 women competing for the final 32 entries (16 men and 16 women) in the 2016 US Open singles draws.

A new roof and many improvements

1st round, Moscow born American Dennis Novikov (in orange) beat Italian Federico Gaio in 3 set – he bent a lot when serving. In the beginning we rooted for the neutralized American [Gaio looks like a plumber  -:)] but soon found his manner to be childish … Mitchell Krueger’s outfit is pretty neat. Both Americans advanced. Before we left, we caught the last few games of Canadian Francoise Abanda’s win over Sílvia Soler-Espinosa in 3 sets.

Something or someone … reading the New York Times isn’t uncommon.

8.29-9.11 is the tourney.

• Stan’s PJ
• Yellow fever n Zhang Shuai
• Qualifying rounds: Aug 23-26.

We went to three courts @ three locations, being chased by the sudden rain, rather forceful downpour. From our original location Syosset, we moved to Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, 1.6 miles south. However, the blue sky didn’t last long. As I was driving on the highway, the blue sky is blue! Finally, there’s a dry land.

We, my partner and I played well today: 6-1, 1-6 and 6-0. The last set was against my formal partner who loves to drink and commentating.

Rolling Stone: Rio Olympics: Andy Murray Wins Second Gold, Does Reporter’s Job.

BBC reporter asked Murray how does he feel winning being the first man to win two gold medal … Murray replied: Serena and Venus – the Williamses sisters had won 8.

Someone is counting but I doubt anyone can match the numbers tho.

A very humid hot summer day. Played with a girl and it’s 1-1. Not too bad, given it’s our first time playing together.