Serena Williams

Another year at the US Open is nearly over — and it will be another year without an American keeping the men’s title at home. In fact, only two Americans are left among tennis’ top 50 men, and neither is a serious major contender. Sadly, it doesn’t look like this decline is going to end any time soon.

Tennis fans will be glued to their screens this weekend to watch the final rounds of the 2010 U.S. Open. Amy Eddings is WNYC host of All Things Considered and avid tennis fan, who has been watching the matches from the sidelines.

The world’s 5th seeded tennis player, China’s Li Na, will be playing Serena Williams at the women’s Semi-finals of the US Open. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Phoebe Lee from the Chinese American Tennis Society of New York.

To Madrid, the capital of Spain, for the GeoQuiz. Name the venue for the Madrid Open tennis tournament. It looks like a big cube with a roof that slides off almost magically. But the real novelty is the blue clay court.