From fellow tennis players and coaches to entertainers and other sport stars, top women at the US Open have found romantic liasons off the court much different than the love matches in tennis.
While pouring their heart into their sport, they find time to share their emotions, often with others who can understand the busy celebrity lifestyle.
Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy, a two-time major champion, stopped by the year's final Grand Slam event to watch Danish sixth seed girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki, who was later upset in the third round.
"It was good. I was only there for one day," McIlroy said, adding that he was going to watch her next match on television after playing that day in a PGA playoff event in Boston.
Wozniacki later went to see him play after her ouster.
"It was nice for her to be here," McIlroy said. "I persuaded her to come up here for a night. After this we'll go back to New York for a few days and hang out."
Wozniacki said that watching McIlroy play is not the easiest thing for her to do because she cares so much yet is helpless to do more than inspire.
"It's always worse when you can't do anything about it, especially when it's close and he's close to closing out a tournament. I think that always makes you a bit nervous because there's nothing you can do about it," she said.
"We both love what we do. It will come up in conversation regularly, but it's not something that we purposely talk about or avoid."
Injured Russian beauty Maria Sharapova skipped the Open but was watching Bulgarian boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov play at Wimbledon and said, "I'm sure people want to know more, but yet I try to keep my personal life private."
On the eve of the US Open, Russian 14th seed Maria Kirilenko tweeted a photo of the spot near court five where she met Alex Ovechkin in 2011. Now she and the National Hockey League Most Valuable Player are engaged to be married.
"This court, it's just a history for us," Kirilenko tweeted.
