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Slideshow: U.S. Open Puts Serve in Server

credit AP Photo/Kathy WillensDuring the first nine days of the tournament, USOpen.org had 1.8 million unique visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2003, and 9.2 million pageviews. Here, Andre Agassi makes a return against Roger Federer in 2004 tournament play. credit Michael MyserIBM’s "mission control" keeps fans, players and umpires wired into U.S. Open action. […]


credit AP Photo/Kathy Willens
During the first nine days of the tournament, USOpen.org had 1.8 million unique visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2003, and 9.2 million pageviews. Here, Andre Agassi makes a return against Roger Federer in 2004 tournament play.

credit Michael Myser

IBM’s "mission control" keeps fans, players and umpires wired into U.S. Open action.

credit Michael Myser
Umpires input scores into handhelds, and the scores are instantaneously distributed to scoreboards throughout the grounds and on the USOpen.org website.