US OPEN, Flushing Meadows, NY, USA, GRAND SLAM (Men)

[Moxie]

It's super-noisy. They think it might be the new roof. Oh, and that New Yorkers are effing noisy!

 

[britbox]

Nadal off to a good start with a break.

I'm not a fan of Mac either. One of the most irritating commentators for sure.

 

[Moxie]

You folks are hard to please. Next thing you'll tell me is you don't like Brad Gilbert.

 

[Moxie]

Seppi is not really adequate to it today. Rafa has hit some great forehands, though.

 

[Carol]

I think the roof makes the sound louder

 

[Moxie]

It certainly makes it stiller. Wind has become essentially a non-factor, and that's with the roof open. Simply the structure at the top of the stadium. I was there last year, and it's much hotter inside with the new lip at the top. It's also shaded much more.

 

[Moxie]

Chris Fowler: "Seppi refuses to win this game."

 

[Moxie]

What a scoop up to win that set!

 

[Moxie]

And Seppi is on the board...7 games in.

 

[Carol]

As more the umpire ask for silence as more they make more noise, awful. I can imagine if one of these days they have to close the roof.....it will look more like a soccer/football/baseball games that tennis matches

 

[Moxie]

The crowd finally gets excited...they're closing the roof for the first time ever!

 

[Moxie]

And Rafa's smiling...he looks excited, too. (He's excited that it doesn't take as long to close as the one at Wimbledon.)

 

[Carol]

I talked and now they are closing the roof because there are a couple of drops....

 

[Carol]

And right now in Miami we have a big storm

 

[Moxie]

Didn't know you were in Miami. Keep your head down. I think there are a couple of big storms heading your way. Meanwhile, Rafa dropped his concentration, and should have been out of this set already.

 

[Carol]

Didn't know you were in Miami. Keep your head down. I think there are a couple of big storms heading your way. Meanwhile, Rafa dropped his concentration, and should have been out of this set already.

Yep, I live in Miami and now it's the hurricane season, hope those storms go to diferent direction

 

[britbox]

Should be a formality for Rafa. Can't see Seppi getting back into this.

 

[Moxie]

I think there is the one that wants to skim up towards NC, and the one heading for the Gulf. Hopefully you don't get more than rain.

And hopefully Rafa closes this down before midnight.

 

[Moxie]

Should be a formality for Rafa. Can't see Seppi getting back into this.

Match-ups are a funny thing. Seppi has troubled Djokovic a bit more, but hasn't even taken a set on Rafa since 2005.

 

[teddytennisfan]

Novak gets the walkover against Jiri Vesely. I guess Jiri hadn't recovered - I think he pulled out of the last tournament mid-match if my mind remembers correctly.

poor JIRI. i hope IT'S not an injury or serious something. but of course it's just what NOLE probably needed at this point.