2016 U.S. Open: Day 9, September 6 - Order of Play

[Front242]

4 double faults now in the space of a few serves for Tsonga. Woeful.

 

[Riotbeard]

Horrible volley from Novak there to give back the break. My stream is a bit behind you front. Both players seem to have lost their rhythm after looking good in the first couple of games.

 

[Riotbeard]

Absolutely terrible play from both. Bodes better for Novak though...

 

[Riotbeard]

Wow! Amazing point from Novak to get two break points.

 

[Front242]

Horrible volley from Novak there to give back the break. My stream is a bit behind you front. Both players seem to have lost their rhythm after looking good in the first couple of games.

Surprising really 'cos I've 63 tabs open and downloading while intermittently watching this :snicker Probably head to bed soon. Off work till next Tuesday but no way I'm staying up till 4:30am just to see Tsonga lose in dismal fashion. Gotta go to bed earlier tonight too as I'm going to Riga on Thursday.

 

[Riotbeard]

Horrible volley from Novak there to give back the break. My stream is a bit behind you front. Both players seem to have lost their rhythm after looking good in the first couple of games.

Surprising really 'cos I've 63 tabs open and downloading while intermittently watching this :snicker Probably head to bed soon. Off work till next Tuesday but no way I'm staying up till 4:30am just to see Tsonga lose in dismal fashion. Gotta go to bed earlier tonight too as I'm going to Riga on Thursday.

Have fun! My internet stinks...

 

[Front242]

19 unforced errors already for Tsonga but that includes 4 double faults I guess, 3 of which were in 1 game that he inexplicably spewed up for no reason and subsequently dumped the set.

 

[Front242]

That last serve was a rocket.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Even though Tsonga lost the first set, at least he managed to break Novak once. That would probably give him some confidence. But, prognosis does not look good.

 

[Riotbeard]

Even though Tsonga lost the first set, at least he managed to break Novak once. That would probably give him some confidence. But, prognosis does not look good.

Not a lot of rhythm in this match, so it still feels like it could have a big shift...

 

[Front242]

Basically Tsonga has 2 chances to win this match: none and f**k all. Take your pick!

 

[Riotbeard]

In spite overall so-so play, novak has hit some amazing passes tonight.

 

[Front242]

In spite overall so-so play, novak has hit some amazing passes tonight.

Yeah, some real crackers. He never needs to exert too much energy to beat Tsonga as Tsonga normally beats himself against most players. Novak's doing just enough to get the job done with some class passing shots at key moments. Poor match overall though.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

There is a lot of mystery over Novak's right arm injury. I am here to break it up for you.
Consider the sequence of events.

1. Novak has affair.
2. Wife gets angry, goes alone on vacation, leaving the guy in a limbo.
3. Novak is lonely.
4. Novak gets right arm injury.

Draw your own conclusions. :snicker :lolz:

 

[Riotbeard]

There is a lot of mystery over Novak's right arm injury. I am here to break it up for you.
Consider the sequence of events.

1. Novak has affair.
2. Wife gets angry, goes alone on vacation, leaving the guy in a limbo.
3. Novak is lonely.
4. Novak gets right arm injury.

Draw your own conclusions. :snicker :lolz:

I like this for humor purposes :lolz: I in no way endorse the narrative.

 

[Riotbeard]

Novak has gotten better throughout the match. His backhand in particular has been really good this set.

 

[Riotbeard]

Novak has upped his game, as Jo has gotten worse.

 

[Riotbeard]

Novak up a double break. He has looked good when he has needed to, but it's tough to get a rhythm playing against someone doing as bad as Jo.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

As if the bad news is not enough, Tsonga calls for MTO. He does not get my sympathy.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

OK, I was joking about this before but Nole is going to win this thing with playing 4 full matches?