FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — The gate-minders at Court 13 erected barriers to control the ticket-holders racing over from 10,103-seat Louis Armstrong Stadium, desperate for a spot on bleachers designed to hold 584.
Those who made it inside Court 13 before an usher shouted, "No more people!" got the rare privilege of watching world-class tennis in a high school-size venue Thursday at the U.S. Open.
After blasting into the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 upset of fifth-seed David Ferrer, Andy Roddick jogged a full circuit around the bleachers to high-five the fans who had treated the occasion as the sporting equivalent of seeing the Beatles in Liverpool's Cavern Club.
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Jerry Markon 09 Sep, 2011
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