Tiger Woods will once again watch Roger Federer in the U.S. Open final if Fed gets there on Sunday, Federer disclosed in an interview with the USA Network.
“He said he’ll come if I’m in the finals again,” said Federer, the four-time Open champ who will meet unseeded qualifier Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in a quarterfinal [...]

Roger Federer just captured his fifth straight U.S. Open title with a thorough thrashing of Andy Murray of Scotland, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2. Read the story here on SNY.tv.
Even boxing promoter Don King, who promoted a potential Federer-Nadal final as the “Grapple in the Apple,” was impressed. He burst into the press conference and said, “Oh, [...]

NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal’s first match since capturing the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics was hardly a cakewalk.Bjorn Phau, a German qualifier ranked No. 136, gave the world’s No. 1 player all he could handle before Nadal pulled out a 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4) first-round U.S. Open victory in 2 hours, 59 [...]

For more on Venus and Serena, read my story on SNY.tv.
And check out the Federer-Nadal “Grapple in the Apple” feature here.

I went out to Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day today at the U.S. Open and ran into Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena. Here is his comment on how Venus is playing, which ranks as the ZAGSBLOG U.S. Open Quote of the Day.
“Venus is moving and her feets are moving like Michael Jackson when he [...]

When Roger Federer won his fourth straight U.S. Open last September, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets, it seemed a near-inevitability that he would become the winningest tennis player in history.Federer’s 12th Grand Slam title put him within two of Pete Sampras all-time mark of 14, and it looked like only a matter of time [...]

The USTA announced today that reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion and new world No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain and defending French Open champ Ana Ivanovic of Serbia are the top seeds at the U.S. Open, which starts Monday.
Nadal, the Olympic gold medalist in men’s singles in Beijing, is the No. 1 seed at the [...]

Rafael Nadal will enter the U.S. Open with another major title under his belt.
Nadal won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 victory over Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
Nadal, who took over the No. 1 world ranking from Roger Federer this week, has enjoyed a glorious summer in which he [...]

Some quick hits on a Friday evening in the summer…
**Information on Lance Stephenson’s recruitment has been hard to come by in recent weeks, but Lance is reportedly high on Kansas, Memphis, USC and Texas. His father has also mentioned St. John’s and UCLA. No visits have been set as far as we can tell, although [...]

I’ll be at the U.S. Open later this month, but apparently Maria Sharapova will not.
A U.S. Open official told Howard Fendrich of the Associated Press that Sharapova’s shoulder injury will force her to miss the year’s last Grand Slam tournament.
The official spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because Sharapova had yet to publicly [...]