US Open 2008 – Day 2

Another early morning rise in Manhattan and a subway trip to Queens. It was Tuesday in the first week of the 2008 US Open and with my camera battery fully charged for a change, I was determined to see as many full matches as I could. I ended up leaving at about 9:30pm.

First up in the Armstrong Stadium – Dinara Safina vs Kristie Ahn, which Safina won 6-3 6-4.

Then out to Court 11 to see one of my faves – Agnieszka Radwanska vs Yaroslava Shvedova. A-Rad won 6-4 6-2.

Next it was back to the Armstrong Stadium to see Tommy Haas vs Richard Gasquet play out an excellent five-setter. With two of the best backhands in the game on show, there were plenty of entertaining rallies. In the end, Haas won the deciding set 6-2.

On Court 9, I got as close as possible to see Nicole Vaidisova vs Petra Cetkovska. The lovely but psychotic Nicole won 6-1 6-2.

Then a short walk to Court 7 where Jill Craybas vs Dominika Cibulkova had already started. Cibulkova, the diminutive minx, won out 6-3 7-6.

Following that, I went to the Grandstand Stadium just in time for Marta Domachowska vs Bethanie Mattek. To the joy of most of the US crowd, the close match went to Mattek, 6-7 7-5 6-4. I was secretly cheering for the lovely Polish girl.

As dusk was setting in, Court 13 still had one match to go – the all French affair of Camille Pin vs Alize Cornet. It was won 7-5 6-0 by Cornet.

More photos in the gallery.

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