A PARTY? PITY WE WEREN’T INVITED: Reflecting on his five-set loss to Roger Federer at the All England Club, Andy Roddick mused, “My worst day there is playing in one of the greatest Wimbledon finals. That’s a pretty good worst day. It was definitely the hardest loss I ever had. Even the next day, I don’t feel like I was throwing a pity party for myself.”
THINK BEFORE YOU TWEET: The ITF has warned players to be cautious about the messages they send via Twitter.
HONOR THY FATHER: James Blake and Fila will unveil the new Thomas Reynolds clothing line — named after his late father, who died of cancer in ’04 — at the U.S. Open. “I’m really proud of it,” said Blake, who returned from a month-long layoff in Cincinnati. “Hopefully, it’s something that can be a great honor for my father.”
‘WOZ’ UP?: Jeff Blair called Aleksandra Wozniak “Canada’s great blonde hope.”
PMAC’S ‘MADDENING’ ANALOGY: Patrick McEnroe called his brother John “the John Madden of tennis.”
HEADLINES
What is Tennis’ Place in America Today?
Roddick More Than ‘Everyday Joe’
THE NUMBERS
3,150: Hours that tennis was broadcast in the U.S. in ’08 — a record (and a number that is expected to rise in ’09)
QUOTEBOOK
“Of course tennis matters to all of us who love it. But does your average American jamoke on the street care?” — Mary Carillo to ESPN’s Greg Garber
“In my case, it was a natural breathing.” — Monica Seles on her infamous grunt
“It was like, at times, I had forgotten I was a pretty good tennis player.” — Andy Roddick
“He was supposed to be training, but he didn’t train a day that I knew him.” —Cheerleader Amanda Salinas on ex-boyfriend Mark Philippoussis
“It’s been a long, long journey.” — Marat Safin
“I’m No. 1 in the world and I don’t care about anything else.” — Dinara Safina
