Sharapova, Nadal Win 2007 U.S. Open

In a surprise, especially considering that the tournament hasn't yet begun in earnest, Maria Sharapova defended her U.S. Open title and Rafa Nadal won his first Grand Slam other than the French Open, at least in this intrepid prediction for the 2007 event, without question far and away the tackiest of all the Grand Slams.
"Come on!" Maria Sharapova screamed after her victory. No one had to be removed from the stadium, however, to receive treatment for injuries to their ears. There was too much commotion after Serena Williams, the other ladies' finalist, punched Sharapova out at the net, rather than the traditional handshake. In her dreams that is, but they came through so vividly that the crowd was still aghast, booed Serena off the court, emptied their wallets and threw all of their money directly at Sharapova rather than wasting time channeling it through all the nation's advertisors. Not your usual champions' ceremony! "I'd like to thank George Washington for his face on this bill. And this one. This one too," Sharapova didn't say. She'd already been whisked away to run on David Letterman for a solid year. Rumor has it that he may not want to leave his chair empty too long during that period or else someone a little more winning might take his place if you know what I mean wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
On the men's side, Rafa, Rafa, Rafa came off his shocking win over sizzling hot Novak Djokovic, which just seemed like an upset even though Nadal was seeded higher, given Djokovic's bright prospects, tremendous summer and overblown hype in such places as well, this blog. Andy Roddick, who turned everyone's heads completely around when he upset Federer in the quarterfinals, had lost his mojo by the time he reached the finals.
"Rafa was just too good," he said. "Hats off to you," Roddick said. "Oh, and hats off too to the Tennis Critic blogspot for it's predictions this year. Even if they're totally wrong, I thought they were spot on!"
That's all that didn't happen yet for now. Now, let the tournament begin!