US Open Championship in New York
Ai Sugiyama of Japan returns the ball to Slovakia's Andreja Klepac in the first set of play at the U.S. Open tennis championship held at the U.S. National Tennis Center on August 26, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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