Day 2 of the U.S. Open

The Second day of the U.S. Open had a bit more drama and a few more unlikely upsets than the previous day. Looks as if things are starting to "heat" up.

Ana Ivanovic who has been a wreck pretty much all year long sunk to a new low losing in the first round to the "Flying" Bondarenko sister named Kateryna. The sad thing is, Kateryna isn't even the best Bondarenko sister. Looks like the curse of "Verdasco's weiner" continues to live on and affect Ana in the worst of ways.

Dinara Safina escaped being the first womens #1 seed to loser in her opening match. Safina was down 3-0 in the final set and mounted an ugly error filled comeback to beat some chick with a Eastern European name and nationality of Australia. The final score of the 3rd set was 6-4. She barely avoided being the first #1 to lose in the first round of a grand slam since 2001 when Martina Hingis lost at Wimbledon. Should be interesting to see how Dinara reacts in her next match, because the way she played today she isn't ready to move on much further.

In a few more happenings on the womens side: Kuznetsova and Wozniacki both advance with easy wins today......American Melanie Oudin looked impressive in her first round match, but the reality of having to face Elena Dementieva in the 2nd round will sink in and ruin her high......Petra Kvitova upset #27 seed Alisa Kleybanova and her belly pouch.....The good, bad, great, terrible rollercoaster ride continues and ended up stopping horribly for inconsistent Virginie Razzano who lost to Yanina Wickmayer in an upset.......I ended up going 1-1 on my upset picks for the day. Shahar Peer came through and beat Agnes Szavay, but Lucie Safarova was unable to make it 2 for 2. She almost came through, but the #17 seed Patty Schnyder proved to be too tough winning 7-6 in the 3rd set...... And finally I know everyone was wondering. Maria Sharapova showed off her new USO dress. It was a bland navy blue dress with a few silverish stripes. Nothing special, just like her game. Although she was good enough to beat Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria.

The mens side of the bracket didn't really have too many shocking results, but did have some surprises.

Jo-Willie Tsonga started the day off by crushing some American dude named Chase Buchanan. You have to love all these wild card entrants who can't even get into an ATP event getting a free pass to get their asses kicked. I'm sure the guys who just fall short in qualifying are just loving seeing these results. Jesse Witten who was a "free passer" did pop up out of nowhere to beat #29 seed Igor Andreev quite easily in straight sets. He was an exception to the rule.

Feliciano Lopez's pathetic year continued by losing to American Taylor Dent. Feliciano Lopez is probably now better known as being Fernando Verdasco's doubles partner, and I cannot help but think "Is he a victim to Verdasco's weiner, just like Ivanovic"? I guess only he would know.....Speaking of Verdasco he won in straight sets and moves on to the 2nd round.

Lets move to a couple upsets that surprised me just a little bit. #19 Stanislas Wawrinka who had been struggling during the summer hardcourt season raced out to a 2 set to none lead just to fall apart and lose to to Ecuadorian journeyman/jobber Nicolas Lapentti in 5 sets......Also, #27 seed Dr. Ivo Karlovic lost in straight sets to Ivan Navarro of Spain.

A couple Serb men were in action today as well. "Whack-job" Janko Tipsarevic lost to Florent Serra in straight sets all by tie breaker, which I thought was kinda of odd.....Fellow Serb Novak Djokovic smoked Ivan Ljubicic on Arthur Ashe court. Ljubicic seemed out of sorts from the beginning, and it showed. His game was a disaster and it turned into a glorified practice session for Novak who could do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted easily. Ljubicic the one time #3 in the world just laid down and took the thrashing.

Andy Murray closed the night with a straight set win over underacheiving youngster Ernests Gulbis. Murray won fairly easily, but showed some weakness in his game and had moments of looking somewhat beatable. Its just the first round and odds are he'll play himself into the tournament and turn it on when facing tougher competition. Just a slight moment of complacency and nothing to worry about.

Looking forward to some of tomorrows matches. One that sticks out to me is Rafael Nadal welcoming back Richard Gasquet from his supposed "coke suspension". This will be his first match back since being suspended for kissing a girl on coke and accidentally getting it into his system. Yeah, i don't believe this bullshit either. Karma is a bitch Richard. Have fun tomorrow..... Both Venus and Serena will be in action tomorrow against a couple turds they should pound. .... Roger Federer is scheduled to play in the first night match against Simon Greul tomorrow......Del Po plays fellow Argentine Juan Monaco, and the return of the great David Ferrer to action is the highlight of tomorrow. lol

Heres some upset specials to look for tomorrow: Jurgen Melzer to beat Marat Safin and end his grand slam career, Kim Clijsters will beat the #14 seed Marion Bartoli, and Anna Chakvetadze will beat #7 Vera Zvonareva.

Rafa, Rog, Del Po, Williams Sisters, and David Ferrer all in action tomorrow. Should make for a fun and interesting day.