US Open Day 5: Friday, August 29

[Correspondent Kiu]

Halep is out in straights.

""""Shocker"""

 

[kskate2]

MLB comes through in straights. Bye bye Simona :wave

 

[Calvy]

I am pulling BIG TIME for Mirjana Lucia - Baroni against Hale today. I still recall her as a teen phenom and she definitely had game, unfortunately she had a controlling and abusive tennis parent.

Hope she makes a nice run.

No chance. Halep will eat her for lunch.

I guess they were having a late breakfast.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

OMG Venus is gone

Sara has never taken a set off Venus in 3 previous meetings.

 

[kskate2]

Venus is gone too.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Wow, I think everyone was quick to give Venus the gimme against Errani, but disappointing play from Venus.

 

[Front242]

Venus is just awful these days. :nono How she managed to lose that I'll never know. She made awful returns on those little powder puff serves, some of which were probably 50mph!

 

[kskate2]

Well now she can focus on doubles since that seems to be so important to them.

 

[kskate2]

Meanwhile, Bencic gets the 2nd set back on serve 5-4

 

[tenisplayrla08]

So heartbreaking. What a point from Errani to earn match point though. Dang it. I knew it wasn't over at 5-3. V just either too nervous or whatever. Just too many errors today. Fought hard. Lost a close one. I won't say good for Errani because I've never liked her anyways. Gotta love her fight. But I still don't care for her.

 

[Calvy]

So So happy for Mirjana Lucic, I hope she can get to at least quarters, hopefully at semi's!!

 

[Si Si Simona]

She had pleasure we all had pleasure
Its her life, her career, she will do whatever she wants.
I enjoyed the last 14 months so much. I will never betray her.
How many fans could enjoy something like that in their whole lives?
Most fans dont have a clue what I am talking about...........
I have not found even one Western who knows what I mean. Its all robots DOWN there in the west.

Btw, I am not typing this from a location in Romania.
You can all go back now to your blondes idols, and its not even about sex Hardly worth it

 

[tenisplayrla08]

Venus is just awful these days. :nono How she managed to lose that I'll never know. She made awful returns on those little powder puff serves, some of which were probably 50mph!

Yeah that second serve of Errani's I think at 5-5 in the tiebreak should have been crushed. But she had made so many errors that she was scared of throwing the return in the net and just put it back in play. She wasn't aggressive enough and when she tried to be she didn't execute. At least in the third set on big points. Tough day. She's 34 though. I think I'll give her a pass. She made the third round for the second slam in a row for the first time since 2010. So she's making progress I think. This will still move her up a spot or two in the rankings and hopefully she has a strong fall season.

 

[tossip]

I knew that doubles match would affect her singles and today she looked out of it plus the heat.
I want to know why pova is getting all this favorable scheduling for someone who has not won this event in eight years.She is not no.1 and the crowd doesnt seem to be cheering heavily for her...can someone tell me.Iam sure a lot of players are grumpling about it...how can one player get to play when its not hot and on the big court....

 

[Fefe26]

Venus needs to clean up her game and work on her serve. bummer.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kerber looks like another seed going out....how wrong was I thinking she would win against the young Swiss Miss.

 

[Front242]

So So happy for Mirjana Lucic, I hope she can get to at least quarters, hopefully at semi's!!

Quite a win for a 32 year old !

 

[Fefe26]

Venus is just awful these days. :nono How she managed to lose that I'll never know. She made awful returns on those little powder puff serves, some of which were probably 50mph!

Yeah that second serve of Errani's I think at 5-5 in the tiebreak should have been crushed. But she had made so many errors that she was scared of throwing the return in the net and just put it back in play. She wasn't aggressive enough and when she tried to be she didn't execute. At least in the third set on big points. Tough day. She's 34 though. I think I'll give her a pass. She made the third round for the second slam in a row for the first time since 2010. So she's making progress I think. This will still move her up a spot or two in the rankings and hopefully she has a strong fall season.

i feel she was standing too far back on those second serves. hopefully lisicki can take out screamer tonight and caro doesn't lose.

 

[Sundaymorningguy]

Wow seeds I thought could go far are dropping like flies today. Kind of hoping Sharapova goes out today. I would love to see Lisicki prove better than just a Wimbledon girl.

 

[Si Si Simona]

Simona of 2013 would have never lost this match. She would have fight like she fought in Nurnberg, Holland, Moscow, Sofia, Doha, etc
Imagine if this player would have added fight into her game. Unbeatable.
I hope she will NOW go back down to earth. Pleasures......