QUICK, CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT!: Of her decision to un-retire beginning in January 2010, Justine Hein said, “The flame I thought was extinguished was relit.” Speaking of flames, ESPN’s Bonnie Ford mused, “We’re a little burned out on this retirement thing.”
A FREE PASS?: Why is nobody talking about the incident in which Canada’s Daniel Nestor was fined $5,000 for his unsportsmanlike conduct toward a fan at the U.S. Open?
DAVIS CUP DEMOTION: With its 3-2 Davis Cup loss to Poland, Great Britain (which ranks third all-time with nine D.C. titles) was relegated to the Europe-Africa Group II for only the second time.
REMEMBERING JACK: Pam Shriver, Tracy Austin, Donald Dell, Charlie Pasarell and Barry MacKay will be among those paying tribute to the late Jack Kramer during a Sept. 26 memorial service at the L.A. Tennis Center-UCLA. Kramer, 88, died on Sept. 12.
THE NUMBERS
35: Percent increase in CBS’ U.S. Open men’s final ratings over last year.
5 or 6: Books that Hungarian lefty Melinda Cznik – who downed Petrova, Wozniak and Safarova en route to the Quebec City title – says she reads each week.
QUOTEBOOK
“The $1,500 barely covers the cost of his haircuts.” — S.I.’ s Jon Wertheim on Roger Fedrer‘s U.S. Open fine
“Technically, he can’t run.” – Coach Rudi Sopko on 16-year-old USO Junior champ Bernard Tomic, with whom he stopped working with after Wimbledon
“I don’t take a lot of s— from people. A lot of tennis players don’t know what real life is like. They live in another world.” — British No. 5 Dan Evans, 19, who went 0-for-2 in his Davis Cup debut against Poland
“She can only hope that people have short memories or that YouTube, where every embarrassing moment lives forever, goes out of business.” — Lawrence Donegan on Serena Williams
