Week 35/36 - US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York City (hard)

flamingowings · All-time great

Week 35/36 - US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York City (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Ha, good to see, if a bit daft. I'd read that they'ed been put up to this.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 6th of September 2019 02:28:51 PM

flamingowings · All-time great

Medvedev beats Dimitrov in straight sets to reach the final.

flamingowings · All-time great

Final: Rafa vs Medvedev

If Rafa wins he is 1 slam title behind Federer.
If Medvedev wins he will be the first new slam winner since Cilic in 2014.

Jan · Hall of fame

I can't see a thread for wheelchair tennis, but Alfie Hewett is through to the SF

Edit - and now he's through to the final!!

-- Edited by Jan on Saturday 7th of September 2019 09:15:02 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

Congratulations to Alfie, the wheelchair champion and Andy Lapthorne, the wheelchair quad champion!!
Alfie and Gordon play the doubles final later.

indiana · Tennis legend

Nadal 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 Medvedev

2 sets all.

Nadal's Slam record from 2 sets to 0 up is W 205 L 1. The one loss was to Fognini in the 2005 US Open L32.

indiana · Tennis legend

Make that 206 to 1.

Nadal wins 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4

Medvedev had 3 BPs in the first game of the final set. Nadal went a double break up and served for it at *5-2 against a half dead Medvedev. Medvedev broke back and had a BP as a half dead Nadal served for it again at *5-4. Nadal though got across the line. 5 all would have been quite interesting!

Nadal moves up to a total of 19 Slam singles titles, now just 1 behind Federer. It's his 4th US Open title.

Jan · Hall of fame

Congratulations to Rafa. Sounds like quite a match!
And more good news - Alfie and Gordon won the wheelchair doubles

Also just seen that Andy Lapthorne and partner won the wheelchair quad doubles

-- Edited by Jan on Monday 9th of September 2019 06:50:19 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Stuart Fraser

@stu_fraser
7h7 hours ago

Three years ago at Roehampton, I watched Daniil Medvedev lose to Marcus Willis in Wimbledon qualifying, the angry Russian unable to deal with the "junk balls" coming his way. Look at him now... #USOpen

flamingowings · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
Stuart Fraser

@stu_fraser
7h7 hours ago

Three years ago at Roehampton, I watched Daniil Medvedev lose to Marcus Willis in Wimbledon qualifying, the angry Russian unable to deal with the "junk balls" coming his way. Look at him now... #USOpen

Look at Marcus also...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Stuart Fraser

@stu_fraser
7h7 hours ago

Three years ago at Roehampton, I watched Daniil Medvedev lose to Marcus Willis in Wimbledon qualifying, the angry Russian unable to deal with the "junk balls" coming his way. Look at him now... #USOpen
Look at Marcus also...

Quite cry

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

www.atptour.com/en/news/nadal-medvedev-us-open-2019-attendance-record

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
www.atptour.com/en/news/nadal-medvedev-us-open-2019-attendance-record

I'd read about the record attendance this year. It seems they often though found better things to do in the grounds than sit and watch tennis matches judging by some very sparse stadium crowds.