Roddick Rolls Henman in Straights, Agassi Dismantles Corretja on Day Two at the US Open

ATP REVIEW/PREVIEW
On the men's side Tuesday at the US Open, four of the bargain basement seeds were weeded out in former No. 1 (14)Kuerten (l. to Tursunov in five sets), who has never really recovered from hip surgery, (21)Mantilla (l. to Ivo "I Beat Lleyton at Wimbledon" Karlovic), (29)Lopez (l. to Stepanek), and (32)Spadea (l. to Saretta in four). Guga was up a break late in the fifth set, but was broken back before playing an awful tiebreak to concede the match to the 20-year-old Russian. Top-seeded Andre Agassi put on a dominant display in his opener, allowing Alex Corretja only five games in a rout on Arthur Ashe Stadium. "Obviously he's a little low on confidence," said Agassi of the struggling Corretja. "He's still a good mover and striker of the ball. Windy conditions, not having a lot of confidence, it's easy to miss a few shots on crucial points. I don't think the score was as reflective as how close some of those sets could have been."

Other seeds advancing were (4)Roddick (d. Henman, who served for the second set at 5-4, in straights), (8)Schuettler (d. Arthurs in four), (11)Srichaphan (d. Saulnier in four), (12)Schalken (d. Boutter), (15)Gonzalez (d. Chang in his last career match), (19)Calleri (d. Eschauer in four), (25)Costa (d. "Everybody Loves" Ramon Sluiter in four), (28)Kafelnikov (d. Vliegen in four after dropping the first set), and (33)Chela (d. Karanusic). Team Henman needs to check the video replay of the serve, especially the game broken at love when serving for the second set, because that delivery is sad -- like Stefan Edberg's third serve. Roddick worked the mix-it-up gameplan against the Brit to near perfection. "In Washington I made the mistake of giving him one pace, one pace, one pace, one pace," said Roddick on the loss to Henman a few weeks back. "He's not easy to overpower because he feels the ball so well. That was definitely something I had to do tonight."

Today is a light day on the men's side, with seeds in action including (2)Federer vs. Acasuso, (27)Zabaleta vs. Blake, (22)El Aynaoui vs. A.Kim, (7)Moya vs. Draper, (30)Gaudio vs. Massu, (13)Nalbandian vs. Kohlschreiber, and (10)Novak vs. Mario "Baby Goran" Ancic.

WTA REVIEW/PREVIEW
Four seeds were purged Tuesday on the women's side at the US Open, led by (10)Maleeva (l. to Asagoe). Other low-rent seeds sliding out were (16)Bovina (l. to Cervanova 6-4 in the third), (21)Pistolesi (l. to Schaul), and (31)Alexandra "Dr. A" Stevenson (l. to Loit 6-4 in the third). Seeds advancing were (2)Henin-Hardenne (d. Kapros, who has the worst second serve on tour), (6)Capriati (d. Torrens Valero 6-1, 6-0), (7)Myskina (d. Nagyova 6-1 in the third), (11)Dementieva (d. Vaskova), (15)Sugiyama (d. Martinez Granados 6-1, 6-0), (20)Farina Elia (d. Salerni), (22)Dokic (d. Gagliardi), (23)Dechy (d. Mattek 6-4 in the third), (29)Schiavone (d. Fislova), (30)Serna (d. Cho 6-1 in the third), (32)Mikaelian (d. Weingartner), and (33)Srebotnik (d. Drake 6-1 in the third after dropping the first set 6-0, the 'ol Canadian Throat Grabber). "I try to forget what happened last year at the French Open," said H-H, who lost to Kapros in their last meeting on the red dirt. "I was sick, so I was totally different. It's just I just want to say that a first round is never easy, especially against a qualifier who played three matches before playing the first round in the main draw. So, you know, I think it's normal what happened today. When I had to play, I did it." Among the un-seeds, Dinara "Where's My Brother?" Safina beat American Carly "No Relation" Gullickson in a battle of comers, Mary Pierce advanced to a meeting with (22)Dokic, and Maria "Grunt-ilicious" Sharapova pounded Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-1, 6-1.

Seeds in action Wednesday are (5)Mauresmo vs. Cohen Aloro, (1)Clijsters vs. Granville, (3)Davenport vs. Elena Camerin, (9)Hantuchova vs. Vakulenko, (13)Zvonareva vs. Harkleroad, (17)Shaughnessy vs. Matevzic, (28)Raymond vs. Czink, (19)Petrova vs. Denisa "Hanging" Chladkova, (24)Suarez vs. Seguera, (18)Schnyder vs. Tanasugarn, (14)Coetzer vs. Schett, (27)Kuznetsova vs. Mandula, and (12)Martinez vs. Molik.

NEWS, NOTES, QUOTES, AND BARBS
Well, at least Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman now has a lot of time to prepare for Britain's Davis Cup match next month, when they travel to Morocco to get upset by Younes, Hicham, Karim, and the rest of the rockin' Moroccans on the red dirt...Is that a blonde fright-wig Tracy Austin is wearing during her USA Network commentary? Good to see the once-a-year commentary skills haven't eroded, even further...There are a lot of great Russian and other Euro players out there at the Open, but don't count on seeing them if you're a U.S. viewer: "Americans are going to get the best schedule, the prime-time schedule," commentator John McEnroe said. "USA (Network) and CBS believe (the Americans) will get the best ratings." Yay, more Alexandra Stevenson matches...American commentator Bud Collins is among those lobbying the ITF to rein in the super-power racquets destroying the men's game: "It's very hard to volley against all this pace and topspin," Collins told the AP...The ITF last addressed the question of racket size in 1996, when they lowered the maximum allowable length of a racket from 32 inches to the present 29 inches...Ashley Harkleroad has been out virtually the entire summer prior to the Open with a ligament tear in her elbow...Mardy Fish thinks the No. 2 singles spot on the U.S. D-Cup team is up for grabs: :I'm under the assumption that James (Blake) and I are going to play off for it." Which isn't going to happen. The player that goes the furthest this week -- Fish plays Kucera -- will get the nod...With her impending surgery after the Open, it looks like Lindsay Davenport will miss the year-end championships: "I think it's safe to say I'm not gonna be able to finish the year, the fall."...1997 Roland Garros champ Iva Majoli has lost nine of her last 10 matches and her motivation, time to hang it up...An early loss by Andre Agassi will virtually guarantee a new first-time No. 1 in Roger Federer, Juan Carlos Ferrero, or Andy Roddick...According to the New York Times, "Pam Shriver, a Hall of Fame player on the women's side, predicts that men's tennis is in for a drought." We wish Pam Shriver's commentary career would hit a drought...Turns out the "Fish Heads" supporting American player Mardy Fish were not totally spontaneous, with his mother, Sally, inquiring of the USTA just how Mardy might move into the spotlight, and a marketing firm was put on the case, nice: "We were asked to create some buzz for Mardy, we had the idea, implemented it and I think these guys nailed it," said Jeff Bennett, president of Bennett Global Marketing Group. Nailed it! You idiot...In another dumb-ass USTA move, patrons filing in Monday morning were greeted with a "No Food" sign, with the money-hungry USTA trying to put a halt to the New York fan tradition of bringing snacks in an attempt to avoid having to buy things such as the $18.50 (no joke) "triple-decker sandwich" or the $6.50 French fries. Angry fans voiced their opinion, and the new rule was overturned by the afternoon. "The fans spoke up and we responded," said David Newman, managing director of marketing and communications for the USTA. Our heroes...Andre Agassi is getting a little lonely with his contemporaries dropping out of the game -- Pete Sampras on Monday and Michael Chang on Tuesday: "It's a weird feeling. You just sort of expect to leave the dance with the ones you came with. When they decide that it's time for them, it's a sad feeling."...Alex Corretja, ranked No. 2 in 1999, is now No. 102...The USTA say they "might do something next week" for Michael Chang's goodbye, keep dropping that ball USTA!...Guga Kuerten had a courtside fan removed in Louis Armstrong by security during his fifth set loss yesterday to Dmitry Tursunov -- watch him! Apparently, a man in a light blue tank top was clapping and shouting at Gugu's mistakes in what the former No. 1 described as a "threatening manner," nice look New York.