Sharapova v Halep, Zverev, Cilic And Venus Monday On Day 1 At US Open

“Wimbledon finalist Jo Konta in on along with fellow Slam runner-ups Caroline Wozniacki and Dominika Cibulkova.”

When and on which planet did Jo Konta reach the Wimbledon final?

August 28th, 2017 at 1:37 am

Sorry I’m posting this so late!

WTA Tourneytopia Pool is open:

http://www.tourneytopia.com/RacquetBracketUsOpenWTA/jalep6/submitpicks/picks.aspx

Everyone Welcome!

August 28th, 2017 at 7:47 am

Thanks j!!…and millions of thanks to RZ too for set up Racquet Brackets for us to laugh at each other’s pick!..hehe..sorry!just a loving joke before the sweet sour face appear next week…Good luck to all the Picker’s!!….Wooohoooo!!…C’mon!Bring it on!!

August 28th, 2017 at 10:14 am

When and on which planet did Jo Konta reach the Wimbledon final?
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She is British. They reach Wimbledon finals in many planets before they ever do on planet earth, which I assume is your base. Unless you are British, you understand these things.

You can direct any questions to the man most qualified all matters British, Mr. Judy Murray. But at this moment, he is busy with my good friend Deliciano. But you may catch up with him after 4 hours.

August 28th, 2017 at 12:38 pm

British adopt all sorts of tennis people..Australian, Canadian, Mars, Venus, etc. They are very generous people, I am told.

August 28th, 2017 at 12:40 pm

Only you can hear on American TV. Last American woman not named Williams to win grandslam : Capriati in 2002.

August 28th, 2017 at 2:36 pm

Shapovalov looking like he belongs here! That 1H backhand looks great. Great speed and effort.

August 28th, 2017 at 4:44 pm

Vagabond girl,

I will happily pay for the kid’s haircut and clothes. Once we fix those, he is good to go.

God already favors him since he is left handed.

August 28th, 2017 at 5:12 pm

Very generous, Humble Rafa. Lose a bet in Montreal?

August 28th, 2017 at 7:11 pm

I have to develop my “babies”. If don’t, when I leave there will be no Baby Humbles, no?

August 28th, 2017 at 9:15 pm

Sharapova’s BH DTL is on fire, 60 winner to get her first MP. Awesome!

August 28th, 2017 at 10:47 pm

So happy for Masha to be winning again in Grand Slam stage.

August 28th, 2017 at 10:49 pm

What other cheaters do you support and feel happy for?

August 28th, 2017 at 10:51 pm

Maria is so likeable during interviews and off the court. I know it’s a broken record, but I wish she was quieter on the court.

August 28th, 2017 at 11:05 pm

As expected, a ta-da bye bye for Halep.

August 28th, 2017 at 11:31 pm

Who is this kid with long soccer like socks playing? He looks like he just landed straight from the 80s. One more kid, I will be to pay for a hair cut.

August 28th, 2017 at 11:46 pm

Fed as usual gets the night time slot. It is, of course, just luck!

August 28th, 2017 at 11:52 pm

^What a continual bunch of crock. Fed gets the night time cause he’s e a r n e d it.
Besides being the most watchable tennis draw on the planet, he is a high seed, the all time record holder, etc etc etc.
He IS prime time. Luck has nothing to do with it.

August 29th, 2017 at 12:18 am

“What other cheaters do you support and feel happy for?”

You Humble, kkkkk You ask for it;-)

August 29th, 2017 at 11:26 am

t4t: “Fed as usual gets the night time slot. It is, of course, just luck!”

Of course the USTA would put in prime time the match between the 70th ranked American teenage-sensation Tiafore and Federer.

Nadal is playing the 85th ranked 27-year old no-name journeyman Lajovic from Europe.

Using common sense, which match do you think American ticket-buyers would prefer to see in prime time? Every Grand Slam championship tends to put its country’s players on the bigger courts.

As well, everything that skeezer said is also correct: “^What a continual bunch of crock. Fed gets the night time cause he’s e a r n e d it. Besides being the most watchable tennis draw on the planet, he is a high seed, the all time record holder, etc etc etc.
He IS prime time. Luck has nothing to do with it.”

August 29th, 2017 at 12:58 pm

Humble Rafa: “What other cheaters do you support and feel happy for?”

Daniel: “You Humble, kkkkk You ask for it;-)”

Proof: “US Open: Do Tennis Players Who Grunt Have an Advantage?… others complain that grunting is an intentional tactic, designed to psychologically intimidate the opponent. Martina Navratilova has gone so far as to state that “it is cheating, pure and simple”.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/attraction-evolved/201708/us-open-do-tennis-players-who-grunt-have-advantage

August 29th, 2017 at 1:02 pm

Thiem winning easy, think he will go far this Slam, potential QF with Fed/Kyrgios.

August 29th, 2017 at 1:26 pm

Hi to everybody!
Nadal starting very poor, already broken. I would say he plays anxious

August 29th, 2017 at 3:19 pm

Gonzalowski very tentative and not aggressive enough ….

August 29th, 2017 at 3:29 pm

Got the first set – will settle down now. Take heart all U Rafa fans.

August 29th, 2017 at 3:58 pm

Amazed that there is so little discussion of Rafa’s win – why?

August 29th, 2017 at 6:22 pm

Fed on soon. Ya Mon!

August 29th, 2017 at 7:07 pm

JK…That means we’re Rafa fans NOT a bragging type…

August 29th, 2017 at 7:14 pm

Here is my analysis of Nadal’s win. Don’t blame me if you don’t understand Spanish.
https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/08/29/actualidad/1504017755_695835.html

August 29th, 2017 at 7:25 pm

“Frances Tiafoe: Something Bigger”… by Frances Tiafoe.
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/frances-tiafoe-us-open/

August 29th, 2017 at 7:28 pm

Federer’s BH is totally off. He had a chance to break back but Tiafoe unleashed a FH.

Very weird start so far, as if he is cold, stiff and off.

August 29th, 2017 at 9:26 pm

Fed just 37% first serves in and 13 UE in 6 and a half games

August 29th, 2017 at 9:40 pm

Tiafoe didn’t felt the pressure and close the first. Fed serving better but still from the baseline Tiafoe is spanking the ball and unleashing winners. Fed has to make something new, he is not sustaining the pace fro the back court.

August 29th, 2017 at 9:54 pm

I like the way skeezer conducts himself as a Fed fan and how he interacts with other posters! Ha ha, I have almost become his fan (!?!)

August 29th, 2017 at 10:02 pm

Federer missing a chance to go a double break up.

August 29th, 2017 at 10:16 pm

Federer got the ball time now, not missing anymore on BH, 3 set points to break and start serving set 3.

Tiafoe was playing on automatic pumped up mode, now he lost a bit intensity, either physical or mental.

August 29th, 2017 at 10:22 pm

Fed playing better. Takes the 2nd set.

August 29th, 2017 at 10:24 pm

Spanking the ball as hard as you can only works for so long.

August 29th, 2017 at 10:36 pm

This is how I want Fed to play all tournament. Breathtaking level of play.
Loving it.

August 29th, 2017 at 10:37 pm

Yeah jatin, he played himself into form. Maybe he was needing a super sharp fast paced set.

Now he kept where he left off at Wimbledon’s level.

August 29th, 2017 at 10:42 pm

Very worrisome for Fed, to be honest. His striking has improved a ton after the first set, but his movement is not great and his serve is not great- big indicators of back problem.

Nice to see the shotmaking come back though!

August 29th, 2017 at 10:48 pm

Dont know whats going on with Fed! terrible 4th set.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:09 pm

4-1 Tiafoe. Fed has to at least hold his serve and aee of Tiafoe will fee the nerves in one of the next two games. In worst case serve first fifth set.

Momentum with Tiafoe now

August 29th, 2017 at 11:10 pm

15-40. Have to save BP’s now

August 29th, 2017 at 11:11 pm

Wow. This set was fast. Looks loke a fifth it is.

Hope Fed regroup fast and gets an early break. Don’t want a long set and risk a tiebreak.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:12 pm

Fifth it is. Did not see this coming, tgought he could win a set bit not force a fifth and not get a 6-1 set.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:15 pm

Only positive is a fata match, 4 sets in 2 hours, so it will look like a three set long if he wins (2 tiebreaks and a 7-5 set).

Excellent game to love to open fifth. Now go play free like AO

August 29th, 2017 at 11:18 pm

Keeping serving like these, 2 love games. Pressure to Tiafoe.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:23 pm

4-1, now I can breath.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:31 pm

Fed moving better now.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:31 pm

Serving better too!

August 29th, 2017 at 11:31 pm

Serve is imperious, more than 70% first serves in.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:37 pm

WTF, he had a MP and went to the net trying to surprise. Now 4-5. He better break now, because this match could escape him.

Fed needs to put pressure now.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:48 pm

Tiafoe was not an easy opponent for Fed the last time they met, so no surprises here, especially having to meet up in the first rd. He had just recently beat Zverev on a HC @ Cinci and he is ranked in the top 75.
Congrats Fed! Onward.👍

August 29th, 2017 at 11:52 pm

Another five set win, this year. Man this tourney promises some emotions. Hope he gets a few easier rounds next 2 matches before Kyrgios.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:53 pm

WOW! That was close!

Told y’all Tiafoe would be a tough out! Kid is going places. Zverev and Thiem better enjoy make hay while they can, Shapovalov and Tiafoe and Coric are coming.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:54 pm

Congrats to the Kid, a great showing at a great stage. Maybe hope for USA in the future? ( fingers crossed ).

August 29th, 2017 at 11:54 pm

Speaking of Coric, didn’t realize Zverev gets him in 2nd round tomorrow! That could be a good one. And Shapovalov/ Tsonga gets the prime time spot tomorrow night! Guess I’m not the only one on the bandwagon.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:56 pm

4-1, now I can breath.
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But lost your grammar.

August 30th, 2017 at 12:05 am

i died. My poor heart.

August 30th, 2017 at 12:17 am

HR, Never had gramma;-)

August 30th, 2017 at 12:33 am

For the next round, please call ambulance in advance. Take your pills. Make your last wishes known.

#dying

August 30th, 2017 at 12:56 am

Fed Ex and Fed fans,

I had absolutely and have absolutely no expectations of Federer in USO. None. This result does not surprise me. I expected him to be pushed in the first round. There are no guarantees, he has been practising yes, but out of match practice and flow since Montreal final. It simply is not the same when you practise to then get back onto the court and play a match.

Fed Ex, your expectations are high. Why? Federer has achieved so much already. Take a break from tennis. He is not a machine.

Thrilled that he has pulled through, but this was close. After the 3rd set, I thought he might win the fourth set, but the journeyman pulled away again. Nothing to lose. Federer will assess what just happened, because to play a 5 setter so early on, with just returning from a back injury cannot be good for him.

I hope he is able to recover quickly, but I have no expectations about this. He must feel done in and it is only the first round.

Awful. But this is Federer.

He has pushed himself to the limit first round? Save it for the final Fed! I am not being pessimistic this time, just realistic and others who want him to kill himself in this tournament, I think it’s sad.

Federer has brought us so much, so much. I would like him to keep playing, so proud of him, but not in this way.

A definite fighter, a warrior, but at what cost?

August 30th, 2017 at 1:09 am

Daniel Says:
Another five set win, this year. Man this tourney promises some emotions. Hope he gets a few easier rounds next 2 matches before Kyrgios.

August 29th, 2017 at 11:53 pm

Daniel,

I agree. I think Fed makes it to the fourth round. Beyond that, as Skeezer would say, it’s all gravy. This was a tough one to watch. :-(

August 30th, 2017 at 1:11 am

J-Kath i was too exhausted to blog last night, id been packing all day ready for going away tomorrow, colouring my hair etc ….

Anyhow Rafa was a bit up and down in that match, and the FH was all over the place, but thankfully he did the job in 3 sets, but i think he can, and will need to play much better ….

August 30th, 2017 at 1:58 am

“i died. My poor heart.”

If FedEx will post again in the near future, I will assume, he got resurrected by R’hllor, with help of Melisandre :) Happy to see, GOT continues here. hehe

August 30th, 2017 at 2:07 am

OMG VP..is…is…FedExpress “the ice and fire prince who was promised?” Yikes, that’s a turn up!

August 30th, 2017 at 3:35 am

Haha Margot, Looks like we the promissed Azor Ahai here. He’s having fun on TX cheering for Roger, until season 8.

August 30th, 2017 at 3:44 am

36 years old almost ruined USO.

August 30th, 2017 at 4:39 am

Lol Wog Boy!
Poor Tiafoe in which case, imagine the outrage? Imagine Woodbridge’s tweets? On the other hand perhaps not….;)

August 30th, 2017 at 7:55 am

Margot,
That’s excatly what I was trying to imagine and the rest..;)

August 30th, 2017 at 8:03 am

Heard commentaries here saying Federer did not have any physic nor fitness, he just went straight to courts after his back stop hurting, he didn’t overcharge his fitness. Maybe that’s what was lacking, he was not getting his feet right to BH in the beginning and was breathing stronger than normal for him.

Madmax,

Although this was a 5 set, and he had that mental test in the end when he served for the match at 5-3. It didn’t take much out of him. The played the first 4 sets in 2 hours (the AO 2015 final between Murray and Djoko took longer first 2 sets and much more demanding points), the games were fast and the sets were fast also. Only set the required extra acre for Federer was the final and the last 3 few games. Other than that, it was a 5 set with a feel of 4 set. The problem was him not closing in his first MP on his serve. But this is first round, him returning to USO after missing it for the first time, playing a guy on fire on patches. Don’t take much out of it.

Next 2 rounds should be way more comfortable for him. Youzhny can’t bother him and Lopez, even with his serve has weakness Fed can exploit. I believe he reaches R4 unscathed now.

August 30th, 2017 at 9:13 am