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Tidbits --- September 3rd, 2010

1. Roger hits a wide forehand volley for a set point winner, and continues the volley movement all the way into his chair.

2. Venus openly admits that she had never seen her Canadian qualifier opponent play before. This is from a championship contender who is nursing an injury, AND you would think that a little pre-match information could help shorten the match.

3. The normally less than eloquent Jimmy Connors : “I feel better than I look - don’t worry…” - dedicated to all those melting players in the 100 degree sun.

Calm Under Pressure --- September 3rd, 2010

Murray’s not my favorite player but I do like the calmness he shows. When serving, it’s easy to let the adrenaline mess up what happens after the serve.

roddick’s foot fault --- September 2nd, 2010

roddick went nuts when he was called for the first foot fault– reasonably he asked which foot– the lines women chocked and said it was the back foot– he goes crazy– saying correctly he has never brought his back foot forward– which was right– however he did foot fault with his front foot– and he did it again later and went crazy again–

when the match was over he pasted all his racquets out to the crowd

it’s hot --- September 2nd, 2010

another hot day == we watched Fish win in 3 — good playing–kuznersova had an easy time with sevastova—jankovic beat lucic– unwatchable–

they keep on talking about the wind– on the armstrong there is no wind– also it has been so windy by us this wind is nothing

fed talks about having to play 2 left handers and dealing with the wind

nishikori takes out cilic in 5
gasquet takes out davydenko in 3
soderling rolls dent in 3

capra US girl in her first wta event is in the 3rd round beating the 18th seed rezai

the french are cleaning up

backing it up --- September 1st, 2010

all 3 guys are on roddick for not playing first strike tennis– it has been a complaint for the season that roddick is going back to being willing to engage in long rallies– especially after his serve — all want him to play bigger after the serve

roddick history with new coaches is to progress then fall back into old habits

azarenka --- September 1st, 2010

azarenka collapsed on the court today an went off in a wheel chair– turns out she injured herself before the match and fell running and hit her head— giving her a concussion — which when she played made her dizzy and sick and she went down– was brad’s pick to win