U.S. Open-The Season's Final Grand Slam-Begins Monday!

It's that time again, as the final grand slam of the season comes to North America with the USTA's US Open beginning Monday! REAL nighttime tennis as the grand slam season comes to a close and please no rain!

The drawings took place over the weekend, with qualifiers in the singles and doubles announced. In the singles, here are some of the matches to look forward to of interest:

MEN-singles
(1) Roger Federer v Donald Young
(2) Novak Djokovic v Paolo Lorenzi
(3) Andy Murray v Alex Bogomolov Jr.
(4) David Ferrer v Kevin Anderson
(5) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Karol Beck
(6) Tomas Berdych v David Goffin
(7) Juan Martin del Potro v David Nalbandian
(8) Janko Tipsarevic v Guillaume Rufin
(9) John Isner v Xavier Malisse
(10) Juan Monaco v Guillermo Garcia Lopez
(11) Nicolas Almagro v Radek Stepanek
(12) Marin Cilic v Marinko Matosevic
(13) Richard Gasquet v Albert Montanes
(14) Alex Dolgopolov v Jesse Levine
(15) Milos Raonic v Santiago Giraldo
(16) Gilles Simon v Michael Russell
(18) Stan Wawrinka v Sergiy Stakhovsky
(19) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Michael Llodra
(20) Andy Roddick v Rhyne Williams
(21) Tommy Haas v Ernests Gulbis
(22) Florian Mayer v Jack Sock
(23) Mardy Fish v Go Soeda
(25) Fernando Verdasco v Rui Machado
(27) Sam Querrey v Yen Hsun Lu
(28) Mikhail Youzhny v Gilles Muller
(29) Viktor Troicki v Cedrik Marcel Stebe
(30) Feliciano Lopez v Robin Haase
(31) Julien Benneteau v Olivier Rochus
Nicolas Mahut v Philipp Petzschner
Tobias Kamke v Lleyton Hewitt
Lukas Lacko v James Blake
Ben Becker v Ryan Harrison
Brian Baker v Jan Hajek
Marcos Baghdatis v Matthias Bachinger
Jurgen Melzer v Bradley Klahn
Carlos Berlocq v Bernard Tomic
Nikolay Davydenko v Guido Pella
Ivo Karlovic v Jimmy Wang
*Remember: Rafael Nadal isn't playing due to that knee injury that kept him out of London 2012. Gael Monfils is also out with injury in which he hasn't been playing virtually all year.

WOMEN-singles
(1) Victoria Azarenka v Alexandra Panova
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska v Nina Bratchikova
(3) Maria Sharapova v Melinda Czink
(4) Serena Williams v CoCo Vandeweghe
(5) Petra Kvitova v Polona Hercog
(6) Angelique Kerber v Anne Keothavong
(7) Sam Stosur v Petra Martic
(8) Caroline Wozniacki v Irina Camelia Begu
(9) Na Li v Heather Watson
(10) Sara Errani v Garbine Muguruza
(11) Marion Bartoli v Jamie Hampton
(13) Dominika Cibulkova v  Johanna Larsson
(12) Ana Ivanovic v Elina Svitolina
(14) Maria Kirilenko v Chanelle Scheepers
(15) Lucie Safarova v Melanie Oudin
(16) Sabine Lisicki v Sorana Cirstea
(17) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Daniela Hantuchova
(18) Julia Goerges v Kristyna Pliskova
(19) Nadia Petrova v Jarmila Gajdosova
(20) Urszula Radwanska v Roberta Vinci
(21) Christina McHale v Kiki Bertens
(22) Francesca Schiavone v Sloane Stephens
(23) Kim Clijsters v Victoria Duval (Clijsters' farewell to her career begins with this match.)
(25) Yanina Wickmayer v Julia Glushko
(28) Jie Zheng v Virgnie Razzano
(29) Tamira Paszek v Olga Govortsova
(30) Jelena Jankovic v Kateryna Bondarenko
(31) Varvara Lepchenko v Mathilde Johansson
(32) Shuai Peng v Elena Vesnina
Bethanie Mattek Sands v Venus Williams
Kimiko Date Krumm v Sofia Arvidsson
Romina Oprandi v Andrea Petkovic
Tsvetana Pironkova v Camila Giorgi
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova v Kirsten Flipkens
Anastasia Rodionova v Julia Cohen
Pauline Parmentier v Michaella Krajicek
Simona Halep v Iveta Benesova
Vania King v Yaroslava Shvedova
Samantha Crawford v Laura Robson
Mirjana Lucic v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Alexandra Cadantu v Aleksandra Wozniak

Begins Monday! US Open Live radio and scoring here. On TV it's on Tennis Channel and ESPN networks all week. CBS is back at US Open for their usual weekend and Labour Day coverage! The men's final after the early games on the NFL on CBS is usually a tradition on CBS on the first Sunday of the NFL season-except from 1994-97 (CBS also has Super Bowl XLVII this February).

The Championships at Wimbledon 2012, a Preview!

It's late June and it's time for The Championships at Wimbledon 2012! Nothing beats tennis on grass. The way it should be!

Among some of the big stories of this year's Championships is the possible final match of Kim Clijsters, a Grand Slam champion, who is slated to retire after USTA Open in New York in September. She will try to get into the London games as well pending the rankings and qualification procedure standards of the ITF.

Also since the Games of the XXX Olympiad is in London, All-England will be the venue for the tennis competitions beginning the first week in late July.

Anyway, here are some notable first round singles matches, beginning Monday!

MEN
singles first round
(1) Novak Djokovic v Juan Carlos Ferrero
(2) Rafa Nadal v Thomaz Bellucci
(3) Roger Federer v Albert Ramos
(4) Andy Murray v Nikolay Davydenko
(5) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Lleyton Hewitt
(6) Tomas Berdych v Ernests Gulbis
(7) David Ferrer v Dustin Brown
(8) Janko Tipsarevic v David Nalbandian
(9) Juan Martin del Potro v Robin Haase
(10) Mardy Fish v Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
(11) John Isner v Alejandro Falla
(13) Gilles Simon v Paul Henri Mathieu
(16) Marin Cilic v Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
(17) Fernando Verdasco v Jimmy Wang
(18) Richard Gasquet v Tobias Kamke
(20) Bernard Tomic v David Goffin
(21) Milos Raonic v Santiago Giraldo
(22) Alex Dolgopolov v Alex Bogomolov Jr.
(25) Stan Wawrinka v Jurgen Meltzer
(26) Mikhail Youzhny v Donald Young
(27) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Tommy Haas
(28) Radek Stepanek v Sergiy Stakhovsky
(30) Andy Roddick v Jamie Baker
Ryan Harrison v Yen-Hsun Lu
Paolo Lorenzi v Nicolas Mahut
Benjamin Becker v James Blake
Vasek Pospisil v Sam Querrey
Albert Montanes v Marcos Baghdatis
Xavier Malisse v Marinko Matosevic
Ivo Karlovic v Dudi Sela
Andrey Kuznetsov v Florent Serra

WOMEN
singles first round
(1) Maria Sharapova v Anastasia Rodionova
(2) Victoria Azarenka v Irina Falconi
(3) Aga Radwanska v Magdalena Rybarikova
(4) Petra Kvitova v Akgul Amanmuradova
(5) Sam Stosur v Carla Suarez Navarro
(6) Serena Williams v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
(7) Caroline Wozniacki v Tamira Paszek
(8) Angelique Kerber v Lucie Hradecka
(9) Marion Bartoli v Casey Dellacqua
(10) Sara Errani v Coco Vandeweghe
(11) Na Li v Ksenia Pervak
(12) Vera Zvonareva v Mona Barthel
(13) Dominika Cibulkova v Klara Zakopalova
(14) Ana Ivanovic v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
(15) Sabine Lisicki v Petra Martic
(16) Flavia Pennetta v Camila Giorgi
(17) Maria Kirilenko v Alexandra Cadantu
(18) Jelena Jankovic v Kim Clijsters
(20) Nadia Petrova v Maria Elena Camerin
(21) Roberta Vinci v Ashleigh Barty
(22) Julia Goerges v Shahar Peer
(23) Petra Cetkovska v Vania King
(24) Francesca Schiavone v Laura Robson
(27) Daniela Hantuchova v Jamie Lee Hampton
(28) Christina McHale v Johanna Konta
(30) Shuai Peng v Sandra Zaniewska
(31) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Sofia Arvidsson
(32) Svetlana Kuznetsova v Yanina Wickmayer
Venus Williams v Elena Vesnina
Kimiko Date Krumm v Kateryna Bondarenko
Timea Babos v Melanie Oudin
Iveta Benesova v Heather Watson
Sloane Stephens v Karolina Pliskova
Ursula Radwanska v Marina Erakovic
Laura Pous Tio v Anne Keothavong
Sorana Cirstea v Pauline Parmentier
Mirjana Lucic v Alexandra Panova
Anabel Medina Garrigues v Simona Halep
Vesna Dolonc v Tsvetana Pironkova
Irina Camelia Begu v Romina Oprandi

For the first time in 43 years, NBC will not have any coverage of the Championships for us in the states. ESPN will have coverage all through to the finals as ESPN outbid NBC last year. Cable only for us here in the states. But you can go here for live scores and of course the best commentary around with Radio Wimbledon!