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

[Carol]

DIGNIFIED as usual - NOLE ! he is a bit tired - all that heat and suddenly playing a much fuller match .

Well, I was told that he called the trainer after to lose the third set.......typical

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

McEnroe just said "stan is bumming out there"..no wonder he is losing if he is doing that.

 

[Billie]

They just showed a bit of Gael's presser. I was really annoyed with commentators saying he is not professional and other unflattering things. It does get to players, there are lots of things they have to deal with on the tennis court, and then some harsh criticism after that doesn't not help at all.

 

[Carol]

Come on Wawrinka, you can make it but hope you are not going to take it too long, just 4 sets!

 

[Denis]

And just like that Stan is back in the match.

 

[Billie]

And just like that Stan is back in the match.

Yeah, looks like Stan found the range on his shots. I will be surprised if this match doesn't go beyond 3 sets.

 

[Denis]

They just showed a bit of Gael's presser. I was really annoyed with commentators saying he is not professional and other unflattering things. It does get to players, there are lots of things they have to deal with on the tennis court, and then some harsh criticism after that doesn't not help at all.

Yeah I've always liked Monfils. He's a likeable character on court. Happy not to be his fan though, that could be a bit frustrating with some of those momentum shifts going on regularly.

He played a fantastic US Open. Only lost three sets.

 

[Denis]

You gotta love Kei's backhand.

 

[britbox]

Kei's ruling the cross court backhand exchanges.

 

[Billie]

Yeah, as great as 1HBH of Stan's is, he should avoid these exchanges with Kei as much as possible. FH gives him advantage over Kei.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

roaring stannosaurus.

 

[britbox]

Big hold for Stan. If he could sneak this second set then that will be a huge blow to Kei who has been by far the better player.

 

[britbox]

Must hold game for Stan.

 

[Denis]

oh wow, great point

 

[britbox]

Followed by a bad miss!

 

[britbox]

Nish 29% on BPs

 

[Billie]

Kei is attacking. Stan in trouble now.

I am not sure if I understood the guys correctly: Stan has played only 3 times against top 10 opponents before USO this season?

 

[Moxie]

Just tuning in. Hi folks! Stan is walkabout? Kie is dialed in?

 

[britbox]

Just tuning in. Hi folks! Stan is walkabout? Kie is dialed in?

Kei's been superb. Stan just feeling his way into it... but improving.

 

[Denis]

Just tuning in. Hi folks! Stan is walkabout? Kie is dialed in?

Yes, but its not reflected in the scoreboard. We shall see. One bad game by Kei and its best of three.

Im off btw. Enjoy the tennis.