ark_longhorn

I hadn't heard about the heat stroke at the Olympics. That would definitely explain her level of play. I got a kick out of hearing Chris Evert (I think) commenting on Emma Raducanu against Kenin. Evert said Emma had to talk to her coach every time they changed ends because she didn't know what to do. It came across as "How can you be this good and not know what to do?". Maybe that wasn't the way she intended it.

Osaka knocks out #10 seed Ostapenko and her reward is getting to playing to play Muchova in the second round. Osaka looked good what little bit of it I got to see. Iga looked terrible going for a winner or damaging shot on the first stroke way too often. She piled up the unforced errors. Her opponent played consistent tennis until she had 3 set points in the second set tb. Then she lost 5 points in a row to hand Iga the second round. Dani was off. Not sure if it was due to this being her last US Open or what but just couldn't play with enough consistency to put Dolehide away. I hated to see Shelby hang it up. I've always enjoyed watching her compete even though she didn't have quite the same upside as the elite players. Shelby and Thiem both ending their careers due to constantly battling injuries. Thiem used to be one of the hardest hitters on tour and his balls looked average compared to Shelton's forehands.

I may be eating those words about an upset. Cerundolo gets an early break and races out to a 3-0 lead in the 3rd.

Joker drops the second set to Cerundolo. I'm not expecting an upset, but I wonder if Joker is going to spend too much time on the court in the early rounds. He spent almost 4 1/2 hours last round and should hit 3 1/2 this round (possibly more).

Keys tried the same tactic - get blown out in the first set and come back and win. Iga didn't get the memo and won the second as well (6-1,6-3).

I think Iga is happy someone knocked Ostapenko out of the tournament for her.

If this has already been discussed, then please ignore. There is a rumor floating around that there is a love triangle involving 3 of the UA basketball team players. I'm pretty sure Muss is trying to get as far away from that as possible. I don't keep track of the team so I'm not sure who the 3 players are. It would bring a dynamic to practice/games that is hard to manage. This probably wasn't in the sales pitch to Cal.

Try SKKRD (that is the symbol appearing in my account now). Appears to be another stonk in the same mold as IBRX.