after a long week of interviews (Kurt Wagner of Lambchop, Jonathan Segel of Camper Van Beethoven and over a half dozen former Mets and Yankees), transcribing (primarily interviews with the Indigo Girls' Amy Ray and Giant Sand's Howe Gelb), and writing (Amy Ray, Howe Gelb and baseball, baseball, baseball), I took a day off to see most of the last set of Elena Dementieva's two-set victory over Patty Schnyder, followed by two exceptional, stunning (that it took them so long) five-set wins by Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer (over Robredo and Andreev, respectively). and we were there til the end.
I'd be surprised if this wasn't the longest, non-weather-related overrun by afternoon matches in the Open's recent history. as in, a whole bunch of people were still perched outside the gates of Ashe at 8:30 waiting to get in for matches that were supposed to start at 7. and that was after they'd already started the Jankovic-Bammer match over on Armstrong (meaning that some folks paid a whole bunch of money to wait outside for an hour and a half only to see Andy Roddick steamroll Fernando Gonzalez).
but I've got nothing to complain about on my end (except for a couple spots of sunburn that are my own damn fault).
R.I.P. Jerry Reed and Killer Kowalski.
(Djokovic photo from the New York Times)
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