Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
September 23, 2005 • Friday
I finished with the US Open about 10 days ago, and have been as busy since the tournament as I was during.
This year's US Open was excellent, business-wise and tennis-wise. I got a lot of good work done, and booked more for the coming months. On the tennis end, the tournament was a great show, especially for Americans. The highlight was clearly the men's quarterfinal match between Andre Agassi and James Blake. They were both great stories. It was a shame one had to lose, but you have to sacrifice one good story to have the other continue. That evening saw the rare sporting event that transcends mere entertainment, nearly makes you tingle, and it ended with most onlookers being more sad for the loser than happy for the winner.
By the way, don't let the US Open ads fool you: The tournament is not the "highest attended annual event in sports." This year's US Open set a record for attendance of 659,538. The Houston Rodeo has drawn over 1 million spectators for ten of the past 11 years. The Rodeo hasn't drawn as little as this year's Open since 1988.
Anyway, now the US Open is over for me for another year. It was my tenth time covering the event, which feels like a nicely rounded tenure.
Last week I had writing work to wrap up, and other business matters to attend to. This week and next I'm away from my home office, on a writing assignment in Florida.
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