Required Reading

• Dolgo gets some well-deserved ink.  Keep an eye on him.
• Obligatory Courage obituary.  
• Ana Ivanovic: Relevant.  Maybe.
• Kevin Fischer of the WTA does some number crunching on WTA hold rates.  Not surprisingly, Serena and Sam top the list. 
• Should Vika have taken the court?  Probably not but hindsight is 20/20.  I've received a few emails and tweets on it.  This isn't football.  You don't need physio clearance to take the court.
• Finally.  Details on Serena's foot.
• Best.  Picture.  Ever. 
• Rafa's least favorite subject?  History.
• I was in Cincy when a journalist was asking a bunch of players about the benefit of hitting second serves like first serves.  Here's the write up.  I don't think he changed any of their minds.
• Nice read on Gigi Fernandez's long road to motherhood.
• 'Lil Wayne.  RafaKADding in prison.
• Women are fragile.  I know this because J-Mac told me so.  And a bunch of whores respond.
• I saw Nicolas Mahut walking the grounds, tennis bag on shoulder, completely ignored and unaccosted.  Amazing how a match can change, or not change, a career.
• John Isner: The Accidental American.
• Uncle Jamie is blogging from the US Open.  And he's doing it right.
• Love that the USO is posting full video of the pressers.  Read and watch them here.