Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 14 - September 9, 2007
AS THE U.S. OPEN AND DJOKOVIC FADE AWAY, GRIM REAPER FEDERER INTERS ANOTHER VICTIM

Roger Federer is wearing black. It becomes him.

Since he's missing a bow tie, I know his outfit isn't a tuxedo.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 13 - September 8, 2007
BETTER DAYS IN SERBIA - THE ITCH KIDS A DECIDED IMPROVEMENT ON MILOSEVIC

From Milosevic to Djokovic, the reformed Serbia has come a long, better way. Slobodan Milosevic was a bloodthirsty dictator.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 12 - September 7, 2007
MILES OF SMILES IS JUSTINE'S STYLE NOW IN HER WONDROUS CAMPAIGN OF BIG DROPS

It's been the year of the Big Drops for the teeny tempest of tennis, Justine Henin.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 11 - September 6, 2007
A TERRIBLE LOSS TO US ALL: LUCIANO PAVAROTTI A VOLLEYER AS WELL AS A VOICE, LOVED TENNIS

The man could sing. Oh, how he could sing, and now he can team up and tune up with the angels. As a tenor he was in their league for decades.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 10 Bonus Article - September 5, 2007
BREAKFAST AT FLUSHING - BRING BAGELS TO THE OPEN, NOW THE INSOMNIA CLASSIC

And so the Insomnia Classic (aka the U.S. Open) rolls along. Day and night and next mornings.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 10 - September 5, 2007
EVERYBODY LOVES JELLY'S GAME FACE: A SMILE, BUT VENUS HAD THE WINNING EDGE AT THE WIRE

If the smile of Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships, and the smile of Mona Lisa lured millions of Louvre-goers - then the smile of Jelly Jankovic won countless admirers across the planet Wednesday night.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 9 - September 4, 2007
COLD, COLD HEART AND RED HOT SHOTS MEAN VICTORY FOR JUSTINE IN BATTLE OF CHAMPS

Don't invite Justine and Serena to the same party. They start swinging clubs at each other.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 8 - September 3, 2007
ANOTHER GIFT - OR IS IT? - FOR RODDICK; BLAKE CRASHES DESPITE A LEAD PLUS 3 MP

Would it be rude to suggest that Tomas Berdyck got sick looking at his sickly forehand, a shot that meekly found shelter in the net?

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 7 - September 2, 2007
LOOK OUT FOR THE "SISTERS SLEDGEHAMMER," THEY'RE REESTABLISHING THEIR AXIS OF ANXIETY

Rumblings on the Flushing Meadow campus tell us that the two-woman sorority, Phi Jamma Slamma, is looking to take over a game called tennis again.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 6 - September 1, 2007
OVERTHROWING AN EMPRESS, RADWANSKA RALLIES TO POLISH OFF NO. 2 SHARAPOVA

It didn't seem the ideal day for a dethroning. Instead of angry clouds in a bleak sky, all was azure and sunshine.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 5 - August 31, 2007
A GREAT MATCH - DJOKOVIC BEATING STEPANEK -- SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DRAW

Noise.

It was noise that might have shattered the sound barrier at 3:49 yesterday afternoon, and it lasted well beyond a minute.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 4 - August 30, 2007
HOW 'BOUT THAT BIG DAWG - ISNER OUT OF NOWHERE IS RUSHING AT FLUSHING

Surreal.

Nice, classy word, surreal. But I don't recall any tennis laborers using it - until that 6-foot-9 inch bolt from the blue, Jonathan Isner, landed from a cloud hovering above Flushing Meadow.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 3 - August 29, 2007
BIG GIRL IN THE BIG CITY, ANA IVANOVIC ENCOUNTERS WEIRDOS BUT LIKES ATMO

The guy was a head case.

But a teen-age girl from a remote corner of Europe called Serbia isn't necessarily prepared to deal with strange strangers in the big city, the Big Apple to be exact.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 2 - August 28, 2007
SCHNUGG COMES AND GOES, BUT LLEYTON HEWITT AIMS TO STAY SNUG AS A BUG IN THE MEADOW

Schnugg was here.

Is he Schnugg as a bug in a tennis court? Not likely.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Day 1 - August 27, 2007
A WOMAN TO REMEMBER ALWAYS; ALTHEA GIBSON CHANGED THE GAME, ADDING COLOR

Three little words: It's about time.

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Bud's 2007 US Open Diary - Intro - August 26, 2007
HERE WE GO AGAIN: THE MEANINGFUL PART OF THE SEASON CONCLUDES IN NEW YORK

For the last major of the year, the game and its vagabonds return to the "Billie" (the Billie Jean National Tennis Center) at Flushing Meadow (or Meadows, take your pick).

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