Has to be a quickie as it's been a pretty busy period at work and home and, to make things a tad worse, I seem to have picked up a touch of the flu at the fag end of (the southern) winter.
Can't see anyone toppling Roger Federer in the men's event at Flushing Meadows. Rafael Nadal, struggling for peak match fitness following his injury lay-off, looks the most vulnerable of the Top 4 as far as semi-final places are concerned. Roger to beat Andy Murray in a repeat of last year's final.
The women's field is wide open. The Williams sisters have looked shaky on the North American hard court circuit over the past few weeks. I'll go for one of two Russians - Dinara Safina or Elena Dementieva - to break their Grand Slam duck. They've both got the talent. The question mark is over their temperament as both have been known to 'choke' at crucial moments. This might be their time.
I was asked by one of our readers to highlight the fact that the English (broadsheet) media complimented Ricky Ponting on his gracious post-match interview(s) at The Oval. That was indeed the case and well done to both Ricky and the English broadsheets!
Now, all we need is to see the Australian broadsheets showing a touch of humility in victory and grace in defeat. I suspect it might be a long wait for either.
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