US Open 2008 – Day 8

Labor Day in the USA and I was again off to Flushing Meadows, this time with tickets for the night session in the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Because the schedule for the courts isn’t decided until the evening before, you’re unaware as to who you will be seeing when you buy the tickets. As it turned out, it wasn’t the greatest of lineups that evening (no Federer or Nadal) but I suppose it could have been worse.

The Monday afternoon session happened to run long that day so there was a delay before the start of the night session. That allowed me to take in part of a doubles match on Court 11: Nadia Petrova & Jonas Bjorkman vs Rennae Stubbs & Robert Lindstedt. Petrova & Bjorkman would go on to win 6-3 6-2.

Serena Williams vs Severine Bremond was the first match on Arthur Ashe. Serena beat up the French girl pretty easily and won 6-2 6-2. During the interlude, some of the cast of Entourage came out and to hit balls into the crowd. Adrian Grenier (Vinny Chase on the show) looked like such a pansy trying to swing a racquet!

Then the main match got underway: Andy Murray vs Stanislas Wawrinka. I was hoping for a classic five-setter that went on into the night but Murray was always just that little bit too good and won 6-1 6-3 6-3.

More photos in the gallery.

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