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

[teddytennisfan]

ROGER has one of the best-looking HAIR. seriously

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

 

[britbox]

WHAT'S that about? i haven/t been up on their personal matters -- rumors or what\? i should hope not - he seems to have a wonderful father/husband life now .

in any case -- they're showing on tennis channel of course last year's finals -- and reminds of just how FINE NOLE was in his performance against roger. you almost forget it after being so used to his dominance these past few years now.

Not sure, but he's said private issues have been a factor:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/26/andy-murray-lukas-rosol-first-round-us-open

 

[britbox]

ORDER OF PLAY FOR MONDAY 29 AUGUST

Arthur Ashe Stadium

11am

7 Roberta Vinci (ITA) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)

Polona Hercog (SLO) v 2 Angelique Kerber (GER)

4 Rafael Nadal (ESP) v Denis Istomin (UZB)

7pm

Opening ceremony

1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v Jerzy Janowicz (POL)

8 Madison Keys (USA) v Alison Riske (USA)

Louis Armstrong Stadium

Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) v 7 Marin Cilic (CRO)

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

Elise Mertens (BEL) v 3 Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

26 Jack Sock (USA) v Taylor Fritz (USA)

Grandstand

Taylor Townsend (USA) v Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

20 John Isner (USA) v Frances Tiafoe (USA)

9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v Guido Andreozzi (ARG)

13 Johanna Konta (GBR) v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Court 17

Samanta Crawford (USA) v 24 Belinda Bencic (SUI)

10 Gael Monfils (FRA) v Gilles Muller (LUX)

Magda Linette (POL) v 12 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

Dustin Brown (GER) v 5 Milos Raonic (CAN)

Court 5

Kyle Edmund (GBR) v 13 Richard Gasquet (FRA)

4th Match: 18 Barbora Strycova (CZE) v Monica Niculescu (ROU)

P6/Old Grand Stand

3rd Match: 32 Monica Puig (PUR) v Zheng Saisai

4th Match, not before 1am: Mandy Minella (LUX) v 22 Elina Svitolina (UKR)

Court 13

Carina Witthoft (GER) v 30 Misaki Doi (JPN)

Naomi Osaka (JPN) v 28 Coco Vandeweghe (USA)

Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) v 23 Kevin Anderson (RSA)

Court 6

4th Match: 24 Lucas Pouille (FRA) v Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

Court 7

4th Match, not before 1am: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v 15 Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

Court 9

31 Albert Ramos (ESP) v Julien Benneteau (FRA)

Court 12

14 Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

27 Sara Errani (ITA) v Shelby Rogers (USA)

32 Benoit Paire (FRA) v Dusan Lajovic (SRB)

Court 14

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) v 28 Martin Klizan (SVK)

3rd Match: 21 Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)

 

[Moxie]

Thanks for the Day 1 schedule, BB. I'm away and hardly have my head in it starting. I hope to get there at least once this week.

 

[Moxie]

What's the story with Novak's "personal problems" that are unrelated to the wrist? Any idea?

I'd also be curious about this from the insiders. Not surprising, if you watched him play that match, but it has been a curious summer of interpreting Novak. What percentage of all of this is physical, and what percentage personal/mental/pressure? Perhaps Mastoor is right. The first few rounds at the USO might tell us not only a lot about Novak, but about Rafa and Del Potro as well, who are also in the cabinet of curiosities this week.

 

[britbox]

Thanks for the Day 1 schedule, BB. I'm away and hardly have my head in it starting. I hope to get there at least once this week.

I'm guessing Rafa will hit court between 2 and 3pm.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

its started..

caught me out, thought it was 5pm bst......Edmund the ever-ready eddy a break up on an ailing Richard Richard gasquet.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

Edmund up 2 sets.......4-3 in the third. get in.

edmund serving for match..5-4.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

boooooooom.......Edmund is vomiting victory all over the universe.

 

[Moxie]

Tiafoe up 2 sets to love on Isner. See, this is why I usually pick who I want to win, not who I think is going to win. Because I picked Isner in my draw challenge, but and now I'm going to feel I betrayed young Frances if he does win. But I'll be happy!

 

[britbox]

Tiafoe up 2 sets to love on Isner. See, this is why I usually pick who I want to win, not who I think is going to win. Because I picked Isner in my draw challenge, but and now I'm going to feel I betrayed young Frances if he does win. But I'll be happy!

Isner back in this again taking the third and leading in the fourth.

Are you watching Nadal? Seems to be cruising.

 

[Moxie]

I'm traveling today and only watching scores. I see he won 1-4-2. Btw, I think he played Istomin 2nd round in 2010 the first year he won it and Istomin gave him a harder time, even though that was straights too. I see Isner has evened things up. I hope Tiafoe has some good fight in him.

 

[teddytennisfan]

come on TIAFOE!! get rid of this NON-tennis player. lol

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

deciding tb zooming into view.

 

[teddytennisfan]

I'm traveling today and only watching scores. I see he won 1-4-2. Btw, I think he played Istomin 2nd round in 2010 the first year he won it and Istomin gave him a harder time, even though that was straights too. I see Isner has evened things up. I hope Tiafoe has some good fight in him.

no ONE can accuse me of NOT being a fan of the big-game - big serve player -- after all my TOP favorites of all time have been Pete Sampras, Graf, Serena...among others...


but i consider it an INSULT to the tennis that someone like ISNER actually stands out there to play basketball...where he ought to be. lol.

go TIAFOE.

 

[teddytennisfan]

deciding tb zooming into view.

OH GOD - here we go again ... isner can/t do anything else.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

lol..its isner ,,expect tiebreaks..it is written in the wind.

 

[teddytennisfan]

deciding tb zooming into view.

the size and imensions of the court begin what they are - and the height and length of the net --

SERVING SKILLS is when you have players probably up to around 6-4 - not much more above that -- able to get the ball over that particular height as they do.

serving skills is ROGER federer at 6-1 ..nadal at 6-1, nole at 6-1, even 1 6-6 guys...

or serena at 5-9, etc...

THAT'S serving skill...

raise the net higher by a commensurate 2-3 inches and ISNER serves as he DOES -- is when i am convinced he is a ''great serve"/.

otherwise he is a nobody in tennis for me.