Flashbacks will clearly be limited at the United States Open. Last year’s men’s champion, Juan Martín del Potro, is in Miami instead of New York, still working his way back from major wrist surgery and unable to defend his title. Nor will there be any tantrums over foot faults from Serena Williams, the game’s leading woman, who is out because of a very [Read More]
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Healthy and Hungry Again After Three Lost Summers
One of the many revelations in Andre Agassi’s autobiography, “Open,” involved Marcos Baghdatis, who is re-emerging as a force after his career went into free fall following his runner-up finish in the 2006 Australian Open.
“He smiles when he’s happy or nervous,” Agassi wrote of Baghdatis, “and you can never tell [Read More]
A Dream Deferred, Almost Too Long
LAKE MARY, Fla. — During a doubles lesson at an Orlando sports club this month, Gigi Fernandez dragged her tennis racket along the service line. She told the women gathered around her to picture the line as the edge of a cliff: they stepped beyond it at their peril.
Fernandez always seemed perfectly positioned on the court, [Read More]
Cardinals and Reds Exchange Shoves in Bottom of First
Catcher Yadier Molina jawed with Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips in the first inning Tuesday night, sparking a benches-clearing fight, and the visiting Cardinals followed Molina’s lead to an 8-4 victory that moved St. Louis back into a tie for first place in the National League Central.
When it was over, there [Read More]
First Tentative Steps Back for Bay Before Pelfrey Wins With Authority
Jason Bay received a phone call from a Mets trainer at 3:30 Friday afternoon. For the first time since sustaining a concussion on July 23, Bay had gone a two-day span without any headaches, and the trainer wanted to tell him that he could resume physical activity.
By 3:35, Bay was out the door, on his way to Citi Field.
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