US Open Tennis

[Dan_]

Started last night, anyone been watching? Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal already through to the 2nd round.

[Hugo]

It was really exciting today =D

[Marc]

i cannot believe I got beat to making this thread ! grr

Ana Ivanovic stupidly got nervous and felt the pressure today, but she's through to round 2!

Me will be a regular poster on here

[Dan_]

I'm currently watching the final set of Gasquet vs Haas.I think Gasquet's a really talented player but just doesn't seem to have the mentality to win a major.He should have finished Haas off by now but just let that 4th set slip away.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dan_
I'm currently watching the final set of Gasquet vs Haas.I think Gasquet's a really talented player but just doesn't seem to have the mentality to win a major.He should have finished Haas off by now but just let that 4th set slip away.

FANTASTIC back hand! I agree, he has never really had the mentality to finish off big big matches, look at the Murray match at wimbledon.. he completely let go of the match near the end. I wouldn't mind Haas causing the latest upset :thumbs: he's had decent results this year

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by Dan_
I'm currently watching the final set of Gasquet vs Haas.I think Gasquet's a really talented player but just doesn't seem to have the mentality to win a major.He should have finished Haas off by now but just let that 4th set slip away.

FANTASTIC back hand! I agree, he has never really had the mentality to finish off big big matches, look at the Murray match at wimbledon.. he completely let go of the match near the end. I wouldn't mind Haas causing the latest upset :thumbs: he's had decent results this year

Aye, he just seems to fall apart under the pressure.I cannot remember which tournament it was but he started to fall behind and just quit, said he wasn't feeling well but I cannot say I fully believed that.

Haas is closing in on the win now, just broke Gasquet's serve.

[Locke.]

Only watch Wimbledon.

[BigSister]

im gonna keep an eye on this glad murrays through to 2nd round and nadal

[Marc]

And he's out!

Oh deary me, Haas' brill form recently continues!
Safin won, after a scrappy match. Also like to note Hantuchova is out, ooooo-errrr not been so great recently

[Marc]

Pretty straight forward results on day 2, most seeds through only exceptions; Gasquet, Kiefer, Berdych (very annoyed about this) for men and Razzano and Hantuchova for the women

[Dan_]

Britain's Anne Keothavong through to the 3rd round, great victory for her there.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dan_
Britain's Anne Keothavong through to the 3rd round, great victory for her there.

Yeah tis good! especially as it was Schiavone, she's a class player. But looked close to me!
YAY! well done... Dementieva next :/

[BigSister]

yay well done Anne ^_^

[Marc]

Hmmmm Murray... its 2 sets in and he doesn't look too great - but I'm sure he will come back in the 3rd!

[Marc]

Finally!!!! FFS Murray!

:rolleyes: I was never in doubt.. promise

through to third round Jurgen Melzer next, met only once before, earlier this year; murray won

[Amy]

Damn it forgot this was on.. will be watching now though lol

[BigSister]

glad murray won sounded like he needed luck though

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
glad murray won sounded like he needed luck though

yeah lost second set 6-1 and took 3rd and 4th, 7-5 7-5 scrappy win but its a win! :thumbs2:

[BigSister]

ooh scrappy but yeah.....

[Marc]

Absolutely ****ED off, cannot believe people paid to go see that abysmal performance from Ivanovic. She is definately not worthy of no.1 position in the world and she will definately lose it after the US Open - and deservedly so! Ridiculous!

[Amy]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Absolutely ****** off, cannot believe people paid to go see that abysmal performance from Ivanovic. She is definately not worthy of no.1 position in the world and she will definately lose it after the US Open - and deservedly so! Ridiculous!

She was shockingly rubbish and was at wimbledon. The woman has lost her spark.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Amy
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Absolutely ****** off, cannot believe people paid to go see that abysmal performance from Ivanovic. She is definately not worthy of no.1 position in the world and she will definately lose it after the US Open - and deservedly so! Ridiculous!

She was shockingly rubbish and was at wimbledon. The woman has lost her spark.

Ana has lost her spark! not the women, ANA! she cannot cope with the pressure of being no.1 she just cannot be consistent..

[Dan_]

Good to see Murray through despite a bit of a sloppy performance.

Just done watching Monfils vs Korolev, pretty entertaining match.I've not seen too much of Monfils in the past but he seems a pretty fun guy to watch.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dan_
Good to see Murray through despite a bit of a sloppy performance.

Just done watching Monfils vs Korolev, pretty entertaining match.I've not seen too much of Monfils in the past but he seems a pretty fun guy to watch.

Korolev is Kournikova's cousin. Random fact of the day!

[Amy]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by Amy
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Absolutely ****** off, cannot believe people paid to go see that abysmal performance from Ivanovic. She is definately not worthy of no.1 position in the world and she will definately lose it after the US Open - and deservedly so! Ridiculous!

She was shockingly rubbish and was at wimbledon. The woman has lost her spark.

Ana has lost her spark! not the women, ANA! she cannot cope with the pressure of being no.1 she just cannot be consistent..

Indeed :thumbs:

[Marc]

:bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawl ing::bawling:

[Amy]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
:bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawl ing::bawling:

Thing is she can get it back she's not number 1 for no reason.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Amy
Originally posted by Marcjswp
:bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawl ing::bawling:

Thing is she can get it back she's not number 1 for no reason.

suppose so! next year she'll have less points to defend...cept for RG

Safina for the win!

[Marc]

Well we're at the stage now where seeds meet seeds, we've had a few causalities in the women's side and men's
Davenport [23], Azarenka [14] and most shockingly Kuznetsova [3] and for the men;
Safin and Haas, both in great form at the moment.

Today's order of play looks very good :bigsmile:
Both Williamses, Nadal and Murray. I am excited :cheer2:

[BigSister]

ooooh thats a good line up ^_^

[Dan_]

Surely Davenport is going to retire now?

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dan_
Surely Davenport is going to retire now?

I have no idea! she's near her 1000th match played, lol I want her to make it to that match!
She didn't comment on her future after her defeat to Bartoli last night

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by Dan_
Surely Davenport is going to retire now?

I have no idea! she's near her 1000th match played, lol I want her to make it to that match!
She didn't comment on her future after her defeat to Bartoli last night

She should get to 1000 then call it a day.She came back into in the 2nd set against Bartoli but she was totally outplayed in the first.At her age and after all the injuries I just don't see her getting back to a level where she's going to be competing well against the top players.

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dan_
Originally posted by Marcjswp
Originally posted by Dan_
Surely Davenport is going to retire now?

I have no idea! she's near her 1000th match played, lol I want her to make it to that match!
She didn't comment on her future after her defeat to Bartoli last night

She should get to 1000 then call it a day.She came back into in the 2nd set against Bartoli but she was totally outplayed in the first.At her age and after all the injuries I just don't see her getting back to a level where she's going to be competing well against the top players.

Well when I watched the highlights I found it really funny to see what similar games they both play, angels, depth, flat, powerful and lack of moment it was like watching Davenport play a younger, slightly different version of herself :tongue:

[Marc]

Good first set tennis in Murray/Melzer match... shame Murray lost it 7-6

[Dan_]

Murray through after a real struggle, lost the first two sets and had to win a tie-break to stay in it.

[Marc]

hahaha typical murray! put us through the mill - emotions everywhere! Jurgen got cramp in the start of the 4th set - very good for British supporters!
I'm just thankful that Wawrinka had a 4hr match, will mean that both him and Andy would have had long tiring matches! Bring on monday!

Previous h2h: 3 - 3
Last match : Murray def. Wawrinka : 6-2 0-6 6-4.

(NB: Out of the 4 matches played against each other in 2008, Murray has won 3 of them)

[BigSister]

ooooooh murray won. i thought he was out(saw first 2 sets but then had to go out)

[andyman]

Tiger tim :sad:

[Marc]

David Ferrer is out! woohoo! he was the strongest contender in Murray's quarter.. should be good! Hope Murray can beat Wawrinka

[Marc]

Murray wins 6-1 6-3 6-3
Excellent result!

But up next is VERY in form Juan Del Potro who comes into this US Open after winning the 4 consecutive tournaments! Beating the likes of Haas, Roddick, Fish, Melzer and Gasquet on his way to those 4 titles. Any tennis fan will know that they are a very diverse bunch of men! When I first looked at the draw I thought that Del Potro will go very far - possible semi-finalist. But lets hope Murray can prevent that!

[BigSister]

ooh yay murray won
hes equalled his record hasnt he as he got wimbledon quarters this year(grand slam anyway)

[Dan_]

Great win for Murray,didn't expect it to be quite so easy.

[BigSister]

no neither did i dan

[Dan_]

Murray through to the semi-final! 7-6,7-6,4-6 7-5.That game felt it was never going to end,obviously a hugely close game and Del Potro seemed to gain confidence as the match went on and I really thought it was going to go the full five sets.Great job by Murray.

[Marc]

First grand slam semi for Murray.
I am so relieved that match was over.. throughout the whole match it seemed that Murray was definately the better player, during the first 3 sets I wasn't worried or anything. But then he lost the 3rd and throughout the 4th it was anyone's game! But finally Murray won (most of which was down to the fact that Del Potro looked like he was dying lol)
Nadal or Fish next! ... likely to be Nadal

[BigSister]

Yay first semi for Murray ^_^
Bound to be Nadal though and he will probably lose but you never do know

[Marc]

Nadal! haha yaaay :rolleyes: should be fun, just hope Andy rests from that marathon match.

In other news; Serena wins all Williames quarter final (THANK GOD IT WONT BE AN ALL WILLIAMS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL!!)

[BigSister]

oh yay........
In other news Jamie is in the final of the mixed doubles

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
oh yay........
In other news Jamie is in the final of the mixed doubles

indeed! good times! think he could easily win too! but the final is today :/ random! thursday for a final ???? they should of at least gave another day off and wait until friday! lol but oh well

c'mon murray/huber!
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2906/jamiemurray3uf9.jpg

[Marc]

Just realised; this US Open has been very successful for the Murray brothers :D lol

[BigSister]

yes it has been ^_^
Andy won the junior version of singles of usa open when he was younger as well
But if he gets past nadal who will he face in final

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
yes it has been ^_^
Andy won the junior version of singles of usa open when he was younger as well
But if he gets past nadal who will he face in final

yeah, so he's used to finals :tongue:
I dunno actually, the bottom half is very open, federer, roddick, djokovic and surprise qualifier muller! though I'd go for... Djokovic/Federer final, if there is to be a shock win in the bottom half it'll be Andy Roddick prevailing

[Dan_]

I'm finding hard to choose out of Federer,Roddick and Djokovic.I know Muller's having a great tournament and even with Federer's downturn in form of late, I just cannot see him beating Fed.

I'm looking forward to Roddick vs Djokovic though, should be a highly competitive game.It would be good to see Roddick advance in home tournament and kinda put himself back in there right at the top level.

[Dan_]

Murray and Huber lose in straight sets in the mixed doubles final.

[BigSister]

awww
I would like Roddick to get to the final though

[Dan_]

Federer through to the semi-finals after a straight sets victory over Muller, certainly didn't sound straightforward though.

[Marc]

Woop Woop!! Djokovic won!
I hate the US crowd! so loud and so rude! So glad that they have been silenced! and hopefully Dinara will be able to beat Serena tonight :thumbs2:

Shame about Murray/Huber but they are going up the rankings! Very good result for them both, Semi at Wimbledon and now Final here. :hello:

[Dan_]

So the soon to be top 4 ranked guys are through to the semi-finals, that doesn't happen too often at the majors.

[BigSister]

yay i know Djokovic won as well i quite like him
lol its either gonna be a federer. nadal final or a murray dijokovic final i mean it could be a federer murray or a nadal dijokovic final though
When are the semi finals tonight?

[Dan_]

Think I heard them say on the commentary it's tomorrow.

[BigSister]

ah thanks Dan so would that be saturday night here or friday night here

[Dan_]

Saturday night I believe but there's a chance the weather might stop play.The Women's final is also tomorrow, so they've got a bit to fit in.

[BigSister]

so i was right first time. thanks

[Dan_]

Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic through to the US Open final.

[BigSister]

yay go Jelena glad she won last night
ooooh mens semis tonight

[Dan_]

Djokovic vs Federer already under way.Federer takes the first set 6-3.

[BigSister]

well not surprising really
rain rain go away!

[Dan_]

Djokovic wins the second set, 7-5.Nadal vs Murray on soon.

[Dan_]

Murray vs Nadal is starting now btw.

[Dan_]

Murray wins the first set 6-2.He's been absolutely brilliant so far, really taking the game to Nadal and returning the serves aggressively.It seems to have thrown Nadal off his game.

[BigSister]

yeah ive just seen hes taken first set ^_^

[BigSister]

Murray 2 sets up but it is now raining :mad:

[Dan_]

Damn weather, wont play again until tomorrow now.Murray's done brilliantly to get a two set lead though.

I see in the other semi that Federer won.

[BigSister]

yeah im just hoping he wont let it slip away
I thought he did my grandad was asking who won and i said federer but i wasnt 100% sure

[Jen]

Murry has been fantastic today... :)

[Loukas]

Originally posted by JDIZZEL
Murry has been fantastic today... :)

Yeah! I agree.. 2 sets up!! Too bad about Hurricane Hannah on her way to ruin the game..

[Amy]

Originally posted by JDIZZEL
Murry has been fantastic today... :)

Yes he was. I just hope he maintains this today when it all kicks back off again.

[BigSister]

is it 2 sets to love or 2 sets to 1 like it said on the radio

[Marc]

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HE WINS!!!!!!!!!! :cheer2: OMG!!!! That was so emotional!! I am overwhelmed by Murray - I feel like crying with happiness, tennis is my love and its great for us to finally have someone who is achieving!
Murray deserves all of this!! C'mon Murray!!!
:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::c heer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::che er2::cheer2::cheer2:

[Hugo]

I SCREAMED THE HOUSE DOWN WHEN HE WON :colour:

[BigSister]

I knowwwwwww yay he won
I was worried at 2-1 but i knew he could do it cant wait for tommorows final now

[Marc]

Bring on Federer!!!! We know you can beat him Andy!!!

[Jen]

God I am so happy...

:D He deserved it so much... :lovedup:

[Marc]

Arghhh!!!!!!!! I'm SOOOOO happy!

[Jen]

I love Federer...
I am torn between them both... damn.


LOL

[Marc]

Nooooo!!! no!

[Marc]

Not happy with womens final result :(
boo, but well done Serena, US open winner and new world No.1

[Marc]

http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/photogallery/usopen_week2/f_11.jpg

Serena Williams df. Jelena Jankovic
6-4 7-5




but who are we kidding...

the big match is tonight! :thumbs:
http://i38.tinypic.com/2qsumo1.png

[BigSister]

yup yeah Marc we have waited 11 years for this and even longer if murray wins

[Marc]

We really need Murray to win, its sad to have to reference Greg Rusedski when it comes to grand slam finals lol

[BigSister]

lol i know come on Murray
Fed is still a threat though but Murray beat him this year

[Marc]

Indeed, infact...

H2H; Murray 2 - 1 Federer

2005: Bangkok; Federer bt. Murray 6-3 7-5
2006: ATP Masters Series Cincinnati; Murray bt. Federer 7-5 6-4
2008: Dubai; Murray bt. Federer 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4
All hard court. :thumbs:

[BigSister]

ooooooh
*crosses fingers*

[Dan_]

Great win for Murray, hopefully he can go one better tonight.

[Marc]

Oooh well, we can't have it all! :tongue:
6-2 7-5 6-2 loss for Murray, but I'm not disappointed.. he's done so well to get to the final this year and this is just a taster of what is to come, he's clearly waiting for Wimbledon '09 :bigsmile: I think he got a little tired and overwhelmed by Federer's display - which I must add is the best performance I have seen from him in a very long time! Well done Federer, 5th consecutive US Open title, very well deserved.

Well Done Murray also for doing so well :dance2: - New world No.4

[BigSister]

woop yay number 4 ^_^
And yeah well done federer i think maybe the match yesterday might have took its toll federer had a day off after all

[SiaSiaSia]

i saw the usopen last night in rileys
on a HUGE tv

[Marc]

Federer was un stoppable... absolutely amazing. It was hard not to support him last night haha I was going 'wow c'mon! - oh wait no'