Molik beaten by 'fishy' Lucic

Even in defeat, tennis sweetheart Alicia Molik was happy to play her side in an inspiring tale at the US revealed in New York.

Former champ Kuznetsova sweats out U.S. revealed win (Reuters)
NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova booked her

Federer cruises into round two at US Open
Federer thrilled the New York crowd with a through-the-legs winner in the third set which rekindled memories of a similar shot he played against Novak Djokovic in last year's semi-final.

Clement downs Baghdatis at US exposed (AAP)
Former Australian extended finalist Marcos Baghdatis saw his US cuffo hopes dashed as he lost a marathon first-round tie against veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3 2-6 1-6 6-4 7-5 on Tuesday.

Open kennel: A Cacophony of Errors
Simona Halep is a scrappy player from Romania, short but with potent ground strokes and a scrambler?s talent. Her match with Jelena Jankovic on Arthur Ashe wasn?t nice.


As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body.
- Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail, 1979