Tiger Calls Nike's Kaepernick Ad "Beautiful".
BLACKWELL: The U.S. Open finals are set, Serena will take the court later today.</s>PAUL: Andy Scholes in New York for the U.S. Open finals with this morning's "BLEACHER REPORT", good morning.</s>SCHOLES: Hey, good morning, guys, you know, the story line of the U.S. Open has been the blazing heat the players have had to endure here in New York, but for the lucky four playing in the finals this weekend, it's actually going to be rather cool. So, I guess that's their reward for getting this far. And Novak Djokovic making quick work of Kei Nishikori last night in the semi-finals. He won in straight sets to advance to his 7th U.S. open final. Now, his opponent will be Juan Martin del Potro from Argentina. Although Potro was beating Rafael Nadal when Nadal was forced to retire before the third set due to a knee injury. Now, del Potro won the '09 U.S. Open, but has since battled many injuries himself. Djokovic and del Potro are going to square off tomorrow, 4:00 p.m. Eastern in the finals. Serena Williams, meanwhile, is going to take the court this afternoon at 4:00 Eastern as she tries to win her 24th Grand Slam title. That would tie her with Margaret Court for the most all time. Now, her opponent is 20-year-old Naomi Osaka, who is playing her first Grand Slam final. And Osaka says this is a dream come true because Serena is her childhood hero.</s>NAOMI OSAKA, TENNIS PLAYER: Even when I was a little kid, I always dreamed that I would play Serena in a final of a Grand Slam. So, just the fact that it's happening is -- I'm very happy about it.</s>SERENA WILLIAMS, TENNIS PLAYER: This is the beginning, I'm not there yet, I'm on the climb still. Not only is my future bright, even though I'm not, you know, I'm not a spring chicken, but I still have a very bright future.</s>SCHOLES: Now, Serena turns 37 in a couple of weeks. Fun fact of the day, when Serena made her first Grand Slam appearance of her career, Osaka was 3 months old. Just think about that. All right, Tiger Woods cooling off from his blazing start at the BMW Championship. He shot even par, now falling down the leader board. And after his round, Tiger was asked what he thought about the commercial everyone is talking about, Colin Kaepernick's new Nike ad.</s>TIGER WOODS, GOLFER: I think that Nike is trying to, you know, get out ahead of it and trying to do something that's special, and I think they've done that. It's a beautiful spot, and some pretty powerful people in the spot.</s>SCHOLES: And that Nike ad, guys, continues to be one of the more polarizing ad campaigns we've seen in quite some time.</s>PAUL: No doubt, all right, hey, Andy, thank you so much.</s>TRUMP: For the sake of our national security, the "New York Times" should publish his name at once.