Word: slams
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...again with our dad, who we hadn't seen for a week. It's always fun when players come by and say hello. The player's lounge and dining facilities are spacious and luxurious. I always joke with my brother that the first few days of any grand slam is the "meat market...
Sharapova leads one of the deepest U.S. Open fields in the history of women's tennis. The slam sisters, Serena and Venus Williams, will be formidable, as will new No. 2 Lindsay Davenport. Behind them lurks a horde of Sharapova's fellow Russians, including defending U.S. Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva; Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne; and France's Amélie Mauresmo. Any one of them could win the Open. The men's game, on the other hand, has been dominated by the silent Swiss Roger Federer. The only mystery concerns who will be Federer...
...spot, Sharapova steadily piled up points this summer while Davenport nursed injuries. Sharapova is consistent, having won six tournaments since her triumph at Wimbledon, and she reached the quarters and two semifinals in this year's three Grand Slam events. But her quick rise--from No. 324 to No. 1 in three years--has surprised everyone, even the typically self-assured Sharapova. "It's actually shocking," she tells TIME. "Before I was trying to lay off the whole thing, saying, 'I'm not worried about it, it's not important.' But you know, once you get there, it's, like...
...stood there in the Monday evening dusk, his first Grand Slam quarterfinal berth finally secured, he looked stunned...
...they don’t know the person calling, just hang up. Don’t slam the phone down, don’t scream, don’t yell, don’t give any reaction. Just hang up,” Catalano said...