Madeline wrote:

---

  Strangely I just came onto the board and this topic was marked "closed". I assumed it was a mistake and opened it again!

---

very strange.

Go Josh though!

It looks like Llodra is serving first.

No movement yet - maybe it is raining again.

Now what was it that all non-Brits complain about re Wimbledon? Oh yes, something about the rain. . .

the us open scoreboard is so crap - it keeps going back and forth

Ok at one point it said llodra lead 2-0 and was then 30-15 up on his own serve.

Now its back to 1-0 and goodall serving at Advanatage...

How come even the biggest tournaments have rubbish scoreboards? You would think they could afford to have ones that work wouldn't you?

4-1 Llodra

In answer to Alansk's question earlier:

Josh has redeveloped his game quite substantially this year. He's switched from a double-handed forehand to a single hander [he still hits a double-handed backhand].
He's been coming to the net quite a lot more this summer, before he was mainly an aggressive baseliner, now he's been serve-volleying quite a bit. He's a powerful hitter off both wings though at times he can be erratic as he goes for a lot of winners. His serve is a big weapon, he gets a lot of cheap points off it especially on fast courts like in New York. Serve-volleying has meant even more cheap points which is great for him.

It was a fantastic win for him yesterday, really hope that he can qualify but Llodra will be tough as he's shown by breaking early and now leads 4-1

Josh serving at 30-15