Brian Laird on W.N. Y.C. and in our last few minutes we'll wrap up today's show with calls from

you tennis fans out there on the increased popularity of your sport as the US Open heads into the home stretch at the tennis

center in Flushing have you become a tennis fan in the last few years call us if so

and tell us what got you into the sport to one12 433 WNYC 212 433 9692 or longtime fans you can call in too and say if you've been enjoying and been enjoying this year's US Open and if you think the sport is getting more popular for any particular reason.

212 433 9692 reporting from the New York Times found combined day and night attendance

on Monday through Friday last week average just over 75,000 fans per day, making last week the top five most attended days in the tournament's

history, and at that rate, the U.S. Open might see over a million people total at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center through the course of the whole competition.

I mean, the Mets get 2.5 million people.

Over the course of, you know, six months, the Yankees about 3 million. million people in

in two weeks.

And if that doesn't tell you that more people are clamoring to see tennis live.

Consider this.

While the Times reported on the big crowds,

CNN had a story yesterday about a cocktail

being sold at the US Open that will surpass 10 million dollars in

sales before the tournament ends on Sunday the honey deuce a mix of

vodka lemonade and a raspberry liqueur, plus its signature melon balls, as it's described,

is selling for a whopping $23. You do get a commemorative cup with it, but $23 for a drink, yet despite the price tag, 2.2 million of them

had already sold before yesterday's matches began according to CNN.

So listeners, have you gotten into tennis?

More recently, are you part of the surge in popularity?

If so, tell us what got you into it.

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