US Open 2019

yerwanthere123

Last grand slam of the year and decade, let's hope it's a good one!

Women's draw

Men's draw

Will certainly have my eye on the Serena Vs Sharapova R1 (!) match, their first ever meeting at the US Open.

funnights74

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Last grand slam of the year and decade, let's hope it's a good one!

Women's draw

Men's draw

Will certainly have my eye on the Serena Vs Sharapova R1 (!) match, their first ever meeting at the US Open.

Can't seem to find any TV schedule unless its an online streaming issue, anyone got any info?cheers.

Sheridan81

Djokovic's draw isn't easy on paper.

Anderson/Wawrinka
Medvedev
Federer
Nadal

Neither is Halep's

Andreescu
Stephens/Kvitova
Osaka
Serena


I like Pliskova's chances of making a semi or maybe even a final with the draw she's been dealt.

whiterebel

funnights74 wrote: »

Can't seem to find any TV schedule unless its an online streaming issue, anyone got any info?cheers.

It was on Amazon Prime last year, presumably same this year.

yerwanthere123

Yep, only being broadcast on Amazon prime.

lostcat

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Yep, only being broadcast on Amazon prime.

Amazon didn't exactly knock it out of the park last year, hope they have improved.....

lertsnim

They've doubled their frame rate and have all the live streams available. Much improved on last year.

mzungu

Djokovic though with little trouble. Johanna Konta faltered in parts but came through in the end. Venus Williams played very well and steamrolled through Zheng in no time at all. A very bad day at the office for Angelique Kerber, beaten by Mladenovic.

walshb

You just gotta love Serena more; when asked about Carlos Ramos being kept away from matches involving her and her sister, she replied that she didn't know who he was....

yerwanthere123

walshb wrote: »

You just gotta love Serena more; when asked about Carlos Ramos being kept away from matches involving her and her sister, she replied that she didn't know who he was....

So she's still as rude and entitled as always then, great.

Hector Savage

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

So she's still as rude and entitled as always then, great.

a real vile person she is ...

hope she gets beaten in the final again ...

Hector Savage

Got money on Nadal only at 4/1 .... stupid to wait, he was on 5/1 about a week ago.
Guess the draw makes it a lot easier.

Still, money in the bank though.

lostcat

Hector Savage wrote: »

Got money on Nadal only at 4/1 .... stupid to wait, he was on 5/1 about a week ago.
Guess the draw makes it a lot easier.

Still, money in the bank though.

Don't think he is going to beat either Djokovic or Federer if either arrive in the final anyway fit. What are the odds on neither reaching the final?

Hector Savage

New lads will do him a favour and remove Fed + Djok - GUARANTEED!

sxt

Hector Savage wrote: »

New lads will do him a favour and remove Fed + Djok - GUARANTEED!

You say this every grand slam tournament, you said the exact same thing at Wimbledon

Hector Savage

sxt wrote: »

You say this every grand slam tournament, you said the exact same thing at Wimbledon

This time tho ... USO is slowest hard court ...

lostcat

sorry, i forgot that Hector is generally running a jinx/anti-jinx/counter-jinx, jinx-the-jinx thing, i should not have got involved!

walshb

Hector Savage wrote: »

This time tho ... USO is slowest hard court ...

And he hasn't won it in 6 years now...

Oh, is it even slower now?

dominatinMC

walshb wrote: »

And he hasn't won it in 6 years now...

Oh, is it even slower now?

2017 was 2 years ago...:pac:

walshb

dominatinMC wrote: »

2017 was 2 years ago...:pac:

Jaysus, forgot 2017...

Had 2013 in my mind...

Hector Savage

and in 2017 I won about 200EUR on him .... bingo!!!

Look if you discount all the times I'm wrong, I'm right 100% of the time - all the time!!!!


I mean PaddyPower should have me on a retainer ...

josip

Hector Savage wrote: »

and in 2017 I won about 200EUR on him .... bingo!!!

Look if you discount all the times I'm wrong, I'm right 100% of the time - all the time!!!!


I mean PaddyPower should have me on a retainer ...

It's a restrainer that's needed, not a retainer

EagererBeaver

Thiem and Tsitsipas gone. Zverev taken to 5. Khachanov struggling.

Embarrassing ****e again from the young guns.

mzungu

Poor showing from Thiem, Fabiano played great, though. Not surprised that Tsitsipas is gone, a very inconsistent player. Zverev won't be in the running after that poor performance. He made hard work of it, even though he was two sets to love up and coasting through. A succession of unforced errors saw him loose the next two sets and was lucky to come through at 6-2 in the fifth. It didn't need to be as difficult as he made it.

Royale with Cheese

It looks like all hopes are on Medvedev stopping the big 3 this time out.

Disappointed in Tsitsipas, I was in Madrid to see him beat Nadal in May and really thought he'd be the one to do it after the way he played that night. He's been utter rubbish since.

jr86

Very hard to fathom the current state of the game big 3 aside. Its turned into what the WTA has been criticised so much for over the past few years. Sheer inconsistency, players not as fit as they could be, mentally brittle players in the top 10 etc

Are some of the next gen just not willing to graft as much? Are they more concerned with the "business side", attending events, social media, maintaining a good image etc? Is the money just too much in the game now, and are they happy to phone in a lot of the season once their ranking is high enough to ensure qualification to all the major events, and hence higher yearly earnings all round?

Who knows, but the game is headed for a very poor state when the big 3 pack it in, as it stands

walshb

jr86 wrote: »

Very hard to fathom the current state of the game big 3 aside. Its turned into what the WTA has been criticised so much for over the past few years. Sheer inconsistency, players not as fit as they could be, mentally brittle players in the top 10 etc

Are some of the next gen just not willing to graft as much? Are they more concerned with the "business side", attending events, social media, maintaining a good image etc? Is the money just too much in the game now, and are they happy to phone in a lot of the season once their ranking is high enough to ensure qualification to all the major events, and hence higher yearly earnings all round?

Who knows, but the game is headed for a very poor state when the big 3 pack it in, as it stands

Indeed.

I have lived through glorious eras of tennis. I cannot see it with the talent today, once the big three finish up

80s had Mac/Borg/Becker/Lendl/Edberg/Cash
90s had additions like Agassi and Sampras and Courier and Kuerten and Goran and Rafter and Henman

00s had additions like Hewitt and Safin and Roddick and Fed and Nole and Nadal and Wawrinka and Murray etc

This current era has no names other than the top three.....

Jaysus these new talented young guns are awful emotional flakes

"I feel my mind is just - I don't feel inspired," said Tsitsipas after his loss. "I don't feel like I'm chasing something."

Serious lack of drive and mental strength amongst them all - starting with Dimitrov, down to Zverev and now Tsipsitas.

Floppybits

Watching the halep Townsend match. Cant believe the size of Taylor Townsend. Has she been injured? I remember talk of her a couple of years ago but nothing since.

mzungu

Sluggish stuff from Fed at times. When he needed to step it up he did.

mzungu

Good five set match between Zverev and Tiafoe earlier. Zverev marches on but still highly unlikely to be a contender.

whiterebel

A couple of tough matches might make Sacha focus. Nadal gets a walkover. Very strange from Fed, faster courts, and he had a long to to practice on them. Good when he gets going.

Chivito550

Haven't watched any of it yet. Any way I can get Amazon Prime for free? I used up a free trial last year. Register on another email address or is if linked to a device?

How much does it cost just to get it for the tennis?

camz09

Chivito550 wrote: »

Haven't watched any of it yet. Any way I can get Amazon Prime for free? I used up a free trial last year. Register on another email address or is if linked to a device?

How much does it cost just to get it for the tennis?

Have used the Amazon Prime 30-day free trial plenty of times with different email addresses. But also used different debit cards each time (Revolut, N26, etc) so I'm not sure if using the same card will do. Give it a go. I don't think there's a way to only subscribe to the tennis streams.

mzungu

Fed was in fine form against Dan Evans. Big improvement on his last match.

Rjd2

mzungu wrote: »

Fed was in fine form against Dan Evans. Big improvement on his last match.

Evans the perfect opponent for him and probably tired after Yesterday.

Big night for Medvedev tonight,,looked fooked Yesterday if he is is still in that condition he wont get far. Those 3 finals in a row coming back to haunt him.

mzungu

Rjd2 wrote: »

Evans the perfect opponent for him and probably tired after Yesterday.

Big night for Medvedev tonight,,looked fooked Yesterday if he is is still in that condition he wont get far. Those 3 finals in a row coming back to haunt him.

He played a great match and dug deep when he needed to. Kept his bottle in the fourth set tie-break. Both he and Lopez played very well and the crowd were against him after he was caught on camera giving the middle finger to the umpire. It was a petulant act and he was fined $9,000 but I doubt he cares too much.

EagererBeaver

Jesus, Stan demolishes Novak with Novak quitting (an old habit) early in the third to a chorus of boos.

Royale with Cheese

Djokovic booed off the court, Medvedev booed throughout his match earlier. Classy crowd in New York.

bada_bing

no surprises there with the new york crowd, always boozed up and treating the venue like a sports bar.

Royale with Cheese

Medvedev was loving it though. As much as I want to see Federer win, I'd love to see Medvedev win it just so he could tell the crowd to go fúck themselves in his victory speech.

whiterebel

Whatever about Nole, but Medvedev was acting the pr#ck. what he did to the ball kid was out of order too. He seems to be giving the finger to the crowd, not the umpire, as you can see the umpires chair is on the other side.

Christy42

whiterebel wrote: »

Whatever about Nole, but Medvedev was acting the pr#ck. what he did to the ball kid was out of order too. He seems to be giving the finger to the crowd, not the umpire, as you can see the umpires chair is on the other side.

Both were acting up. Nole would have kept going had he been in with a shot. No doubt he was hurt going in but he could have continued. He just got bored of the match.

Medvedev just seemed to go for the boos. The crowd didn't seem to be massively against him before he acted up.

Chivito550

Have to say I absolutely love the fact that Wawrinka continues to take down Djokovic. Since 2013 Wawrinka is 4-3 in Grand Slam matches. The 3 he has lost have all been close 5 set matches, while all but 1 of his wins have been comprehensive. Wawrinka is a fascinating player. Has a terrible record against Federer, but a top form Novak has continued to struggle against him in the big matches. You could argue that when Wawrinka is on top form he's unplayable.

Chivito550

Which of the chumps on Nadal's side of the draw do people think have the best chance of beating him? Need to figure out who to shout for in these matches today.

Royale with Cheese

None of them, he's practically in the final already.

EagererBeaver

Don't think tonight is a gimme. Cilic with a head of steam in New York is dangerous.

walshb

Chivito550 wrote: »

Have to say I absolutely love the fact that Wawrinka continues to take down Djokovic. Since 2013 Wawrinka is 4-3 in Grand Slam matches. The 3 he has lost have all been close 5 set matches, while all but 1 of his wins have been comprehensive. Wawrinka is a fascinating player. Has a terrible record against Federer, but a top form Novak has continued to struggle against him in the big matches. You could argue that when Wawrinka is on top form he's unplayable.

Fed has beaten all versions of Stan through the years.

I always cheer for Stan, and his FO final win in 2015 v Nole is in my top 5 favorite ever slam matches...

I think it's his dull and dead power to the corners that beats Nole. He can move Nole around a little more than Fed can/could.

I still think Nole has a H2H advantage, though....

mzungu

Medvedev is playing well but he needs to quit acting like a brat. Nobody wants another Kyrgios.

Chivito550

walshb wrote: »

Fed has beaten all versions of Stan through the years.

I always cheer for Stan, and his FO final win in 2015 v Nole is in my top 5 favorite ever slam matches...

I think it's his dull and dead power to the corners that beats Nole. He can move Nole around a little more than Fed can/could.

I still think Nole has a H2H advantage, though....

He does have a huge H2H advantage but Stan only shows up for Slams. In the slams its Stan who has had the edge.

mzungu

Not shocked that Djokovic is out. He certainly was not playing as well as he did last year.