– New York is sinking into the floods, tennis continues
Hurricane Ida hit the US Open hard, and for many spectators the trip home was an adventure. That could have turned out worse.
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Simon Graf
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Deluge in Flushing Meadows: The tennis fans had to suffer for their passion.
Photo: Justin Lane (EPA)
It was a bizarre scene. Outside, the heaviest rains the New York metropolitan area had ever seen, inside ArthurAsheStadium Diego Schwartzman and Kevin Anderson finished their second round match late on Wednesday unimpressed.
The rain pounded so hard on the roof that you could hardly hear the exclamation of the electronic linesman. There was a violent storm in the upper rows. Stalls were turned over in the aisleseht. But in the huge, solidly built tennis arena, the visitors were in fluxhing Meadows safest.
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