This afternoon don't miss the men's tennis finals, of theUnited States Open Tennis Championships. This is a hard court tennis tournament, held annually since 1881. In the early decades it was held in variety of places, first at the NewportCasino in Rhode Island, at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, and at the GermantownCricket Club, both in Pennsylvania, then at the West Side Tennis Club, atForest Hills, Queens, New York, and then, since 1978, at the acrylic hard courts at the USTA Billie JeanKing National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New YorkCity. The US Open is the last of theGrand Slam of Tennis held each year, and always provides plenty of excitement. Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who they have been calling"Ruthless Rafa," and who hasbeen flirting with the number one designation all season, will play thisafternoon in the finals, against South African Kevin Anderson, the lowest seed(28) to compete for this Grand Slam championship in 34 years. This will beKevin Anderson's first attempt at a Grand Slam final. If you bet in favor of a Nadal win, you willhave to pay 750 to gain 1... Anderson,though, has played his way through the tournament and may acquit himself wellin the final. In any case, the winnerwill walk away with $3.7 million, second place garners $1.825 million. In Australia: TheRugby Championship, which was written about in this space yesterday, was achallenge for the Australians, but the Wallabies managed to hold theSpringboks, clear favorites, to a draw 23-23 in their match at Perth. The Wallabies had an unexpected lead, untilSouth Africa pushed hard and managed to end the game with the draw. In England, in international Cricket, the West Indiescontinue their Tour of England, and are amidst their third test againstEngland, at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. This third tests wraps up tomorrow, September 11th, and these are thefinal innings, and final Test, of the Summer. The Lord's Cricket Ground stylesitself "The Home of Cricket," and the current main field has been inoperation for over 200 years, and is the home turf of the Middlesex Countyclub. England won yesterday' competitionby 9 wickets, since James Anderson's career-best seven-wicket haul finished offWest Indies' for 177. Italy: Serie Acompetition heats up in the third weekend of matches. Currently, heading into the thirdweekend, Juventus is at the top of thestandings, followed by Inter, Napoli, and Milan. Fiorentina is at the very bottom of thestandings with Cagliari. Today's most interesting game in the Serie A is Laziovs. Milan.
In the USA: NationalFootball League. The NFL returns thisweek, which means as we said yesterday that means the next five months will bepacked with the sizzle and suspense that comes only with the National FootballLeague. The season will come to asmashing conclusion this year, as always, with the Super Bowl LII, which will be played onSunday, February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota. So much is going on this week, I will leaveyou with only one game: The city ofHouston is in the midst of a major rebuild after it was ravaged by HurricaneHarvey, but the Houston Texans are playing at home today, and that is something to cheer. For a littleover three hours, the residents of Houston can rally around something otherthan recovery efforts that will continue throughout the season. TheJacksonville Jaguars, who with Hurricane Irma are likewise concerned with theirfate, travel to Houston. Go bothteams! -- Posted By Rex to SR at 9/10/2017 02:29:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
