Women's Draw
Men's Draw
Some interesting first round matches!
Hope it's a good tournament, with no limitations on crowd size there should be a great atmosphere.
Yeah it was fairly over the top but it’s not like it’s new. Well whatever happens on Monday I hope she isn’t embarrassed by presumably Ash Barty(although in sport you never say never) on a big court but it’s a good story.
This monfils vs sinner match is fun!
Christ the commentary after on Amazon prime....
A bit of perspective...she has played terrifically well...but she hasn't even beat a seed yet!
But not since they tightened up the age eligibility rules to reduce the chances of youngsters burning out.
One of those 3 was of course Seles in the 1990 French. I still remember her reaching the semi-final the previous year at just 15 years old, losing to Graf in 3 sets.
Anyway, Novak looks like he's going to win, but not without a fight. Nishikori has always been able to get at the Djokovic serve, even though the last time he beat him was the SF here in 2014. Since then, 17 losses in a row (cue obligatory Vitas Gerulaitis reference ...)
Looks like Raducanu's run at Wimbledon wasn't a flash in the pan, not bad getting to the second week in her first 2 slams, by Wimbledon next year the hype around her will be insane.
Alcaraz looks like the real deal and probably the best prospect to emerge since the big 3 themselves, could well be the guy that takes over from Djokovic. Looks like Medvedev, Zverev and even Tsitsipas could well be running out of time to take over from Djokovic with the likes of Alcaraz and Sinner coming through snapping at their heels.
In fairness on the WTA side there have been 7 first-time GS winners under 18 over the years.
3 have won first slams as 16 year olds.
Wow, I expected that Raducanu match would be in full swing when I got back home just now. She should be in the top 100 after next week. I smell a wild card for the delayed Indian Wells tournament in October. As the deadline for that has passed, she wouldn't get in directly no matter how well she did here. Speaking of which, she probably plays Barty next.
Had to turn off Prime Video there after her match. Nauseating.
Good thing that the UK media are restrained and level headed and doesn’t overhype their sports people.
Raducanu wins...6-0, 6-1
Wow some performance!
Relentless
Sorribes-Tormo will have nightmares over this match.
Djokovic not fluent here
Lost the first set but a break up in the second
He wiped the floor with Nishikori in the Olympics
Make that 6-0 and she takes the first set. It’s nuts she’s only 18 years old.
Emma Raducanu is 5-0 in the first set.
She is hammering her so far!
4-0 playing some lovely stuff
That second game took a while. Raducanu is 2-0 in the first set.
First blood to Nishikori. Now how many games does he win after this?
As am I. I’ve caught the end of her two games but now I get to watch the game in full. That Djokovic match could go on a while if the first set is anything to go by.
Looking forward to the Raducanu match
Yevgeni calls it.
Can't disagree.
Youngest player to reach the US Open fourth round since Michael Chang and Pete Sampras in 1989.
Just as some old goats are gone out to pasture, the new kid takes his place on the court.
The future of men's tennis looking bright with this guy who really has it, unlike what some were scratching on about.
Actually Alcaraz is now favourite to win his quarter
No pressure.
(ignore legacy Tsits odds)
What a night of tennis was last week. Nadal said back in March that Alcaraz was going to be a star. It was some game of tennis he played yesterday.
As for Osaka, I was thinking last night that she could walk away from tennis. No point in playing if you can't handle the pressure of the game. Tennis is a mentality game and anything off mentally you are going to be in trouble. I thought she didn't look fit out there last night and in the last set she was tanking those first few games with not taking time between serves. Probably best for the girl to walk away. She has a enough money to live a quiet life. Quite how her sponsors will feel will be another thing.
Wow Alcaraz coming out there yesterday and absolutely blowing Tsitsipas off the court for the first set and a half was one of the most exciting things seen in tennis in years.
Especially when you consider that Tsitsipas was actually hitting 72% of first serves in in the first set but he was broken 4 times in his first 6 service games.
Guy is a returning beast player - like all the very elite-level ones are - it's the most important ability in tennis.
Then to be able to rally back after his game going off target in the second set and from 5-2 down in the third set to take the breaker and again, after he couldn't even serve properly due to a cramp or injury to win the match in the fifth with groundstrokes and all-court inventiveness.
To be able to do that and win 2 tie-breaks in the biggest tennis stadium in the world on your first appearance there against the world number 3 who had gotten into his full game rhythm.
Has it mentally also.
If he's not injured Alcaraz has a chance of getting to the semi-final here if he can back up that performance.
A star is born.
If tennis is making Osaka that miserable she should just quit. No job should do that to you, no matter how much it pays or how good you are at it. I'm sure she's made enough by now anyway to do something else with her life without ever having to work a day.
There are no challenges at the US Open this year
Between 10 to 15 lbs out of shape seems to be the consensus. No surprise when she's played so little in the last 5 months or so: Only 13 matches since she lost in Miami at the end of March. She also seems to have problems against lef-handers. Her last 3 defeats have been against lefties: Vondrousova in the Olympics, Teichmann in Cincinnati, and now Fernandez here.
Those $50 million per annum sponsors must be loving their return on investment with all the breaks.
Not sure that much fitness and training has been put in. Bit of a Ned Kelly on her.
Well, that was a shocker to wake up to, If I'd any inkling it was going to be that close (never mind a shock result), I might have stayed up to watch, although I was dog tired before it even started. Osaka is now going to take another "break" from tennis: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/58446098
Very good match in the end. Saw a bit of a nasty side to Osaka in the end too, trying to stall Fernandez when she was serving it out. Not good, happy she's gone after that.
Osaka gone. Don't expect she will do a press conference but that was some loss of composure during the match. Fair play to Fernández for holding it together and seeing out the match.
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