NEW YORK – No Federer. No Sharapova. No Problem. The 2016 U.S. Open already has put plenty on display. The new (courts, roof, potential stars) and the familiar (Williams, Djokovic, Murray.) The old, led by 37-year-old Ivo Karlovic and 36-year-old Venus Williams. And the young—teenagers, many American. There have been bangers and touch players. Servers and returners. Conventional points and points won like this.
Maybe most gratifying for the organizers, the event has seen a welter of fans. Both Friday’s and Saturday’s day sessions drew crowds of more than 40,000, both records.
This year’s fashion trend: players wearing all yellow, looking like so nothing so much as human hi-liters.