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

[Billie]

It seems to be a little noisier with the roof now on AA Stadium. Did anybody attend any matches there?

 

[teddytennisfan]

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

oi -- i never knew that about their match-ups. it's like ''old times|" between rafa and seppi then. lol.

but the important thing is rafa seems to be MOVING well...MOST, MOST critical thing. he's looking like he's actually loving it...in fact i don't think i've seen him THIS ''tickled" after the match in an interview about performing and this early. he looks almost like he's a TEEN again? see? did you just hear that when he was challenged to hit the ball over the roof? and he goe s

"you want me to try?!!" like he wants to have FUN!!

i don't remember him that way , reallly

 

[teddytennisfan]

I LOVE seeing RAFA like this -- he's really TICKLED!!

 

[teddytennisfan]

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.

THAT WAS FAST game. lol.

remember those years -- when tennis world was ragging on and on and on about how rafa was ''incapable" of winning ''swiftly" ? lol...

don't even mention about he was NEVER supposed to be able to play well on any surface outside of clay, lol!! i love recalling that because it feels so good to see he proved all naysayers in those early ears so ooooooooooooooo WRONG!! LOL

 

[Moxie]

Good win for Rafa, and glad to see him feeling it. Roanic is out, and Djokovic is swooning a bit. ¡Vamos!

 

[Billie]

I keep hearing conflicting reports whether Milos and Mac are still working together. I thought they'd split but apparently McEnroe had said in the booth he'd just come away from a practice with Milos yesterday.

They are not working together. That reference was in regards to Wimbledon practice, you must have misunderstood him.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...p-with-canadian-milos-raonic/article31589953/

 

[teddytennisfan]

Sasha is Alexander's his nickname. Shorter to type.

BEING THAT i was recently visited St Petersburg , russia.

u know russians have a penchant for changing a foreigner's name to something russian?
i mean they will just automatically (once you have become more acquainted and friendly) - address you with your name ''russianized" and in a ''nickname" form.

like - MY formal name is Teodoro - so we say 'teddy' in english, right/

to russians -- they started calling me Todor...or TodorE...(and in russian i learned they spelled it in two or 3 different ways, in fact, even in the visa or the 'migrant entry' card upon arrival) -

and the short form was the nickname which they used instead of 'teddy'.

 

[Moxie]

They are not working together. That reference was in regards to Wimbledon practice, you must have misunderstood him.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...p-with-canadian-milos-raonic/article31589953/

Then maybe John is just being sentimental about it, because he sure talks like he's still involved with Milos' camp. I want to find the article where John told him to grow a pair and Milos says that it changed his attitude. That has to be fun.

 

[teddytennisfan]

Good win for Rafa, and glad to see him feeling it. Roanic is out, and Djokovic is swooning a bit. ¡Vamos!

i was somewhat surprised raonic went out so early . i didn't catch his game anywhere if they showed it - but wasn't he supposed to at least make some dent?

 

[teddytennisfan]

They are not working together. That reference was in regards to Wimbledon practice, you must have misunderstood him.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...p-with-canadian-milos-raonic/article31589953/

oh i see. so to me it got confusing because yesterday JOHNNY MAC was saying something about being in the booth and after talking and "now --i can 't be biased" or something like that. i thought it was about being in the booth and after practice and not to be cheering for his ward...

 

[Moxie]

BEING THAT i was recently visited St Petersburg , russia.

u know russians have a penchant for changing a foreigner's name to something russian?
i mean they will just automatically (once you have become more acquainted and friendly) - address you with your name ''russianized" and in a ''nickname" form.

like - MY formal name is Teodoro - so we say 'teddy' in english, right/

to russians -- they started calling me Todor...or TodorE...(and in russian i learned they spelled it in two or 3 different ways, in fact, even in the visa or the 'migrant entry' card upon arrival) -

and the short form was the nickname which they used instead of 'teddy'.

Don't Russians change all names, and use 7 or 8 forms? That's my experience with trying to read those books. Where'd you get your fascination with Russia, Teddy, and how was St. Petersburg? (Maybe we could take this one to the travel forum.)

 

[Billie]

i was somewhat surprised raonic went out so early . i didn't catch his game anywhere if they showed it - but wasn't he supposed to at least make some dent?

Apparently he had all sorts of issues:


NEW YORK—The cramping became so debilitating, Milos Raonic said, he couldn’t grip his racket properly.


The Wimbledon runner-up just last month, and seeded No. 5 at the U.S. Open, Raonic began to feel pain near his left wrist midway through the second set of what would become a stunning 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 second-round loss to 120th-ranked American qualifier Ryan Harrison on Wednesday.

Eventually, the problem spread to Raonic’s right forearm. Then both thighs. Then his left hip flexor. Afterward, his back seized up when he tried to sling his equipment bag over a shoulder. No way to try to win a tennis match. Or to serve: That’s normally his most effective stroke, yet he double-faulted 15 times.

“It was just catching me all over,” Raonic said. “I started getting small (cramps) where I couldn’t hold the racket. I couldn’t switch grips from one point to the next. There were a few points where I would hold the racket with my left and try to stretch out my right hand in between shots — and that’s not going to work.”

https://www.thestar.com/sports/tenn...of-us-open-milos-raonic-looks-to-advance.html

 

[Billie]

oh i see. so to me it got confusing because yesterday JOHNNY MAC was saying something about being in the booth and after talking and "now --i can 't be biased" or something like that. i thought it was about being in the booth and after practice and not to be cheering for his ward...

Yeah, I think because of his commentary work, people were raising the issue of "bias", even though I don't think that should be an issue, but who knows.

 

[teddytennisfan]

Then maybe John is just being sentimental about it, because he sure talks like he's still involved with Milos' camp. I want to find the article where John told him to grow a pair and Milos says that it changed his attitude. That has to be fun.

REALLY, MOXIE? johnny said that? GOOD -- because i actually thnk that's the trouble with milos. .TOO CAREFUL. imo. too much ''calculating and thinking and " too much ''method?" u know/ ?

everything is too ''studied" and so it lacks that extra ingredient of just spontaneous DARING...

that's what makes guys like rafa, roger, nole, andy , delpo different. they have DARING. and are willing to take very big risks if the moment arrives ...but milos is too ''trained" i his thinking, imo.

and i wouldn't be surprised if its john that ended it ..

 

[teddytennisfan]

tha'ts HORRIBLE -- feel bad for milos it had to be like that. probably not hydrated properly for some reason. nowadays - especially today was too humid and that can happen.

 

[Moxie]

Apparently he had all sorts of issues:


NEW YORK—The cramping became so debilitating, Milos Raonic said, he couldn’t grip his racket properly.


The Wimbledon runner-up just last month, and seeded No. 5 at the U.S. Open, Raonic began to feel pain near his left wrist midway through the second set of what would become a stunning 6-7 (4), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 second-round loss to 120th-ranked American qualifier Ryan Harrison on Wednesday.

Eventually, the problem spread to Raonic’s right forearm. Then both thighs. Then his left hip flexor. Afterward, his back seized up when he tried to sling his equipment bag over a shoulder. No way to try to win a tennis match. Or to serve: That’s normally his most effective stroke, yet he double-faulted 15 times.

“It was just catching me all over,” Raonic said. “I started getting small (cramps) where I couldn’t hold the racket. I couldn’t switch grips from one point to the next. There were a few points where I would hold the racket with my left and try to stretch out my right hand in between shots — and that’s not going to work.”

https://www.thestar.com/sports/tenn...of-us-open-milos-raonic-looks-to-advance.html

It was a bit tough to watch, tbh. He was clearly impaired.

 

[teddytennisfan]

Yeah, I think because of his commentary work, people were raising the issue of "bias", even though I don't think that should be an issue, but who knows.

ohplease -= something people make too much of it. what bias?

 

[teddytennisfan]

What is going on with Zverev "the future of tennis", is he injured too?

cpmmentators are talking of him to perhaps meet TOMIC. battle of the younger ones.

 

[Moxie]

ohplease -= something people make too much of it. what bias?

I'm not sure about that, either. Mouratoglou is commenting on TC, and he's Serena's coach.

 

[Billie]

ohplease -= something people make too much of it. what bias?

I don't know Teddy, if you were asking me.

Didn't Becker quit commentating when he started working with Nole? I guess when they are in the inner circles of these players, they have more info about them than they normally would...