2006 US Open

[arthurracoon]

Starts monday

it will be agassi's final tourney, and I hope he has a run like he did last year:
http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=59545
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/media/classic.html

 

[English on tour]

what do you guys make of Andy Murray??

Henman is looking like this is his last year and Greg R is well Canadian - so its up Murray the new British hope to be built up for Grand slam after grand slam and shot down by the british press for garnd slam after grand slam!

 

[arthurracoon]

'Not going off limping': Agassi gets cortisone shot
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen06/news/story?id=2567010

NEW YORK -- Andre Agassi's first-round victory at the U.S. Open was more painful than anyone realized.


Bothered by a bad back most of this season, Agassi said he could barely stand an hour after his match ended past midnight early Tuesday, and went to the hospital for a cortisone injection after waking up.


"The inflammation was pretty bad, and I just don't want to go off the court limping," Agassi told USA Network on Wednesday. "It's not what I want to do."


The 36-year-old Agassi, who will retire after the U.S. Open, was out at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday for some practice. He plays his second-round match against eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis on Thursday night.


"He's going to leave it out there. I've never had a cortisone shot, but from what I've heard, you feel like you can run through walls," Andy Roddick said. "He's been playing through that pain for a couple of years now, so I think he's used to it."

 

[Chaplin]

Agassi's first match was a thing of beauty, but unfortunately I think barring a complete meltdown by Bahgdatis, Andre's run will end tomorrow night.

 

[arthurracoon]

argh

i cant believed i couldnt see tonights match either (stupid physics hw)!!!

agassi won again in another 5 set thriller.

 

[Chaplin]

Wow, Agassi is playing the 112th ranked player in the next round, then he could be setting himself up to play Andy Roddick after that. What a story.

 

[arthurracoon]

does anyone know what time agassi plays today?

 

[Chaplin]

does anyone know what time agassi plays today?

11am EST on Sunday

 

[arthurracoon]

11am EST on Sunday

yup

saw the replays today.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Come On Andre!!!!!!

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Ugh....so sad...I wanted to see him keep going, play Roddick...

I love this guy...tennis will be the worse without him.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Great ovation from the crowd, I am sort of glad he was beaten by a relative unknown rather than getting destroyed by one of the top guys like Roddick in his final match.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Great ovation from the crowd, I am sort of glad he was beaten by a relative unknown rather than getting destroyed by one of the top guys like Roddick in his final match.

I kind of wish it had been against his last opponent...it was just such a great match, great crowd, etc...

 

[arthurracoon]

always rooted for andre when i was a kid