U.S. Open

I've said it before that I love tennis, but I really do. This weekend's finals weren't entirely unexpected but it was still pretty exciting.
Kim Clijsters finally won a Grand Slam title, beating Mary Pierce in straight sets. Pierce has had a great season, even though she has lost in two Slam finals she at least made two. Pierce seems to choke in finals and look almost like she doesn't belong. In the French Open final, she barely showed up. She played slightly better in the U.S. open final, but not a heck of a lot. No matter how well she played, Clijsters would have cleaned up anyway. Clijsters is so fast and has played so well this year that there was no stopping her after she got through Venus and Maria.
On the men's side, Roger Federer won. Of course he did. It was a pretty exciting match regardless, because for a while there it looked like Andre Agassi had enough fight left in him to win. Federer was pretty sloppy for Federer, but picked it up at the end. Agassi was playing at the top of his game -- running all over the court, making every shot in the book and pulling out some big serves. Some CBC manager said that Agassi was playing the last set like a punch-drunk boxer, that person obviously did not watch the match. Agassi lost some steam towards the end, but didn't give up. Watching last night's match it was clear why Agassi has been around as long as he has, he's still good and parts of his game have gotten better. Early in the match Agassi's years of experience were visible, he had a huge bag of plays to pull from and he used all of them, twice and he did come close, just not close enough. Agassi's amazing, unfortunately he's no Federer.
It's times like these I wonder if there's anyone out there who'll pay me to watch and write about tennis... Anybody?