US Open 2023 [Women] - Grand Slam

[the AntiPusher]

I wonder if ESPN ever perform a survey on what their viewers feel about listening to their announcers..it's got to be a way to get Mary Jo useless comments off the air...

 

[tented]

I wonder if ESPN ever perform a survey on what their viewers feel about listening to their announcers..it's got to be a way to get Mary Jo useless comments off the air...

Excellent idea, but I doubt they would ever perform such a survey.

 

[the AntiPusher]

I don't understand what they are doing with the partly closed roof..it's got to be a pain to track the ball

 

[tented]

Ugh .. nightmare beginning here, with Sabalenka up 3-0.

Come on, Zheng!!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I love listening to Chandra though I dont get to hear her comments that often, Pam Shriver, The Mouth Carillo, Chrissy do my head in!

 

[tented]

I don't understand what they are doing with the partly closed roof..it's got to be a pain to track the ball

I was just thinking that too. They did the same thing yesterday, which makes it tricky.

 

[tented]

Is this going to be yet another 6-0 opening set?!

 

[tented]

I love listening to Chandra though I dont get to hear her comments that often, Pam Shriver, The Mouth Carillo, Chrissy do my head in!

Chandra is excellent. Shriver and Carrillo drive me nuts.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Zheng is totally getting out played here at present, Saba has her eyes on the prize at this years USO

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Zheng's 1st serve percentage is 31%? that is woeful and if she can pick that up this could be a 60 60 match, also she has had 1 winner to 6 UFE

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Bagel averted!

 

[the AntiPusher]

Is this going to be yet another 6-0 opening set?!

Tented it has been lopsided matches for both the men's and women's draws.. The tickets prices as you said is probably over $1k plus.. Ridiculous

 

[tented]

Bagel averted!

I’m glad, but it’s still a breadstick. It’s a bad look for women’s tennis that so many sets in major QFs have such low scores.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I’m glad, but it’s still a breadstick. It’s a bad look for women’s tennis that so many sets in major QFs have such low scores.

I much prefer more competitive matches especially at this end of a major

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I dont know why Zheng's 1st serve percentage is soo low? around the 31% mark, Saba in the 1st set was just teeing off on it, great return practice
Also I didnt know the Saba spends a lot of her time in Florida and is used to the warm conditions
Sorry that 1st serve percentage for Zheng has dipped to 26%?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I know Saba has a great serve, though to me Zheng is standing too far back on the return on first and 2nd serves

 

[tented]

Tented it has been lopsided matches for both the men's and women's draws.. The tickets prices as you said is probably over $1k plus.. Ridiculous

True, there have been lopsided men’s matches (Djokovic/Fritz especially), but there hasn’t been a classic, riveting women’s match. There hasn’t been the equivalent of Zverev/Sinner or even Tiafoe/Shelton.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Zheng has a great bhand when she has the time to execute it

 

[tented]

I really wish Serena were still around to readily handle Sabalenka, as she did with Sharapova.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

This 2nd set is more even, Zheng was overwhelmed in the 1st set, Saba came out like a one way train and crushed her