Darn it..ah well..good luck tomo Daniela.

Schedule of Play Monday, September 5

Court 11
11:00 AM
Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals
Lucie Hradecka(CZE) / Frantisek Cermak(CZE) vs. Irina Falconi(USA) / Steve Johnson(USA)

Women's Doubles - 3rd Round
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) / Agnieszka Radwanska(POL) vs. Alla Kudryavtseva(RUS) / Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)

Women's Doubles - 3rd Round
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez(ESP)[12] / Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[12] vs. Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[5] / Nadia Petrova(RUS)[5]

Not Before:3:30 PM
Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals
Melanie Oudin(USA) / Jack Sock(USA) vs. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) / Philipp Petzschner(GER)

Wasn't pretty,but they got the job done.

The girls raised their level in the third set-Daniela changing serving ends seemed to do the trick after being broken 3 times in the second.

Schedule of Play Tuesday, September

Grandstand

11:00 AM
Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Simone Bolelli(ITA) / Fabio Fognini(ITA) vs. Robert Lindstedt(SWE)[7] / Horia Tecau(ROU)[7]

Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) / Agnieszka Radwanska(POL) vs. Sara Errani(ITA)[15] / Roberta Vinci(ITA)[15]

Not Before:3:00 PM
Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[6] / Marcin Matkowski(POL)[6] vs. Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[4] / Leander Paes(IND)[4]

Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Michael Llodra(FRA)[3] / Nenad Zimonjic(SRB)[3] or David Marrero(ESP) / Andreas Seppi(ITA) vs. Jurgen Melzer(AUT)[9] / Philipp Petzschner(GER)[9]

Schedule of Play Wednesday, September 7

Court 11

11:00 AM
Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Mariusz Fyrstenberg(POL)[6] / Marcin Matkowski(POL)[6] vs. Mahesh Bhupathi(IND)[4] / Leander Paes(IND)[4]

Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) / Agnieszka Radwanska(POL) vs. Sara Errani(ITA)[15] / Roberta Vinci(ITA)[15]

Mixed Doubles - Semifinals
Melanie Oudin(USA) / Jack Sock(USA) vs. Elena Vesnina(RUS)[7] / Leander Paes(IND)[7]

Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals
Kveta Peschke(CZE)[1] / Katarina Srebotnik(SLO)[1] vs. Maria Kirilenko(RUS)[5] / Nadia Petrova(RUS)[5]

doubles match of daniela&agnieszka cancelled!

daniela practice indoors:

There's water leaking through cracks on the court on Armstrong, so who knows when there's going to be play there. The matches there could get moved so that could impact Daniela's doubles match. It's astonishing that given how popular Daniela is that only one of her matches has been televised but the important thing is that she and Agnieszka gets into the semi and without delay.

Who knows when this tournament is going to get finished.


And another thing...

Many Top Umpires Decide to Skip the Open
By GREG BISHOP
Published: September 6, 2011

This weekend, the men’s and women’s singles champions at the United States Open will take home at least $1.8 million each. The total prize money is a record $23.7 million. The tournament’s revenue is expected to exceed $200 million.

Gold badge chair umpires, the highest-rated officials in professional tennis, the ones who work the most important tournaments and matches, make $250 each day at the Open. It is the lowest pay rate for any Grand Slam tournament. There are 26 such umpires. Twenty-four of them worked Wimbledon, but only 13 are here at the Open.

A spreadsheet obtained by The New York Times showed that Wimbledon paid gold badge umpires £189, or about $306 daily. The French Open paid 190 euros (about $270), even for the tournament’s qualifying rounds, while the United States Open pays $185 a day for its qualifying rounds.

At the Australian Open, gold badge umpires earn about $383 for each main draw day, and they make overtime if they work more than 10 hours, a perk none of the other Grand Slam tournaments provide.