Never before had Pilot Pen Tennis tournament director Anne Worcester been so concerned about the pregnancy of a former WTA player and one who had never played in New Haven.

But considering that Mirka Vavrinec is the wife of Roger Federer, the top-ranked men's player in the world and winner of a record 15 men's Grand Slam singles titles, Worcester would have been fine if the pregnancy went the full term. That would have meant a delivery date in early to mid August and the potential of Federer missing the Montreal and Cincinnati events to be with his wife. With no matches since his run to the Wimbledon title, Worcester was preparing the sales pitches for her good friend Tony Godsick, who happens to be Federer's long-time agent. She would have flown to Switzerland herself to personally extend Federer the chance to return to the tour in New Haven had things played out the way Worcester hoped they would.

That can all be chalked up to the "what might have been" category since Vavrinec gave birth to twin girls on Thursday.

Word is Federer may skip the Montreal event but should be good to go for the Cincinnati tournament which is held the week before the Pilot Pen and two weeks before the U.S. Open.