Weeks 35-36 - US Open main draw (men)

Mikeduke · County player

RE: Weeks 35-36 - US Open main draw (men)

indiana · Tennis legend

...or look to Andy's serve being in non working order cry

2 breaks apiece 3 - 3 *

indiana · Tennis legend

That whizzed by quite quickly another break for 4 - 3 and yet another break for 6 - 3 ( to save Andy having to serve for the set ! )

Right get this done in 3 sets, son ! Young's unforced error rate looks a thing to behold.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 8th of September 2011 04:19:53 PM

RJA · Hall of fame

Roddick-Ferrer is being moved to court 13, a non televised court.

They tried to get it restarted on Armstrong but neither player was willing to play on it.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Well Andy was better than Donald though that's not saying much. The standard of play was painful to watch. At least it was relatively easy.

RJA · Hall of fame

kundalini wrote:
Well Andy was better than Donald though that's not saying much. The standard of play was painful to watch. At least it was relatively easy.

There is plenty you could criticise but I don't think it is that important. Andy rarely plays well inless he is pushed and the important thing was to get through without using up too much energy.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Poor match but the most important aspect was that Andy got it done in under 2 hours. He went straight onto the practice court afterwards to work on his serve.
More ominously though was the way Nadal was playing in despatching Muller with the minimum of fuss( Muller was actually playing well ).

philwrig · Hall of fame

kundalini wrote:
philwrig wrote:
Weather picture looking alot better, play should start on time, showers possible later on, but alot of play likely.
Which weather forecast are you looking at ?
This one isn't so hopeful (80% chance of rain at 12.15pm, 100% at 12.30pm, 75% at 2pm, updated 20 mins ago apparently):
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/11368

-- Edited by kundalini on Thursday 8th of September 2011 02:51:14 PM

Thats now been updated with only a 10% chance of rain before 8pm tonight.

I was looking at the doppler radar picture on the same site which was looking very clear, so was basing my forecast on that as well.

indiana · Tennis legend

Still seems to have been a pretty crappy match and yes Andy's form can be variable but I'd certainly like him to have had average better form than he has so far this tournament.

Re yea old serve, having taken a lot off his 1st serve against Lopez ( average 107 mph ) and got a 75% first serve in rate, he certainly was going for it again today ( average 119 mph ), but first serve in % was down to 47% and broken 3 times in a pretty short match by the errror strewn Young. The way he's serving, I'd certainly say Isner is his preferred QF opponent. And just got to get better than that for any later rounds.

Anyway Isner and Simon having a nice long match, 1 set all, Isner 6 - 5 * in 3rd. Do really want that match completed today though. The ideal for Andy would be that it is and the top half quarter finals aren't.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 8th of September 2011 05:48:55 PM

Spectator · All-time great

Really feel for winners of Isner/Simon and Roddick/Ferrer. Both pairs of players are evenly matched and were bound to have long matches. And then the next day, they're supposed to go play Nadal or Murray? Ouch.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Really feel for winners of Isner/Simon and Roddick/Ferrer. Both pairs of players are evenly matched and were bound to have long matches. And then the next day, they're supposed to go play Nadal or Murray? Ouch.

I'm not sure I do... Be that as it may, Isner (28) has just beaten Simon (12) by 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4) in 3 hours & 38 minutes! wink

philwrig · Hall of fame

Gutted it didn't go 5 but I'll take it, Isner didn't look great physically at the end.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

He never does - but remember the marathon match against Mahut. He can last a match out (drat it).

steven · Tennis legend

Men's Final now rescheduled for Monday at 9 pm BST.

S&V · Club Coach

Thats 4pm local time which is just awful but American football rules in America so probably a ratings move