Some sports for this midweek (Happy 9/9/09 by the way). My local watering hole is a gay sports bar. Now I would prefer if the place had go-go boys dancing in jockstraps, but some dreams are not to be. Being TV free means I’m at the bar on the weekends cheering either the Spurs, Tarheels, Knicks, or Mets (the last two teams break my heart but why focus on the negative?).

This week has been about the US Open. Excited about Melanie Oudin and her run. Want to see Novak Djokovic break through and take the prize.  Love Serena and Venus Williams, but don’t think they play good tennis when they face each other.

I’ve never seen the Open live and up close, but I know what not to do if I ever go. Never rush on the court. Last night Rafael Nadal was changing his shirt after winning his match against Gael Monfils (6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3). Some guy, clearly entranced by a shirtless Nadal, ran on the court and  embraced the athlete before being escorted off by security.

“He was a great fan,” Nadal said. “He said, ‘I love you,’ and he kiss me.”

Sure the whole scene turned out to be harmless and if I saw  Nadal shirtless I might engage in some foolishness, but come on US Open security. You have to do better than this.

Any tennis fans out there? What do you think about this year’s Open?

PS: thanks to Dan Savage for this funny video.