



Failing to hit tennis’s narrow nutritional bulls-eye has caused many pro players to suffer on-court (you can still see the online video of Pete Sampras vomiting during the 1996 US Open), and at Forest Hills, sports nutritionists say, even minor dietary mistakes can add up to major losses. Fueling up for an uninterrupted multi-hour match in warm, humid weather on an unshaded and unforgiving surface requires a specific dietary strategy different from one intended for, say, running marathons, playing in the NBA, or starting a football game.
