US Open 2019, Flushing Meadows, NY USA - Grand Slam (Men)

[DarthFed]

Wow it’s incredible how much monfed and DarthFed are alike, you guys should get married! :heart:

And it's incredible you can see well enough to type even with Rafa's DNA in your eyes

 

[Front242]

Haha, that’s a good one!
I’m not happy about the draw, hoped we see another Wimbledon like scenario. Best two HC player against each other, and the better to win.
Maybe in Melbourne.

Unless they seriously speed up the USO I don't think Federer would have any chance there against Djokovic. If the AO stays faster then he has a much better shot (draw dependent obviously) of making the final at the AO.

 

[Front242]

And it's incredible you can see well enough to type even with Rafa's DNA in your eyes

Different kind of shot making skills there, I guess

 

[AnonymousFan]

Hyeon Chung qualified for the main draw with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Ymer

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Unless they seriously speed up the USO I don't think Federer would have any chance there against Djokovic. If the AO stays faster then he has a much better shot (draw dependent obviously) of making the final at the AO.

Fed may not have much chance against Novak, but he sure has a high chance against whomever beats Novak.

 

[Moxie]

When was the last time dull drew fakervic in his half in a slam?

Maybe AO '17, when it was actually Djokovic's side. Djokovic lost early and Nadal made the final, as you may remember.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

...and we're all going to hyeon chung tonight as mr speccy beats a ymer bro in q3.

and jannik sinner 18yrs old ;last week won q3 ..wreaking the oppo 6-0 in 2nd set.

 

[Fiero425]

Fed may not have much chance against Novak, but he sure has a high chance against whomever beats Novak.

That's what Federer has depended on for years; majors and Masters events where he still dominates the "also-rans" of the game! :whistle:

 

[kskate2]

When was the last time dull drew fakervic in his half in a slam?

It's kind of difficult for Nads to draw Djoke when they're usually the top 2 seeds. Nads has had a pretty firm grip on that #2 ranking for awhile. From memory, the last time he drew Djoke in the SF was last year at Wimby which he went on to lose.

 

[herios]

and jannik sinner 18yrs old ;last week won q3 ..wreaking the oppo 6-0 in 2nd set.

And on the other side of the spectrum, GG Lopez also made it, he is twice Sinner's age.

 

[monfed]

That's what Federer has depended on for years; majors and Masters events where he still dominates the "also-rans" of the game! :whistle:

faker is doing the same, he's been the biggest beneficiary since 2015.

 

[monfed]

Wow it’s incredible how much monfed and DarthFed are alike, you guys should get married! :heart:

 

[Carol]

Si signora, easier draw with the best HC player in his half? Good joke.

First at all both players have to play day by day and to win match by match until to reach the semis but..... are you sure both even having the easier draw will get there? we'll see

 

[Bonaca]

First at all both players have to play day by day and to win match by match until to reach the semis but..... are you sure both even having the easier draw will get there? we'll see

I’m not sure about anything, except that Novak would beat Nadal in the final. I strongly hope they will meet this time.
For Roger i would be confident if he has not go through hard and long matches in the QF or SF.

 

[Carol]

I’m not sure about anything, except that Novak would beat Nadal in the final. I strongly hope they will meet this time.
For Roger i would be confident if he has not go through hard and long matches in the QF or SF.

LOL you are the typical fanatic who only can see his idol winning and when he loses you go down into the deep of the cave. I strongly hope they will meet this time too

 

[Nadalfan2013]

@monfed @DarthFed Another Big 3 will rise in the next few years and Federer will be out of the Top 5 all-time :whistle:

Nadal 24 slams
Auger Aliassime 22 slams
Djokovic 21 slams
Medvedev 21 slams
Tsitsipas 21 slams
Federer 20 slams

 

[Bonaca]

LOL you are the typical fanatic who only can see his idol winning and when he loses you go down into the deep of the cave. I strongly hope they will meet this time too

Haha, You know nothing little signora, I’m far from being fanatic, you are for your male cow. Every time someone isn’t friendly posting about the dirty one, you became furious like a mother defending her child .
I like tennis and many players, from big 3 Novak and Roger, in this order. I really dislike the cow because of his behaviour and gamesmanship.
I don’t believe you, you want your cow to win, so you cannot hope he will play the best HC player.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

So the qualifiers got placed today and a couple of them got some nice spots. I'm gonna start at the bottom, because of Chung. But that means we mention Ivashka first. He gets Kokkinakis, the Aussie wildcard. Who he is ranked 60 spots ahead of. They've never played though. Ivashka a couple years older. Kokkinakis may be oft injured talented one who everyone knows. But Ivashka can win this match.
Next is Chung. He's drawn Escobedo, a wildcard, who he is better than and should beat. He's ranked higher even after missing so much time with the back injury. I guess just coming back he could still be a bit vulnerable. BUT Escobedo did just win the Granby challenger and make the semis in Aptos, CA, losing to Koepfer. But Chung should still take that match and then he'll play the winner of Verdasco and Kamke (another qualifier). Kamke has been an also ran his entire career. Good for him to qualify, but Verdasco will not be an easy out. But he got lucky facing Verdasco over a Fed or Nishikori. Still should be Chung/Verdasco and Chung is completely capable of winning that one too. So we could get Chung/Nadal in the third round and I'd love to see that one. You gotta feel Nadal has been so good of late that Chung, just getting back into the swing of things, probably can't take him. But it's still a pretty top tier match for Nadal. Not a cake walk on paper. But we know Nadal can always turn any match into a cake walk. Then again, I always enjoy Verdasco/Nadal. But at this stage, Verdasco can't really put up the fight he needs to to make that one interesting.

GG Lopez has a winnable match against Isner. Though Isner should win it. Winner gets Struff or Ruud. Gotta think it's gonna be Struff. Ruud is a dirtballer from what I know. Plus terribly inconsistent so far. Nadal's quarter no matter what.

In the 16th above Isner you've got Gerasimov. He gets Lloyd Harris. Should be a win for Lloyd Harris. But not the toughest opponent Gerasimov could have gotten. The key thing here is that the winner will play Schwartzman or Hasse. I can see all four of those players beating each other. So a good opportunity for a non seed to make the third or fourth round here. Especially because Khachanov is on the other side. He gets Pospisil first. Then Tsonga or Sandgren. Khachanov really good when he's on. But definitely one of the more beatable players in the top 10. Especially for guys with the experience of Tsonga. Could end up being a surprise quarterfinalist out of this eighth. Because Zverev and Paire are the seeds in the other 16th and Tiafoe (has to get by Karlovic first) but could face Zverev second round. And Canadian Schnur could give Paire a fight in the first round. No qualifiers in the Zverev 16th though.

The next quarter up, still Nadal's half, only has one qualifier. But 2 wildcards. And that one wildcard is Giraldo and he gets Bublik. Gotta think with the wins Bublik has been getting that Giraldo is not gonna be a factor. But Bublik has definitely shown himself to be inconsistent. Giraldo will relish the opportunity for sure. But this will probably be the only quarter where qualifiers are not a factor.

In in the bottom of Fed's quarter, Nishikori's half, you've got Trungelleti against Nishikori, tough break for Trungelliti. Though Nishikori has been struggling and mentioned he's having breathing problems. Still. Trungelleti does not seem to me to have the goods to take on Nishikori as long as he can play. Then Donskoy gets Coric. Coric has definitely been struggling since the .... ab injury (?) took him out of Wimbledon. So while I'm inclined to think Donskoy doesn't stand much chance, Coric is vulnerable. Plus, Donskoy is the guy who beat Fed in Dubai last year right? I think. So he's not entirely useless. Fed beat himself that match. But still.

Then in Fed's half of the quarter, but in the 16th below him, you've got the Frenchman Barrere against Norrie. Norrie has shown some good stuff. AND Barrere just lost to Norrie a couple weeks ago in Los Cabos (hard court). But Barrere has 2 hard court Challenger titles this season. Winner gets Goffin. Moutet (not a qualifier) will likely give Goffin a push. But Goffin should come through. Then you've got Vesely against Berankis, who is usually a qualifier himself. So I'd actually have Vesely as the favorite there, though, if Berankis is ranked high enough to not have to qualify, he must be playing fairly well. Winner gets seeded Pella or PCB though. Tough first rounder for Pella. Though with Pella's form of late, you'd say it's a tough first round for PCB. Still. PCB a former semifinalist here. He'd love to take advantage of this spot in the draw. But so would Vesely. I would like to see Pella do well. But I really don't know who will come out alive. Goffin will probably beat whoever he meets. But... Goffin would certainly have to be considered one of the more vulnerable seeds. Just made his first masters final. He's amazing. Moves great. Gets so much back. So creative. But against these bigger guys, he's just beatable. Hence Medvedev's straight sets victory in Cincy final.
Goffin and Pella of course, if you've been paying attention at all, have just split their last 2 meetings in Canada and Cincy. The h2h sits 4-1 in Goffin's favor. But it's a close match up. They played here just 2 years ago and went five sets with 3 tiebreaks in the middle 3 sets, Goffin winning the second and fourth sets, and then the fifth set. But he was down a set and 2 sets to 1 and still pulled it out. But we know his grand slam record isn't great. Once they come around, he has a bit of a mental block, but also, guys are just able to take advantage of his weaknesses.

Then poor Bechetrit and Nagal. Nagal's first slam main draw and he gets Fed first round. And then Benchetrit, if he can beat Dzumhur, gets Fed in the second round. Fed should have no problems with any of them. As long as he shows up and takes them seriously.

Then in the first quarter, you've got Brooksby the young American qualifying only to get Berdych first round. Berdych not the player he used to be. And Brooksby has just won 2 ITF events back to back, losing only a set along the way. But he played absolutely nobody. A bunch of unranked and sub 300 and 500 players. Then he lost to Escobedo in the first round Aptos, CA challenger. Soooo I'm gonna say Berdych is the favorite there. Brooksby the only American man to qualify though. And he got a wildcard into the qualifying event. He lost to Millman in the first round of the main draw last year after getting a wildcard for winning the Kalamazoo National junior event.

Then Koepfer gets Munar. Munar solid. But best on hard courts. So Koepfer will look to take advantage. And with Fognini or Opelka as the second round opponent, Koepfer should see an opening. But they all should of course. Could be a good sport for Opelka to make the third round or further. With Basilashvili as the the seed on Berdych and Brooksby's side, Berdych will see an opportunity to make the fourth round. But all around, a fairly open 16th.

The last qualifier (actually the first I guess) is 18 year old Sinner. Good for him to qualify. Everyone is excited about him. Especially in Italy. But he's drawn Wawrinka. Tough break. Wawrinka may not be at his top 3 ways anymore. But he shows that level in spurts all the time and young Sinner probably doesn't stand much chance. Maybe he gets a set. I know nothing about him. So maybe he's amazing and I'm unaware. But even the truly amazing youngsters have to acclimate to the level at the tour and Wawrinka is right at the top of that level. The kid is the youngest player in the top 340 or something like that. Probably a bright future ahead. But that probably doesn't start here.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Nagal to beat Federer

 

[DarthFed]

@monfed @DarthFed Another Big 3 will rise in the next few years and Federer will be out of the Top 5 all-time :whistle:

Nadal 24 slams
Auger Aliassime 22 slams
Djokovic 21 slams
Medvedev 21 slams
Tsitsipas 21 slams
Federer 20 slams

Forever is a long time, and your boy may be exposed by then and then his career is nothing.