The U.S. Open Chronicles: Summer in the City | NYTimes
By IRINA FALCONI Irina Falconi, who is playing at the United States Open this year, will write posts throughout the tournament for Straight Sets. She has her own tumblr page, and can be followed on Twitter. On Tuesday, she lost in three sets to Olga Puchkova in the first round of the women’s singles competition. [...]
The U.S. Open Chronicles: Listen to the Music | NYTimes
By IRINA FALCONI Irina Falconi, who is playing at the United States Open this year, will write posts throughout the tournament for Straight Sets. She has her own tumblr page, and can be followed on Twitter. On Tuesday, she lost in three sets to Olga Puchkova in the first round of the women’s singles competition. [...]
The U.S. Open Chronicles: No More Tennis Ghost Town | NYTimes
By IRINA FALCONI Irina Falconi, who will be playing at the United States Open this year, will write posts throughout the tournament for Straight Sets. She has her own tumblr page, and can be followed on Twitter. I’ve been thinking about a solid introduction to my first New York Times blog all morning but haven’t [...]
Home Town Hero Irina Falconi Upsets 14th Seed
The 21-year-old Irina Falconi, who had not won a match in four Grand Slam appearances before her first-round win here, followed with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 upset victory over 14th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova. Read more: 2011 US Open, Day 3 – Roddick Advances With Tough Four-Set Win – NYTimes.com.
U.S. Open 2011: Irina Falconi comes home to New York | ESPN New York
By Jane McManus NEW YORK — When Irina Falconi was just 3 years old, her parents moved the family from Ecuador to Washington Heights. One of the bright spots of the move to New York was their new place, right across from Inwood Hill Park and its nine tennis courts. “I came along and decided [...]
The Falconi Sisters of Inwood
BY Chris Camp (@logrithmic) Inwood was and is a place for youth sports. Growing up in Inwood I built vivid memories of many hours running around Inwood Hill Park. Summers were filled with Inwood Little League baseball, free Wednesday soccer, free tennis, and basketball, all within running distance of each other. I still keep in [...]
UPTOWN GIRL – IRINA FALCONI
BY Led Black Uptown folks have someone local to root for as the US Open gets underway today. That’s right, 20-year old Irina Falconi learned to play tennis on the public courts in Inwood Hill Park at the tender age of 4. As a matter of fact, we actually lived in the same building on [...]
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