Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati (Men)

[Puppet Master]

The commentators on Sky Sports seem convinced that Nadal would still beat Fed here, or at least give him a lot of problems in that match. As I have already said, Nadal almost certainly won't reach the QF, and even if he does, he will put like 5% of Roger's serves back in play and provide us with a double fault galore. It would be interesting to see that match, how anxious would Rafa get? :cover

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I mention this every year and will say it again: It is the stupidest thing to play with different balls leading up to the climax of the hard court season, which is the US Open, and switch the balls for the Open. Never understood that one.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

The commentators on Sky Sports seem convinced that Nadal would still beat Fed here, or at least give him a lot of problems in that match. As I have already said, Nadal almost certainly won't reach the QF, and even if he does, he will put like 5% of Roger's serves back in play and provide us with a double fault galore. It would be interesting to see that match, how anxious would Rafa get? :cover

With Milos gone, Rafa's chances of reaching QF has increased, assuming he can get past Chardy.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I have never seen Roger return a second serve like this. He practically half volleys it on the service line and attacks. And it got him a break. Wow. Almost practice court stuff there...

Ya, that is very weird. Will he try that against any decent player?

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

I have never seen Roger return a second serve like this. He practically half volleys it on the service line and attacks. And it got him a break. Wow. Almost practice court stuff there...

Ya, that is very weird. Will he try that against any decent player?

I doubt it but this is Roger. Anything to shorten the point...

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

fedster finally gets his 1st serve going. yeeeeee.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

The commentators on Sky Sports seem convinced that Nadal would still beat Fed here, or at least give him a lot of problems in that match. As I have already said, Nadal almost certainly won't reach the QF, and even if he does, he will put like 5% of Roger's serves back in play and provide us with a double fault galore. It would be interesting to see that match, how anxious would Rafa get? :cover

I would imagine seeing Roger across the net would have a very calming effect on Rafa, no?

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

fedster breeze's through.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Good thing that Fed got a fairly easy opponent in the first round. Helps to play into the tourney after five weeks of break. Fed had abysmal 43% first serves in (at one time it was at 33%) and also has a negative differential.

Fed will most likely play Anderson in the next round.

Then comes other members of big four one by one: Rafa, Andy and Nole.

 

[Carol]

So Feli also has beaten Raonic in the first round? wow, too many good players are out already also in the first round. It seems to be an easier way for others ......

 

[Kirijax]

I mention this every year and will say it again: It is the stupidest thing to play with different balls leading up to the climax of the hard court season, which is the US Open, and switch the balls for the Open. Never understood that one.

The USO is the most poorly run Grand Slam. Wouldn't surprise me if they refuse to cooperate with the other tournaments. So much of what they do makes no sense.

 

[nehmeth]

The commentators on Sky Sports seem convinced that Nadal would still beat Fed here, or at least give him a lot of problems in that match. As I have already said, Nadal almost certainly won't reach the QF, and even if he does, he will put like 5% of Roger's serves back in play and provide us with a double fault galore. It would be interesting to see that match, how anxious would Rafa get? :cover

I think Roger was practicing his half volley on Agut's 2nd serve in preparation for playing Rafa. :snicker.

 

[tented]

I mention this every year and will say it again: It is the stupidest thing to play with different balls leading up to the climax of the hard court season, which is the US Open, and switch the balls for the Open. Never understood that one.

The USO is the most poorly run Grand Slam. Wouldn't surprise me if they refuse to cooperate with the other tournaments. So much of what they do makes no sense.

I don't know if it's the most poorly run, but it's certainly the most unapologetically commercial. They would use balls made by McDonald's if they paid enough.

 

[Fiero425]

I mention this every year and will say it again: It is the stupidest thing to play with different balls leading up to the climax of the hard court season, which is the US Open, and switch the balls for the Open. Never understood that one.

The USO is the most poorly run Grand Slam. Wouldn't surprise me if they refuse to cooperate with the other tournaments. So much of what they do makes no sense.

I don't know if it's the most poorly run, but it's certainly the most unapologetically commercial. They would use balls made by McDonald's if they paid enough.

It's been ranked last in my book for years; esp. after they moved to Flushing! The other majors are run smoother and are very accommodating! The USO has been a joke for years from the draw controversies to the ridiculous scheduling! It's been a nightmare for as long as I can remember and that's a very long time!

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_bibH-zEYw[/video]

 

[Kirijax]

Tuesday's Results!

Round 1
F Lopez (ESP) bt (9) M Raonic (CAN) 7-6(4), 6-4
S Querrey (USA) bt (11) J Isner (USA) 6-3, 7-6(3)
(12) R Gasquet (FRA) bt N Kyrgios (AUS) 6-2, 6-1
(15) K Anderson (RSA) bt L Mayer (ARG) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-1
B Coric (CRO) bt A Zverev (GER) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5)
T Robredo (ESP) bt P Andujar (ESP) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
F Verdasco (ESP) bt J Tsonga (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
J Donaldson (USA) bt N Mahut (FRA) 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-2
J Chardy (FRA) bt R Ram (USA) 6-4, 6-2

Round 2
(2) R Federer (SUI) bt R Bautista-Agut (SPA) 6-4, 6-4
(6) T Berdych (CZE) bt T Bellucci (BRA) 6-2, 6-3
(7) M Cilic (CRO) bt J Sousa (POR) 6-4, 6-2
(16) G Dimitrov (BUL) bt V Pospisil (CAN) 7-6(4), 7-6(5)
A Dolgopolov (UKR) bt B Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 6-1
I Karlovic (CRO) bt M Klizan (SVK) 6-3, 7-6(2)

 

[the AntiPusher]

The commentators on Sky Sports seem convinced that Nadal would still beat Fed here, or at least give him a lot of problems in that match. As I have already said, Nadal almost certainly won't reach the QF, and even if he does, he will put like 5% of Roger's serves back in play and provide us with a double fault galore. It would be interesting to see that match, how anxious would Rafa get? :cover

It might be what the doctor ordered, a battle vs Federer(however Rafa has quite a deal of work to do before that can happen, IMO).

 

[Kirijax]

World No. 153 18-year-old Jared Donaldson beat No. 65 Mahut in the first round today! He'll play No. 52 Janowicz next! :clap

 

[Fiero425]

The commentators on Sky Sports seem convinced that Nadal would still beat Fed here, or at least give him a lot of problems in that match. As I have already said, Nadal almost certainly won't reach the QF, and even if he does, he will put like 5% of Roger's serves back in play and provide us with a double fault galore. It would be interesting to see that match, how anxious would Rafa get? :cover

It might be what the doctor ordered, a battle vs Federer(however Rafa has quite a deal of work to do before that can happen, IMO).

I'm betting one or both won't get there! You can forget about a Fedal rematch; been a while since the last! :nono :angel: :dodgy: :cover

 

[tented]

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Day 5

CENTER STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Borna Coric v (5) Stan Wawrinka

NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM

(1) Serena Williams v Tsvetana Pironkova

NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM

(1) Novak Djokovic v (LL) Benoit Paire

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM

(5) Caroline Wozniacki v Victoria Azarenka

NOT BEFORE 8:30 PM

(8) Rafael Nadal v Jeremy Chardy

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GRANDSTAND STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Kristina Mladenovic v (3) Simona Halep
Sam Querrey v Tommy Robredo

NOT BEFORE 3:00 PM

Sloane Stephens v (Q) Mona Barthel

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM

(WC) Mardy Fish v (3) Andy Murray
Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares v (3) Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecau

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STADIUM 3 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(Q) Thanasi Kokkinakis v (12) Richard Gasquet
Fernando Verdasco v (13) David Goffin
(15) Kevin Anderson v Jack Sock
(4) Petra Kvitova v Caroline Garcia

NOT BEFORE 7:00 PM

Eugenie Bouchard v (14) Elina Svitolina

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COURT 9 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Jelena Jankovic v Madison Keys

NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM

(WC) CoCo Vandeweghe v (7) Lucie Safarova
(15) Andrea Petkovic v Camila Giorgi
Andreas Seppi v Feliciano Lopez

FOLLOWED BY / ATP - AFTER SUITABLE REST

(WC) Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey v (2) Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo

FOLLOWED BY / ATP - AFTER SUITABLE REST

(4) Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini v Feliciano Lopez / Max Mirnyi

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COURT 4 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(WC) Jared Donaldson v Jerzy Janowicz

NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM

Belinda Bencic v Flavia Pennetta
(1) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza v Julia Goerges / Klaudia Jans-Ignacik

FOLLOWED BY / WTA - AFTER SUITABLE REST

(WC) Christina McHale / CoCo Vandeweghe v (WC) Madison Keys / Lisa Raymond

NOT BEFORE 5:00 PM / WTA - AFTER SUITABLE REST

(3) Caroline Garcia / Katarina Srebotnik v Hao-Ching Chan / Yung-Jan Chan

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COURT 6 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Karin Knapp v Daria Gavrilova

NOT BEFORE 1:00 PM

(8) Karolina Pliskova v (Q) Timea Babos

FOLLOWED BY / WTA - AFTER SUITABLE REST

Jelena Jankovic / Elena Vesnina v Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja

FOLLOWED BY / WTA - AFTER SUITABLE REST

Sara Errani / Flavia Pennetta v (6) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Lucie Safarova

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COURT 7 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

(5) Raquel Kops-Jones / Anastasia Rodionova v Chia-Jung Chuang / Su-Wei Hsieh
Varvara Lepchenko v Lucky Loser

FOLLOWED BY / WTA - AFTER SUITABLE REST

Karin Knapp / Roberta Vinci v (2) Timea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic

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COURT 10 STARTS AT 11:00 AM

Daniel Nestor / Edouard Roger-Vasselin v (WC) Eric Butorac / Scott Lipsky

NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v (Q) Yaroslava Shvedova
(Q) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova v Irina-Camelia Begu

FOLLOWED BY / WTA - AFTER SUITABLE REST

Michaella Krajicek / Barbora Strycova v (4) Casey Dellacqua / Yaroslava Shvedova