Holy crap!
In one of the biggest upsets in US Open, nay Tennis, nay sports history, World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic crashed out, literally crashed out to World No. 188 (188!) Julie Coin, playing in only her second match on the full WTA Tour.
Her second match.
Okay, so this is not totally shocking given Ana's injuries and horrendous run of form after her French Open triumph. But c'mon man, as World No. 1 you have to be able to fight through these things. With her loss the US Open does lose a little bit of oomph and pizazz, which is very unfortunate given how poorly Tennis is doing in the ratings these days.
Now the door really is wide open for Venus and Serena Williams, though I am still hoping against hope that Jelena Jankovic and Dinara Safina make it all the way to the end (the others like Amelie Mauresmo, Coin's next opponent and countrywoman, and Elena Dementieva I know have no realistic shot, but they have a soft spot in my heart anyway).
Things got a whole lot more interesting...
LINKS
ESPN: Coin Shocks the World
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