US Open

[Silver Rusher]

Has anyone else been watching the US Tennis Open? There have already been some quite interesting matches so far. And if you are British you will know that we are not doing very well with two of our 3 best players having been knocked out in the first round. ~:handball:

[dgfred]

Gotta watch the women! ~;) :love: :pimp2: .

[Moros]

Go Kim Clijsters Go!!!! and if she doesn't win... Go henin Go!!!

Just gotta love Belgium ~;)

[Big_John]

henman.. he provides great comic relief.

[drone]

Saw the Sharapova match last night, if she keeps winning I'll keep watching...

[Dutch_guy]

yeah I've watched a couple of matches today, saw Nadal ,Henman, and some other players play.
Watching grand slams always makes me want to play tennis myself ~:)

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[Soulforged]

I really want to see again Nalbandian vs. Roddick, a great revenge it will be. :evilgrin: .

[Big_John]

how about this muller? where did this kid come from?

[IrishMike]

Yeah I hear you man. That kid came to kick some butt.

[Big_John]

well, at least andy won't have to worry about getting owned by federer in the finals again. :shrug:

edit: let's see if muller can actually do some damage in the tourney (beyond knocking off roddick, that is).

[Soulforged]

Ohhh...so Roddick already lost...mmm what a shame :sweatdrop: ...jajaja, one less :devilish:

[Silver Rusher]

Roddick is already out? I'll have to check this...

EDIT: I checked, and WOW. Every set had a tie-breaker... at least Andrew Murray is still in. (haha edyz, he knocked out some Romanian guy) Maybe he will be the one who gets smashed by Federer in the end.

[Dutch_guy]

to bad Roddick's out, would have liked to see him play Nalbandian, or even later Federer.
Well as for the Dutch in US open .. there's only one in the tournement , nut iI don't really have my hopes high for him.
Would be surprised if he made it to the second round ~;)

EDIT : just read in the paper that our Dutch player did actually go through to the second round.

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[Big_John]

now that roddick is out, we americans must pull for scoville jenkins, mostly because he has the best name ever. plus, i want nadal to lose anyway. ~:)

edit: oh well, looks like he's done. but scoville put on a good show against the #2 seed. i'll keep my eye on this kid in the future.

[Silver Rusher]

You americans need to look out for James Blake. He knocked out Greg Rusedki, British number 28 seed...

[Dutch_guy]

Yeah James Blake is a good player , but well Greg Rusedki has had his best years..

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[Dutch_guy]

Well Muller was probably exhausted or something like it, cause he lost big to an other american, forgot the name at the moment ; 6-1 6-1 6-4...

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[Big_John]

genepri's a good player, but not that good. muller wasn't exactly exhausted. i mean, sometimes you're on, sometimes you're off. muller was definitely off against genepri. or in other words, muller was more on than any other day in his life when he played roddick.

in most sports, generally, it's hard to get "up" mentally for the next game when you've just completed a huge upset. i'm sure a similar thing happens in tennis.

[Dutch_guy]

yeah that could be it , but now Muller hasn't really done anything ''special'' it's even more sour for Roddick that he got beaten by Muller. I mean I don't think Roddick would have had major problems with Genepri - or so I also thought with Muller ;) , so he would have made it through the first rounds and we would have seen some high quality games.

So with respect towards Muller and Genepri , I would have liked the tournement better if Roddick was still in - it would have resulted in some good matches .

:balloon2:

[Silver Rusher]

Well Muller was probably exhausted or something like it, cause he lost big to an other american, forgot the name at the moment ; 6-1 6-1 6-4...

:balloon2:
Robert Ginepri, who just happens to be Muller's doubles partner.

[Dutch_guy]

what a nice team they'll be , probably still hating each other for their match the day before yesterday.
Would be kind of akward , playing with each other just after you've knowcked your partner out of the same tournement.

Well anyway , nothing special happenen yesterday or today - concerning mens tennis ?
No favorites being knocked out or anything ?



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[Big_John]

Well anyway , nothing special happenen yesterday or today - concerning mens tennis ?
No favorites being knocked out or anything ?not much.. paradorn srichaphan (sp? lol) beat the #6 seed (davydenko) yesterday. technically it's an upset, because srichaphan is unseeded and ranked like.. 50 or 60 in the world or something. but he used to be ranked in the top 10, and i never really hear much about davydenko..

moya got knocked out, but i think he's more of a clay court specialist (could be wrong). oh and ancic was beaten also, by some eastern-european guy i don't remember.

i think everything went according to plan on the women's side.


two big matches today that should quite entertaining:

nadal/blake
-i'm hoping the j-block can lift blake over nadal! i hate his capri pants! :furious:

agassi/berdych
-could be a blowout, because berdych is so uneven.. but if the same berdych that beat nadal in cincinatti and federer in the olympics shows up, could be a good show!

[Silver Rusher]

I'm quite pissed off that Murray is gone. No Brits left in the tournament.

[Dutch_guy]

I would have thought Srichaphan would beat Davydenko - who imh is over the hill, although I can't really explain the ranking :)

And I saw Moya play now I think about it , and yes he is a graval specialist so US open with it's hard court would be harder , since it's allot faster than gravel.
To bad Ancic's out... I always liked seeing him play

Well thanks anyway for the info on today's matches , and I really want to see Nadal lose too, cause I hate his red - far to tight- shirt...
And seeing Agassi play is always good.

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[Big_John]

damn, bulgaria is playing sweden in a worldcup qualifier (about the kick off). the czech republic andd romania are on after it. several college football games are coming on (nothing special though, notre dame and pitt tonight should be good). and the us open is on.. too much choice!!!

[Dutch_guy]

soccer right BJ ? since you were talking about Romania and czech republic, as a matter of fact Holland is playing Armenia tonight , for the world cup qualification.
And they're in the same group as Rom. and Czech rep. , I hope the Czech republic loses big time, so that we Dutchmen could relax a bit , since the CR is just 1 point behind Holland in the qualification group...

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[Big_John]

i'm pulling for the czechs, sorry. ;)

[Big_John]

first set to blake, 6-4. :laugh2:

edit: looks like blake is going to advance! awesome! agassi/blake will rock, if they both get that far, which they should.

also, looks like romania is going to beat the czechs. up 2-0 in the 68th minute.

[Silver Rusher]

Well Blake won... What did I tell you about him? He beat Nadal, world number 2!

[Dutch_guy]

congrats to Blake ! but still Nadal is more of a gravel player, still impressed by Blake though
And my day can't get any better... if the czechs lose then we're well in the World cup already ! without evcen having to win Andorra ~;)

So I'm sorry to say this BJ but I think the czechs are gonna have to try and get in via the play offs :D, either way you're going to see some good soccer ~:)

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[Silver Rusher]

congrats to Blake ! but still Nadal is more of a gravel player,
Gravel!?!

[Dutch_guy]

yeah , Nadal plays better when he plays on gravel ( red clay ) , you know Roland Garros.

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[Big_John]

well, the americans (except for roddick ~;)) really showed up for this major! gj to ginepri beating coria. both he and blake are playing the best tennis of their careers right now. can't wait for the agassi/blake match! this has been a really good tournament. some excellent matches so far: federer/santoro, ginepri/coria, blake/nadal, jenkins/nadal, dent/hewitt.. probably others. hopefully there is more in-store!

i have to admit though, excepting mary pierce, the women's draw hasn't been very interesting..

[dgfred]

@ Big John, Did you get to see the match? Amazing! ~:cheers: Both players
showed alot of class. ~:cool: I couldn't stay up the whole time :embarassed: , but saw what I missed on highlights this morning.

[Big_John]

@ Big John, Did you get to see the match? Amazing! ~:cheers: Both players
showed alot of class. ~:cool: I couldn't stay up the whole time :embarassed: , but saw what I missed on highlights this morning.i did watch that match. although i didn't think it was the amazing instant classic that it is being called (except for the 5th set anyway). i'm not saying it wasn't a great mathc, just i think it has gotten a little more reverence than it deserved. the excitement of the crowd made that match more than the play, imo. in any case, let's hope that federer/agassi (sorry ginepri ~;)) is as good a match.

so i just watched pierce/dementieva. that was some of the least sporting conduct i've seen in a long time. let's hope someone uses matches like this to change the injury-timeout rules. i hate seeing players being punished for being in good condition.. :dizzy2:

[dgfred]

i did watch that match. although i didn't think it was the amazing instant classic that it is being called (except for the 5th set anyway). i'm not saying it wasn't a great mathc, just i think it has gotten a little more reverence than it deserved. the excitement of the crowd made that match more than the play, imo. in any case, let's hope that federer/agassi (sorry ginepri ~;)) is as good a match.

so i just watched pierce/dementieva. that was some of the least sporting conduct i've seen in a long time. let's hope someone uses matches like this to change the injury-timeout rules. i hate seeing players being punished for being in good condition.. :dizzy2:

My daughter's (14) favorite is Ginepri, so I am rooting for him ~;) .

What happened in the Dementieva/Pierce match? ~:confused: I wasn't able
to watch. I hope it wasn't Dementieva causing trouble b/c I think she is
cool to be such a SORRY server and still manage to do OK :dizzy2: .

[Big_John]

What happened in the Dementieva/Pierce match? ~:confused: I wasn't able
to watch. I hope it wasn't Dementieva causing trouble b/c I think she is
cool to be such a SORRY server and still manage to do OK :dizzy2: .yeah, you can't help but admire dementieva being as good as she is with such a huge flaw (though she has improved the serve a bit). but no, it was pierce that simply abused the rules. she got beaten soundly in the first set, so she took a 12-minute!! "injury" timeout before the second set. all of the momentum and rhythm that dementieva had built up were obviously gone after that. anyone who has played tennis (or any individual sport i should think) can attest to how much a 12-MINUTE!! break would cool you off, if you are doing well. imagine if they had such a rule in boxing.. how about a 12-minute break after a standing eight-count? :blank2:

it was obvious too, pierce was moving and playing much better after the "injury". the commentators were both commenting on the "gamesmanship" of her break. pierce simply took the break to regain her composure and break dementieva's rhythm. in other words, dementieva was punished for being the more ready of the two at game time.

that said, one can't really blame pierce for abusing the rules. it's far from admirable, but i don't blame her, i blame the rules. this has been a problem for a few years.. i forget exactly when they setup the new rules, but players have been abusing them in such a way since the new rules were introduced.

i was actually liking pierce's play in the open thus far, but i'm certainly not pulling for her in the finals now. :evil:


My daughter's (14) favorite is Gineprihmm, i wonder why? ~;)

[dgfred]

My daughter plays JV tennis, she is in the 9th grade. Since I never played
competive tennis, I am still getting used to the fact that it is nothing like
baseball- which I played in college, or football which I played in HS. :embarassed: It is not really feasible to call your opponent a punk,
idiot, poor eyesighted cheat or other assorted names :furious3: . I wonder
what McEnroe, Nastasi or Conners might have said in a situation like
that :sneaky: .