Day 3 of the tournament

Day three of the tournament and there have been some great matches and big upsets already. Tonight's match in Arthur Ashe stadium featured Andy Roddick versus Fabrizio Santoro, who is nicknamed the magician. It was a classic US Open-type night with lots of celebrities in the crowd including Kelsey Grammar and golfer Sergio Garcia. Santoro's racket skills are truly amazing and Andy's big serve always wows the crowd. Roddick won in 3 sets, with one of his serves reaching 147 MPH.

Andy missed some time earlier this year with shoulder problems, but when you are serving 147 MPH it probably means that your shoulder is feeling okay. That being said, I think that as these players are serving harder, they are subjecting their shoulders to the same stresses that baseball pitchers generate. Maria Sharapova isn't playing in this Open due to a shoulder injury, and there are probably a significant number of other players with milder degrees of the same problem. It really highlights the importance of staying in shape with a workout program that includes a sufficient amount of shoulder stretching and rotator cuff strengthening.