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2013 US Open

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 3:03 am
by UGA Hayes
Damn did this tourney sneak up you guys too had no idea it was this week.

Will just leave my obligatory U.S men's tennis just falls further and further into the dumps. Unless Jack Sock or isner figure it out could be a pretty short tourney for American men at the open.

Women's side looks more promising, Sloane Stephens seems like she is on the cusp although she came a hair from losing today. A couple of young women players I have never heard of will be playing tomorrow in Victoria Duval and Sachia Vickery. Then of course Serena has as good a chance as ever.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:58 am
by rafalina
Sloane Stephens will play today in last match in centre court !

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:22 am
by Rich Rane
Venus Williams-Zheng was fun to watch, but it's sad to see how much Venus has fallen.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:11 am
by mrpoetryNmotion
Sad to see James Blake go out like that.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:05 pm
by Turk Nowitzki
mrpoetryNmotion wrote:Sad to see James Blake go out like that.

It was incredibly depressing. He got outplayed by Karlovic from the back of the court. Ivo f'ing Karlovic. That's how you know it's time to hang it up.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:04 pm
by G R E Y
Well, Sam's out now. I don't know what's brewing with the US juniors, but the men's pro game is brittle at the moment.

The French guy who defeated him faces Fed next.

It's great to see some tennis again! (I dream of getting to see this tournament live one day...)

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:45 pm
by UGA Hayes
Hopefully Victoria Duval can back her win against stosur tonight. She is extremely marketable and superlikable, so it would be really good for womans tennis if she could make some noise

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:59 am
by G R E Y
^ Too bad it didn't work out for her, but she's got a promising career.

This Isner/Monfils match was a weird one. I didn't know the US Open was played in France. Usually the home town guy gets the cheers... until finally at Match point the crowd broke out the USA USA chants.

It's hard to play against a crowd pleaser like Monfils, though... Isner is very gracious and well spoken in victory.

P.S. GO MILOS!

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:34 am
by blazza18
The old guy still has something left in him.

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Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:41 am
by Rich Rane
I sometimes forget how awesome the US Open is. The Serena Williams-Yaroslava Shvedova match started near midnight. Live tennis under the lights at this hour...gotta love it.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 12:14 pm
by UGA Hayes
Come on !!!!!

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:01 pm
by Mr Grant Hill
wow... isner showboating in the middle of a game, set, you name it... is just disgusting.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:46 pm
by Woodsanity
I am American and I am glad serve bot loss. I hate Isner. Rooting for Rafa to win it all.

U.S men's tennis is officially dead. Actually it has been dead for a while. I am fearful of the future where Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray retire.

U.S women's tennis will remain strong as long as we got Serena. I haven't been impressed by any young prospects so far for either U.S men's or women's tennis. Hopefully a top 5 talent arises.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Sun Sep 1, 2013 2:07 am
by Rich Rane
Wozniacki just upset by Camila Giorgi. Giorgi strikes the ball very well and even then, there's times where she's just not aggressive enough.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Mon Sep 2, 2013 6:34 pm
by Rich Rane
I'm actually having fun with this rain delay. Nice re-living some of these great tiebreaks, especially Djokovic-Dolgopolov in 2011 and Sampras-Corretja in 1996 where Sampras threw up from dehydration.

Seeing Dementieva play and Bartoli winning Wimbledon makes me think she retired too early.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Mon Sep 2, 2013 8:24 pm
by EH15
So if everything falls in place, we'll get a Fed/Nadal match in the quarters.

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Mon Sep 2, 2013 11:59 pm
by mrpoetryNmotion
Robredo about to serve for the match...against Federer...for a straight sets win...

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Tue Sep 3, 2013 12:07 am
by Rich Rane
EH15 wrote:So if everything falls in place, we'll get a Fed/Nadal match in the quarters.


I irrationally blame you for that not happening.

But man, straight sets? To a guy he was undefeated against?

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Tue Sep 3, 2013 12:19 am
by blazza18
Oh noooo Roger. :(

Re: 2013 US Open

Posted: Tue Sep 3, 2013 12:37 am
by Vandal Savage
Just retire. He rolls throw then lays an egg.