U.S. Open Tennis 2010 Schedule: The 10 Key Storylines For Monday

Week One at Flushing Meadows is done and dusted, but some of the stories it created will resonate throughout the tournament. Indeed some will find their way into those features, years hence, that recall names and events from past U.S. Opens. First, there were two champions unable to defend their U.S. titles. Then some pretenders to their crowns felt the sharp dagger of early defeat: Tomas Berdych,... 

U.S. Open 2010: Why Rafael Nadal Won’t Win His Third Straight Major


He’s currently the best player in the world.He has won two Grand Slams in succession this year: the French Open and Wimbledon.He’s the first man to win the clay Slam: three Masters and the French title back to back.He’s won more ATP titles this year than anyone else—five of them.He guaranteed his place at the World Tour finals weeks ago.He leads the tour by more than 3,500 points... 

U.S. Open 2010: Will Roger Federer Ever Pluck That No. 1 Apple Again?

There was a time—and not so long ago—when Roger Federer seemed to be hewn from a different substance than mere mortals. His body seemed untouched by stress, injury, and fatigue. His resolve seemed impervious to challenge, self-doubt, or pain. His position as king of the castle, fending off all assaults, seemed impenetrable. Records that had once seemed insurmountable were picked like apples... 

2010 US Open: Big Tennis in the Big Apple—It Must Be Love

It’s vibrant, loud, and cosmopolitan.Spring green, golden summer, and blue autumn skies all rolled into one.A Fauve painting: Matisse’s Dance made flesh.Gershwin’s Blue Rhapsody interlaced with Ella Fitzgerald’s Summertime.The zest of an icy margarita cut through by the aroma of pepperoni pizza.In-your-face fire, but laid-back cool.It’s a combination that’s overwhelming... 

2010 U.S. Open Special: Venus Williams Fashioned for Success

Say the name Venus Williams, and you think tennis royalty: record-breaking results, new levels of power in the women’s game, and an athletic durability that is rare in the 21st century.You probably nod sagely and wonder at the genes, the upbringing, and the determination that made her one of the finest players of her generation.You will find words of admiration for a family that threw out the... 

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray: Dressed To Impress

In Montreal, the women’s tour is rushing towards the final stages of the Rogers Cup.The tennis, just as the men’s was in Toronto, is pulsating. Vera Zvonareva pulled Kim Clijsters back to win a semifinal place and Caroline Wozniacki is coming into top form, just as she did for the U.S. Open last year.However, many headlines have been devoted not just to the women’s tennis, but also... 

Roger Federer: Bold, Bloodied, and Burnished By Battle

Toronto. Daytime fiery heat dissipates into balmy evening warmth. Blue sky fades away to azure, purple, navy. Flags that fell in primary-color folds lift with the fluttering breeze in salute to a pair of warriors. Massed ranks glow in readiness for the battle, allegiances brandished in red and blue and white. Two upright, steely combatants, brandishing their weapons of choice, step up to the line:... 

No Need to Cry for Argentina: David Nalbandian Is Back With a Bang

The tennis gods can’t seem to make up their minds about Argentina.They have handed that vast nation plentiful golden gifts in the shape of some fine and multifaceted players, but have then blighted those players with a frost of injuries. Those same deities have taken the Argentine men to the very brink of national glory in the Davis Cup—no fewer than three times—but on each occasion... 

Men’s Tennis Power Rankings: Rafael Nadal Dominates as U.S. Open Looms

Since the drama of Wimbledon and the excitement of a French victory over Spain in the Davis Cup, many of the tennis headlines have been focused off court.Rafael Nadal dominated the web with a bare chest sported at a beach on Mallorca’s neighbouring Balearic island of Formentera. Roger Federer, pictured with this family aboard a huge luxury yacht off the Corsican coast, might have drawn the headline... 

Roger Federer To Spend Test Period With Pete Sampras’ Former Coach

Just when the talk is all of Roger Federer’s decline, his failure to get beyond the quarters of two Grand Slams, his slip to his lowest ranking in six-and-a-half years—all the way to No. 3—he plays the tactical equivalent of that zippy off-forehand that leaves his opponent rooted to the spot. Just as his fans are gazing adoringly at photos of Roger, Mirka, and assorted family members... 

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