2020 US Open tennis

[Napoleon 8660]

Serena being up a break in the 3rd set is really pissing me off. 

Edited September 5, 2020 by Napoleon

[satyanash 14473]

RBA is gone! Didn't see that coming.

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

4 & 1 for Tsvetana over Vekic, pretty crazy ride for her. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

The round the post shot by Fuckso was fantastic.  Tiafoe is really fun to watch when he's feeling it.  I think he's got a run in him.

 

Too bad Serena won though.

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Keys quits against Cornet with some kind of injury. 

Sofia/Jabeur underway on Armstrong. 

[Bullneck 19070]

Jabeur seems to have trouble hitting routine rally balls. 

Her shot tolerance seems low.  Which is odd since clay is what they play on there.

Edited September 6, 2020 by Bullneck

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Sofia is funny as shit to watch, very dramatic. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

Thiem just has to hit it back to Cilic, who apparently will self destruct if given a 5 shot rally.  This is terrible.

[Napoleon 8660]

7 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

Thiem just has to hit it back to Cilic, who apparently will self destruct if given a 5 shot rally.  This is terrible.

Colic seems to have always been as mentally fragile as any number of mid-‘80s closeted WTA players that Martina & Chrissy would crush with regularity. He’s capable of spectacular shots and spectacular collapses. 

SIDE NOTE: Is this year’s men’s tournament secretly The Canadian Open?

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Sofia handles her business. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Martic/Putintseva on Ashe over Angie/Brady? Odd. 

https://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/2020/schedule/pdf/schedulePDF7.pdf

[satyanash 14473]

 

[Napoleon 8660]

2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Martic/Putintseva on Ashe over Angie/Brady? Odd. 

https://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/2020/schedule/pdf/schedulePDF7.pdf

Ashe is playing more slowly than other courts, so maybe they think that a faster court will benefit Brady. 🤷‍♂️

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Martic & Anisimova both said Armstrong was crazy slow, but neither has hit Ashe yet. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Brady just straight up breadstick’d Angie. 

[Napoleon 8660]

48 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Brady just straight up breadstick’d Angie. 

Brady bringin’ the Westwood Wood!

Brady, Kenin, Azerinka (sp?), Osaka, Sakkari...

There are lots of women who I would be happy to see win this tournament. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

On the flip side, crazy Yulia is up 5-0 on Martic. 

[Napoleon 8660]

SIDE NOTE #1:

 I like classic Fender guitar pastel colors and especially like match headstocks. For that reason, I really like Jen Brady’s outfit today/ at this tournament. 

SIDE NOTE #2:

 I am a fan of Angie Kerber’s thighs. 

BACK ON TOPIC:

Brady just had a quick thigh on her heavily wrapped left hammy. Kerber is making her run around like a chicken with her head cut off (a strategy that I wish that everyone would use on Serena.). If Jen can’t close out the match on her serve right here, I think that Kerber wins in 3. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Jenn puttin’ on a show. 

[Napoleon 8660]

Brady pulls it off!!

she doesn’t seem to be walking too well. I worry about an injured bird going forward. The second set alone was 60+ minutes in massive humidity. (I think on the humidity, haven’t checked today.)

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

You clearly missed Jenn’s MTO, it was comical. She came out ripping forehands even harder than before. 

Women. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

14 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

You clearly missed Jenn’s MTO, it was comical. She came out ripping forehands even harder than before. 

Women. 

The WTA has always had crazy score lines.  Like 6-1, 0-6, 6-2.  I don’t really think it’s mental frailty as much as parity that can easily go either way and the lack of dominance on serve.

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

I’m not talking about the scoreline. She was wearing a skirt & black shorts, zero fucking reason to need to leave the court to get her thigh wrapped. She came back just hitting fucking missiles, thigh was never an issue. 

[Napoleon 8660]

40 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

You clearly missed Jenn’s MTO, it was comical. She came out ripping forehands even harder than before. 

Women. 

Yes, I turned on the TV at 6-1 5-3. 

When Zverev is on/ playing an inferior opponent, he looks like a Top 3 player. Not frequently the case when he is up against Top 10 players. 

I’m not sure whether I am familiar with Putintseva, but I am a fan. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

She’s a goddamn nut. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Martic forced 3. 

[Bullneck 19070]

1 hour ago, Napoleon said:

Yes, I turned on the TV at 6-1 5-3. 

When Zverev is on/ playing an inferior opponent, he looks like a Top 3 player. Not frequently the case when he is up against Top 10 players. 

I’m not sure whether I am familiar with Putintseva, but I am a fan. 

She's running out of service breaks after being up 5-1 in the third.

[Napoleon 8660]

Davidovich F’s parents are Russian like Zverev’s, so his little comment to Sacha (Sasha?) at the net after the match was likely in Russian rather than English. 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Puti! Good to see her in a QF

[Napoleon 8660]

Carreno Busta, serving at 0-40 and 4-5 in the first set, challenges an “Out!” call for the set that is overturned by a millimeter. He then comes back and holds. 

Now Djokovic stumbles to get to a passing shot serving at 0-15 and not only doesn’t get to the ball, but appears to have jammed his left shoulder upon bracing himself. (Gamesmanship?) there is now an injury TO while he gets a massage. 

Play only stopped about 3 to 4 minutes  

Women: Rogers & Kvitová Are now on serve in a 1st set tiebreaker  

 

[Napoleon 8660]

LINE LADY COLLAPSES as Djokiovic hits a ball back to the ballboy area and it hits the lady. He appeared to have his hand up to saying “No!” before it even hit the lady. It obviously wasn’t intentional, but he’ll likely be docked some point(s) or a game... 

Which would give Carreno Busta the first set. 

EDIT: A replay looked like he hit the lady in the face, maybe an eye. 

Carreno Busto is getting the shaft having to wait twice due to Djokovic’s drama. 

Edited September 6, 2020 by Napoleon

[MirrOlure 14758]

I think it hit her in the throat. He’s gonna get defaulted.

[Napoleon 8660]

UPDATE: There is a possibility that Djokovic will be defaulted. 

Whoa!

It’s over!!

Holy crap!

Edited September 6, 2020 by Napoleon

[Napoleon 8660]

Thank goodness there isn’t a crowd. 

It was the second time that he smashed a ball, but the first time was against a side barrier. 

Correct, it was the throat. 

[ChiTownDoc 21141]

Damn.  What an idiot.  

[Hefeweizen 5310]

That was clearly unintentional.  That may be the most 2020 thing I've seen in tennis now.

[Armybrat 40822]

Yes, but the rule book is very specific according to the talking tennisheads. 

[nycHorn 2987]

That was clearly unintentional.  That may be the most 2020 thing I've seen in tennis now.

If he hadn’t crushed the ball against the wall 5 minutes earlier, then he might have gotten away with this one.

[Hefeweizen 5310]

5 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Yes, but the rule book is very specific according to the talking tennisheads. 

Oh no doubt by the rules he should be penalized.  If it were Rafa or Roger they would have likely been treated differently.  Djokovic is such an unlikeable guy that the call seemed easy.  I meant 2020 because who hits a ball off to the side into someone's throat?

[Herpa Derpa 6123]

Hawk-Eye should make linesmen obsolete.  Maybe this will hasten their overall demise at the top levels.

[UDontKnow 10439]

I don't like Djokovic by any means, but defaulting the match is overkill and cheapens the men's competition.

[Armybrat 40822]

4 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

 I meant 2020 because who hits a ball off to the side into someone's throat?

I can think of one guy... 😄

[DanRydell 799]

 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

9 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

I don't like Djokovic by any means, but defaulting the match is overkill and cheapens the men's competition.

I agree, and he is a dickhead all around by a lot of accounts, who happens to be an all time great.

[The Dog 44019]

I don't like Djokovic by any means, but defaulting the match is overkill and cheapens the men's competition.

You drill a linesman or ump with a ball in anger it’s an automatic default. Doesn’t matter who you are and Djokovic knows better.

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Petra up 5-4 in the match breaker with Rogers. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Whoa, Shelby wins! 

[Napoleon 8660]

1 minute ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Whoa, Shelby wins! 

She handled it like she’d been there before. So hard to do, but she just kept fighting. 

So huge for her. (I’d never heard of her before the tournament in Kentucky.) crazy to see “breakthroughs” in the mid-late 20s from Rogers & Brady. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15947]

Such a massive DF from Petra on her 4th MP. 

[Huckleberry 32848]

58 minutes ago, The Dog said:

You drill a linesman or ump with a ball in anger it’s an automatic default. Doesn’t matter who you are and Djokovic knows better.

Yep, there are multiple historic precedents where the player was defaulted. That's the risk you take.