Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
NEW YORK — Christina McHale is a shy 17-year-old high school student from Englewood Cliffs, N.J. playing in her first U.S. Open.
She has only seen Maria Sharapova from a distance, in the women’s locker room and in the player’s lounge.
Now, after beating Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday, McHale, all 5 feet, 5 inches of her, will get to see the 6-2 Sharapova live and in person when they meet in the second round.
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**Top seed Dinara Safina narrowly avoided becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose in the 1st round.
**Great story by Karen Crouse of the Times about the serving problems in women’s tennis manifested by players like Sharapova and Safina.
**Richard Williams told Dan Martin of the Post that Venus shouldn’t try and play today because of her knee injury.
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