First off, great congratulations to the Bryan Brothers, who set the record for most Grand Slam wins in doubles on Friday with their fourth U.S. Open championship.  They also hold the record for most doubles wins ever.  They have without question established themselves as the GOAT — greatest of all time — in men’s doubles.  [...]

It’s been quite a long time since two American men have reached the quarters of a Grand Slam.  And good to see that Roddick broke the streak of Spanish wins over American players. Now he just has to keep it going against Nadal, but I think he has a good shot on the hard courts.  [...]

EDITOR’S NOTE:  This is a letter from my parents. They have been watching a lot of the U.S. Open. To the producers and directors of CBS & ESPN tennis productions: You have some of the worst announcers in sports. I have a son who was a junior tennis player when McEnroe was beginning his career.  I [...]

If  you’ve watched 15 minutes of the U.S. Open by now, you’ve probably seen one of the USTA’s ads about its 10 and under tennis program.   Is this concept really that new?  Perhaps it is in the days of graphite rackets that can’t be sawed off like my first wooden racket (a Jack Kramer), [...]

I’m glad to see Rafa beat his Borgitis, but I still think Bjorn was one cool cat.

Tennis history on the line this afternoon to see if Rafael Nadal can accomplish what Bjorn Borg never did — win in New York.  Borg won six French Opens and five Wimbledons, kneeling down on the last one like he was giving thanks to the tennis gods above.  But by September, those gods were frowning [...]

Of the more than a decade now that I’ve been attending the U.S. Open, it never fails that wherever I sit I end up in the seat in front of a loudmouth dimwit, the kind of tennis fan who tells his kid that it is match point when the score is deuce at 5-games all, [...]

Compelling dynamics for the American men at this year’s U.S. Open, with Andy Roddick losing to Janko Tipsarevic (a match I thought would be tough for him when I first saw the draw) and qualifier 18-year-old Ryan Harrison upsetting No. 15 Ivan Ljubicic, a wily veteran and no easy win for Harrison.  After a strong [...]

On Monday I was back and forth between the Grandstand and Armstrong courts, looking for the Rocky of tennis.  But something occurred to me as I watched the underdogs go down:  In boxing, you always hear about a puncher’s chance.  But in tennis, one great punch is only one point, and to win a best-of-five [...]

Much of the early analysis I heard from the talking heads on ESPN judged Roddick’s draw as favorable to the quarters, but the second round most likely will see him paired up against Janko Tipsarevic, the Serb who knocked him out in the second round of Wimbledon 2008.   Their career record is 1-1, both matches [...]