On the sidelines

FIREWORKS ROCK CEREMONY

Fireworks, strobe lights, thumping music and gyrating dancers on the court of Arthur As he Stadium. It can only mean one thing: the official start of the US Open.

John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, singles champions from three decades ago, slammed tennis balls into the stands before Monday night's matches to ceremonially light the Empire State Building in US Open court blue.