SF Examiner: In the aftermath of the tragedy of 9/11, we've grown stronger

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Art Spander in Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, U.S. Open, Venus Williams, articles, sports and society, tennis

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

It was supposed to be the men’s singles final today, but fate and the weather have upset the schedule. On this painful anniversary, on a court in a complex only a few miles from ground zero, it will be the ladies who take the stage at the U.S. Open.

Aside the Long Island Expressway from Manhattan to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, a route contestants, officials and media travel, there is a billboard with only three words: “Honor. Remember. Unite.”



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