At the National Tennis Center, the Grandstand Court was the hardest hit.
Though the other show courts were all in use, the Grandstand Court was closed because groundwater rose to its hardcourt surface.
Every seat was filled, scalper's heaven, and the masterminds did not even bother to put a match on the Grandstand Court.
Maybe it will be Louis Armstrong or the Grandstand Court.
He played on the Grandstand Court during his second-round victory over Mark Woodforde.
There's nothing more exhilarating than sitting on the baseline in the Grandstand Court when the big servers get cranking.
Look at those crowds for the early-round matches and then consider that Stosur played her semifinal on Grandstand Court.
Hewitt, seeded ninth, did the same, placed in the more marquee Grandstand Court, which seats 9,689.
Edberg, meanwhile, again cruised comfortably in the Grandstand Court, for the second time yielding not so much as a single set.
Grandstand Court, built in 1995, has a capacity of 5,000.