Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary March 2005

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 12 - March 03, 2005
ALMOST WASHED AWAY, FEDERER ARISES FROM THE DEEP TO NET TITLE
Weather forecast: blustery weather in a neighborhood noted for hurricanes.   
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Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 11 - March 02, 2005
NO LONGER A TELEVISION GAZER, CLIJSTERS IS THE STAR OF THE SHOW
What was Belgian television featuring? Not a shut-in named Clijsters.   
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Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 10 - April 01 , 2005
TIME FOR “FATHER TIMELESS” AGASSI TO GO, LEAVING TITLE BOUT TO FEDERER AND NADAL
He had the crowd of about 13,000 backing him up, but manpower wasn't enough for 6-time champ Andre Agassi.   Not against Swisspower emanating from the racket of Roger Federer in the semifinals.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 9 - March 31, 2005
WILLIAMSVILLE BUCKLES UNDER THE FORCEFUL WINDS OF CHANGE
Suddenly Williamsville (aka Key Biscayne) was gone, as though lifted away by a tornado. It vanished in this sense: for a long time we've thought about the Key as the as the private estate of the Williams Sisters - holders of 6 of the last 7 Nasdaq-100 titles. Three apiece. Their lease, started with Venus in 1998-99, 01, was renewed by Serena in 2002-03-04.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 8 - March 30, 2005
CLIJSTERS AND “EL NINO” CONTINUE THEIR ASCENT
“El Nino,” the storming 18-year-old Rafael Nadal, has been making people wince at his Spanish southpaw spin for a while now, notably in dismembering Andy Roddick to break U.S. resistance in the recent Davis Cup final.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 7 - March 29, 2005
THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND VENUS - THINGS ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING UP
It wasn't a win for Justine Henin-Hardenne, but her losing performance against Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova - 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2 - was nonetheless encouraging as she dodged 3 match points in the second set. She returns to her preferred European clay with great hope for herself, and those of us who delight in her distinctive form of aggression.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 6 - March 28, 2005
AT LONG LAST FOR LONG-LASTING MARTINA - AN ENDORSEMENT OPPORTUNITY WITH OLIVIA
Martina the Eternal may have lost in the first round of doubles, but she's way beyond worrying about such setbacks. Instead she was celebrating a career milestone most profitably.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 5 - March 27, 2005
DON'T LOOK NOW BUT A FRENCH LEFTY NAMED LLODRA MAY BE IN YOUR LOCKER
Who issued this guy a visa? That's what American jingoists must be wondering.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 4 - March 26, 2005
BAGS OF MONEY -- WON BY MORRISON, LOST BY THE X'D OUT X-MAN MALISSE
It may sound like a big bag of money -- $ 169,819 - and it was a fortune to a professional athlete in a previous century. But when you consider all the plane tickets to destinations across the globe, rent, taxes, upkeep, coaching fees, a little entertainment here and there, a guy like Jeff Morrison is scraping to get by, even though that was his prize money figure for 2004.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 3 - March 25, 2005
IS VERDASCO HOTTER THAN TOBASCO? ASK RODDICK WHO DIDN'T LIKE THE TASTE
Verdasco.
Rhymes with tobasco - and is just as hot, as Andy Roddick has been aware of lately. That would be 21-year-old Fernando Verdasco out of Madrid, who southpawed and scratched Andy out of his briefest stay in 6 years of campaigning on Key Biscayne.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 2 - March 24, 2005
ALL OPPONENTS ARE GOLIATHS TO OLLI ROCHUS, BUT HE'S BELGIUM'S REINCARNATION OF DAVID
P.T. Barnum, the great old showman and presenter of human oddities, would have felt right at home wedged into the gathering of 300 filling intimate Court 3 at Crandon Park.  >>>MORE

Bud's 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open Diary - Day 1 - March 23, 2005
CHASING GREENBACKS AMID THE GREENERY - THAT'S THE ISLAND GEM, THE NASDAQ-100 OPEN
Down among the sweltering palms. That's the pleasamt Nasdaq-100 Open. In a prized oceanside setting on stylish Key Biscayne - across the bay from Miami - this tournament was launched by the Brothers Buchholz, Butch and Cliff, 20 years ago. From a shaky start as an almost unnoticed foundling in 1985 at Delray Beach, Fla., and an uncertain year at Boca Raton, the tourney (then sponsored by Lipton) kept moving south. I wondered if it would wind up in Havana, with a guy named Castro as referee.  >>>MORE

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