Boys: US Open 2012 - Grade A (Week 36)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

RE: Boys: US Open 2012 - Grade A (Week 36)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Don't know what the long break was about but the set seems to have gone with serve through to 4*-5

DavidC · Tennis legend

We reach a second tiebreak

DavidC · Tennis legend

Liam reaches 3 matchpoints at 6-3 and takes the second for a 7-6(6) 7-6(4) win

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Excellent. Well done Liam

Jan · Hall of fame

great win - well done Liam!

DavidC · Tennis legend

In tomorrow's semis Liam plays 8th seed Kaichi Uchida, who upset top seed Kimmer Coppejans. A good opportunity as the Japanese boy hasn't beaten the other top juniors he has played this year. He is one of two Japanese through to the semis with Nishioka playing Peliwo in the other. Kyle's doubles semi follows the girls doubles on court 11 (possibly delayed slightly to give Nishioka more rest)

RJA · Hall of fame

Kyle (and partner) take the first set of their doubles semi 6-2

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Cmon Kyle!

RJA · Hall of fame

Through to the final after winning 2 and 4.

Go Kyle!

DavidC · Tennis legend

(8) Edmund/Silva (GBR/POR) d. Nishioka/Panta Herreros (JPN/PER) 6-2 6-4

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(6) Kyrgios/Thompson (AUS) v (8) Edmund/Silva (GBR/POR)

As Spectator mentioned Kyrgios is going for 3 consecutive Grand Slam doubles titles

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Brill, they were down a break in the second set too. Lets hope we have Brits going for silverware in both this weekends finals, best of luck to Liam and Kyle!!

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Out of interest, why was Golding not offered a QWC into this years USO? Is that not customary?

DavidC · Tennis legend

murray_2k9 wrote:
Out of interest, why was Golding not offered a QWC into this years USO? Is that not customary?

Oli opted to play European Futures events rather than go to the US. As he entered events which conflicted with both the US Open qualifying and main draws he became ineligible to be offered a QWC (like Luke Saville at Wimbledon - only in his case it was a mistake, as he didn't realise that entering an ITF coinciding with week 1 of the main draw, assuming he would lose in qualifying, made him ineligible)

Liam's semi is first up (4pm) on court 13 and Kyle's doubles final is second on court 11

RJA · Hall of fame

RBBOT wrote:
Wonder why they always put it on an outside court in the US? I know Wimbledon & Oz put junior finals on their 2nd show court (can't remember what RG do).

Because the USTA are idiots who couldn't organise an evening of enjoyable drinking in a brewary.

Look at tomorrow's schedule. On Ashe ypu have Ferrer v Djokovic at 11:00 followed by the Womens final at 16:00, fair enough! But then you have the Womens doubles final is on Armstrong at 13:30 and the two juniors finals are played on outside courts at 12:00.

Why not play 3 matches on Armstrong? Something like this

11:00 Girls Singles Final

13:30 Womens Doubles Final (so not to clash with Womens singles final)

16:00 Boys Singles Final

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 8th of September 2012 10:15:34 PM