Courting Greatness

Realized on Sunday that it was my 28th year in a row attending the U.S. Open, something that would have seemed beyond my wildest imagination when I first watched it in my living room at Willow Hill in Madison Heights, Mich., as a 10-year-old back in 1977. This year's event is the first to start on the weekend -- with first-round matches spread over three days instead of two -- and boy did we clean up in the Hunk Department. But in addition to seeing many of my favorite players in action, I also had the long-overdue thrill of meeting up with my friend and fellow blogger Greg Hernandez, whom I hadn't seen in over a decade! (That's Greg and his friend Hope with Damian and me by Court 10.) See all the boys I got BELOW.

 

Spotted Tracy Austin's youngest son, Sean Holt, watching fellow ex-USC-er Stefan Dostanic against equally hot American Eliot Spizzirri, and then just happened to run into him where I had to take a second to tell him that I'm the former president of his mother's fan club! (Very sweet kid.)

My hunky Argentine watching two hunky Argentines 

Read Greg's post HERE!

What Mariano Navone lacked in game he more than made up for in sex appeal

Marcos Giron and his best ass-et 

Camilo Ugo Carabelli, aka the sluttiest-looking man on tour

Big Tomas Etcheverry giving off Del Potro energy

Tallon Griekspoor was just useless out there against Mannarino(!0, but my god is he HULKING!

Borna Coric was looking good until he wasn't 

Jiri Lehecka is solid as a rock

Matteo Arnaldi sighting 

Eliot Spizzirri is one sexy man

As is Stefan Dostanic

Tomas Machac didn't disappoint in person 

Ditto for cutie pie Luca Nardi

Out on the practice court we caught Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 

Reilly Opelka

Opelka seems to be working with the recently retired Denis Kudla, who was looking fine 

Francisco Cerundolo is looking more jacked than when we saw him in Paris 

"No autographs, please" 

Tommy Paul was also out there for a second 

My latest obsession -- better known as Luciano Darderi -- completely outplayed Rinky Hijikata

And then had the nerve to look like this afterward ...

Fábián Marozsán came up short against Ugo Blanchet, but only gamewise 

Arthur Rinderknech had his way with ...

Roberto Carballés Baena

But it should have been the other way around based on this 

A poorly-outfitted Jakub Mensik was too much for Nico Jarry

Who looked like a million Chilean peso 

While I was stalking Novak on the practice court, Damian struck Czechian gold with Mr. Daisy Dukes himself! 

Fountain run dry

Sean Holt sighting 

And no trip to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center would be complete without a Honey Deuce, or two!