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In the player section of US Opens Arthur Ashe Stadium, past the information desk and the stringing area, theres a small room with light green and lavender walls emblazoned with clouds and butterflies. Its the Kids Court nursery. Most players wont enter the roughly 800-square-foot room, but for the 25 or so who will use it this year, its invaluable.It serves a very important function, says Whitney Kraft, director of player operations. As the average age of players has ticked up a little bit, more and more touring pros are having children. And were happy to provide this service.The US Open players guide says this: Located behind the Wilson Racquet Stringing area, the Kids Court nursery/crèche will be open Monday, August 29, through Saturday, September 10, from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm and Sunday, September 11, from 10:00 am until the conclusion of the matches to accommodate the children of main draw and Champions Invitational players only. Kids Court is able to accommodate a maximum of 15 children at a time, ages six months to five years, on a first-come, first-served basis. Due to space limitations, Kids Court is unable to accommodate the children of coaches, trainers/physios, agents or any other player guests.The facilitys supervisor says the caregivers look after more children of ATP players than WTA players.Thats not surprising. Consider the singles draws: The womens included two mothers, Kateryna Bondarenko and Evgeniya Rodina. The mens included 24 fathers, including the top two seeds, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.While its not allowed to list players who use this facility, tennis fans would be familiar with quite a few names.All four majors offer this type of facility. The US Opens contains several cribs and, this year, a Peppa Pig drawing on a big chalkboard. While a framed Babar Au Tennis poster hangs on the wall, the nursery looks mostly like many other daycare facilities. The room holds a little desk with little chairs, beanbags and puppets, small posters of boats and airplanes and dump trucks.The nursery doesnt have set programs and schedules given kids age disparity and parents unpredictable schedules. (No one whos seen an order of play will be surprised.)Says Kraft, What I love is that theyre not teeing up movies. Its all interactive and engagement.One player who took advantage of the nursery is Bondarenko, who was the last mother left in the singles draw when she lost in the third round Friday. This type of facility is helpful because she always travels with her husband and 3-year-old daughter, Karina. (Bondarenko once left Karina in Ukraine with grandparents for two weeks. Afterward Karina implored, Dont leave me again -- not even to buy gifts for me.) Bondarenkos daughter sometimes plays in the nursery with Rodinas daughter, Anna.The nursery is staffed by three caregivers. The supervisor is an experienced, full-time nanny whos worked there for more than a decade. Outside the tournament one woman works with autistic children, and the third has worked with children as a nanny, in a domestic violence shelter and as an artist. (She does art projects with the kids.)Theres no fee to use the facility. The first-time players can use the nursery they complete a form indicating a childs allergies and such. They sign every time they drop off and pick up a child.The supervisor provided this and other information as a former Grand Slam champions son slept in a stroller next to her. She noted his mother would be thrilled to find out he slept for two hours straight.Yen-Hsun Lu, who lost in the first round this year, has a son just under 2. Lu brought him to a tournament only once but has seen the nursery here and says its one reason hed consider bringing his son to the US Open and other Slams in the future.Kids can play with other kids, Lu says. For sure they are more happy and more interested. I think its a great setup. From a parents side its great. ... Its a good opportunity to bring them to the big tournaments.Asked for tips for tennis tour moms, Bondarenko offered a few: Spend a lot of time with your child outside of practice and matches. Skip the gym when possible and do stretching and other workouts in the hotel room with your child. Her first tip, though, was this: Have somebody to take care of your child while you practice or while you play.Something every working parent understands -- and a reason for the nursery.Not everyone uses the facility, though.Like Marcos Baghdatis, wholl play 10th-seeded Gael Monfils in the fourth round Sunday. He has two young daughters, and his family hasnt used the nursery here.Why?He says, with a smile and honesty, You should ask my wife. Discount Lebron Shoes . 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Two weeks on from Red Bulls return to winning ways in Spain, Ricciardo delivered their first pole since 2013 as the Australian followed through on his stunning Thursday practice pace around the principalitys streets.He will start Sundays race alongside championship leader Rosberg, who outqualified Mercedes team-mate Hamilton. Hamilton salvaged third place at the last after missing out on the first Q3 runs when his W07 stopped at the exit of the pit lane with what Mercedes confirmed was a fuel-pressure problem.Team boss Toto Wolff said there was the same issue on Rosbergs car, although the German was able to complete both of his planned runs. See how Lewis Hamiltons qualifying session unfolded after fuel pressure issues hampered his Q3, leaving him in a battle with Nico Rosberg and Ricciardo Red Bulls joy at returning to the front of the grid was tempered by a crash for Spanish GP victor Max Verstappen, who will start from the back row.Sebastian Vettel was fourth for Ferrari, as Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg starred to beat the other Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen to fifth. Raikkonen will now drop to 11th after an unscheduled gearbox change.Hamilton down after engine woeRicciardo, who felt he would have won in Spain had his strategy proved more advantageous, had topped the times by 0.6s on Thursday and unleashed a stunning lap at the start of Q3 - 1:13.622 - to lay down a marker no one else could reach.No disrespect to Red Bull, but I think thats Ricciardos pole position, said Sky F1s Martin Brundle. Hes been on it all weekend. Paul di Resta is at the Skypad to analyse a scintilating lap from Daniel Ricciardo which helped secure him his first ever pole position in F1 In a potentially ace strategy card for Sunday, Ricciardo will also be the only driver in the top 10 to start the race on the more durable supersoft tyres after clocking his best Q2 time on the red-marked rubber. The other leading runners will start on ultrasofts and theoretically have to pit earlier.Hamilton had himself set an eye-catching pace in Q2, but his W07 ground to a halt as he exited the pits at the start of the pole shootout. Having already seen engine problems scupper his qualifying sessions in China and Russia, Hamiltons W07 was eventually restarted and he came out in time for the deciding final runs.After several warm-up laps to bring his ultrasoft tyres up to temperature, the world champion was quicker than Ricciardo through the first sector of his final effort but in the end fell 0.320s adrift of the flying Red Bull. Rosberg, winner in Monaco in each of the last three years, then consolidated his second place. We hear from the top 3 drivers following Monaco GP qualifying, including Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo who secured his first ever F1 pole position I dont know what the problem was, a forlorn-looking Hamilton said.dddddddddddd. If the car keeps going l will fight as hard as I can. Hopefully it rains - that will be pretty amazing.Hamilton trails Rosberg by 43 points in the championship after five races and last won in Monaco, then from third on the grid, in rainy conditions in 2008. Wet weather is forecast for race day.When is the Monaco GP on Sky?As Ricciardo starred to claim his first F1 pole at the 94th attempt, team-mate Verstappen went from hero to zero on an error-strewn Saturday at F1s showpiece event.Arriving in Monaco as F1s new youngest-ever race winner after a startling Red Bull debut at Barcelona, Verstappen had already tagged the barriers in final practice before another error in Q1.Breaking his cars suspension against the guardrail on the exit of the Swimming Pool complex, Verstappen was sent into a heavy collision course with the barrier. Red Bulls Max Verstappen had his second crash of the day on Saturday in Monaco causing a red flag during qualifying after crashing into the barriers He will start the race, arguably the hardest to overtake at of the whole season, on the back row alongside Felipe Nasr, whose Sauber blew-up in the early minutes of Q1.I turned in a bit too early so I clipped the wall and broke the suspension as I hit the wall, Verstappen told Sky Sports F1.I felt quite good, I felt confident on my push lap. Car balance was good, it was all coming together but into the chicane I underestimated the grip I had. I turned in too early and it was all wrong.With Verstappen out of the top-10 running, former team-mate Carlos Sainz capped an impressive weekend so far to take seventh for Toro Rosso - two places and half a second ahead of team-mate Daniil Kvyat.Sergio Perez was eighth in the second Force India, with Fernando Alonso making the top 10 for the second successive race for McLaren. Jenson Button qualified 13th.Monaco GP QualifyingQ31. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:13.6222. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:13.7913. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:13.9424. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:14.5525. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:14.7266. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:14.732*7. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:14.7498. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1:14.9029. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1:15.27310. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1:15.363Q211. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:15.27312. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, 1:15.29313. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:15.35214. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:15.38515. Romain Grosjean, Haas, 1:15.57116. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1:16.058Q117. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, 1:16.29918. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1:16.58619. Rio Haryanto, Manor, 1:17.29520. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, 1:17.45221. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 1:22.46722. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, No time *five-place grid penaltyWatch the Monaco GP live on Sky Sports F1. 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