2022 US Open tennis

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Men's draw

I don't have a damn clue about this except Rafa is playing. 

 

Women's draw

This may be more wide open than Wimbledon. For my annual random pick, I'll go with Ms. Karolina Pliskova. 

 

Play begins at 10a on the various ESPN platforms. Day 1 OoP 

[Napoleon 8679]

I am in NYC and wanted to go to the qualifying days this past weekend (Tuesday-> Sunday we’re all free qualifying days), but was otherwise preoccupied these past two days, so I thought that I would pick up a ~$70 grounds pass. 

HOLY FUCK was I mistaken!

Tickets are mid $100s and up!!

That’s in part due to The BLOAT playing tonight on Arthur Ashe followed by Nick Kyrgios playing his Special K buddy, Kokkinakis after that.

Great 11:00am matches on numbered courts: Sebastian Korda, Tommy Paul, Taylor Fritz ms be the 2nd or 3rd up, but the tickets are insane. 

Edited August 29, 2022 by Napoleon

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They gave my pick a pretty good kit, at least. 

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Always fun when the score box does this. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

I’ll pick Medvedev and Bencic. I sincerely hope the latter doesnt happen, but I just have a sick feeling this may be her time to win a slam 

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Belinda was actually my other choice since they’ll have to play each other in R3. I mostly went with KP cause she’s the lower seed, so it was more of a reach. 

Edited August 29, 2022 by shadow_operative2.0
higher/lower, either way

[Napoleon 8679]

I just watched Mannarino on the practice courts about 30 minutes ago. 

Mainly doubles and fringe players on outside practice courts. Better know players can get time on courts inside the grounds. 

I still haven’t bought a ticket yet, but I’ll likely snag an Ashe stadium ticket after 6pm. One nose bleed dropped from $127 or $126 to $119 and it was snatched up in seconds. Probably by someone already inside the grounds. 

[PittsburghTiger 6186]

Just turned on the TV and the slobbering over Serena is bad.

She’s the best woman player ever but these announcers sound like junior high girls

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I've got Rus/Rogers on one of the DTV bonus channels for now, much better. 

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Simona was a very trendy pick by many. 

6-2, 0-6, 6-4 

Snigur, please. 

[Fudbelty 2788]

I can’t say I’ve watched a ton of tennis but Serena hitting one serve out then the next three straight in the net doesn’t seem ideal.

[dcbc 14484]

2 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:

I can’t say I’ve watched a ton of tennis but Serena hitting one serve out then the next three straight in the net doesn’t seem ideal.

It's not, but she made up for it with two aces.  So there's that.

[4th&Five 41551]

Was that Mike Tyson sitting next to Martina? Random. 
 

Bill Clinton and Dr. Ruth?

Edited August 29, 2022 by 4th&Five

[Fudbelty 2788]

Hillary sure has aged.

Was that Mike Tyson sitting next to Martina? Random. 

Power couple.

[Nicole44 22060]

Hard to imagine Serena no longer in the picture. So dominant for such a long time. I’m trying to get jazzed about the latest crop of womens tennis players but I’m just kinda meh about all of them…

[dcbc 14484]

I'm glad she's playing well.  That serve.  Damn.

[Napoleon 8679]

2 hours ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Just turned on the TV and the slobbering over Serena is bad.

She’s the best woman player ever but these announcers sound like junior high girls

The slobbering her in the Ashe is over-the-top as well  

Lots of noise mid-point  

Have no idea why Kovinic is employing this “strategy”. She should be drop-shotting or the shit out of this match when she isn’t taken plenty off of her forehand crosscourt shots so that they don’t go over the baseline  

I early in the first set I thought that Serena would lose the match, but Danika seems pretty slow on the up-take and Serena may just squeeze out the win. If it goes back I 3, she’s toast.

 

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

Was that Mike Tyson sitting next to Martina? Random. 
 

Bill Clinton and Dr. Ruth?

Saw Martina play at SMU in the ‘80s, saw Clinton at Meechum Field (?:.. Fort Worth) after midnight in the wee hours before he was elected in ‘92, and sold something to Dr. Ruth  in a museum shop a year or two after. She is absolutely tiny! (And that was nearly 30 years ago.)

Dr. Ruth looked me in the eye (No “Key & Peele”) and said…

”You’re a very good salesman.”

 

27 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

Hard to imagine Serena no longer in the picture. So dominant for such a long time. I’m trying to get jazzed about the latest crop of womens tennis players but I’m just kinda meh about all of them…

Serena has been out of the scene for a couple of years now. 
 

…but she just won a match I thought that she’d lose. 

[4th&Five 41551]

Why are they doing this tribute after she won?

[Napoleon 8679]

They thought that Serena was going to lose. 

Gail from CBS this Morning, then Billie Jean King, then Gail again, and now a video narrated by Oprah. 

NEWSFLASH: She didn’t lose!

Let’s get on to the next match!

And then Gail’s words & boobs again. 

My god, this is not an exhibition match! It is the first match of the first night of the last major of the year. 
 

NO! Someone said “BLOAT”, Gail. 
 

Holy F!!!  🤬🤬

[nycHorn 3008]

Yeah, when Serena goes up against someone that can get a first serve in, she might be in trouble unless her serve is cranking.
That whole match was pretty disappointing tennis with a couple of exceptions.

[4th&Five 41551]

22 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

They thought that Serena was going to lose. 

Gail from CBS this Morning, then Billie Jean King, then Gail again, and now a video narrated by Oprah. 

NEWSFLASH: She didn’t lose!

Let’s get on to the next match!

And then Gail’s words & boobs again. 

My god, this is not an exhibition match! It is the first match of the first night of the last major of the year. 
 

NO! Someone said “BLOAT”, Gail. 
 

Holy F!!!  🤬🤬

Whole thing was cringeworthy and if you’re going to ask her a question don’t interrupt her answer!

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Danka’s last win was May 26. 

Anett better bow up next. 

[Napoleon 8679]

In the first game, on the 3rd or 4th point, Kyrgios:
- served a let
- served a second let
- served a third time, hit a rally or two and won the point…

…all in 31 seconds. 

It takes longer than that just for Rafa to hit the 2nd serve.

Nick is so good it is nuts. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Leylah v. hot Dodin next on ESPN2. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Fritz, the top ranked American, bounced in 4 sets to Tracy Austin's kid

[Bullneck 19090]

37 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Fritz, the top ranked American, bounced in 4 sets to Tracy Austin's kid

Tracy Austin has kids?  Damn.

[Bullneck 19090]

44 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

In the first game, on the 3rd or 4th point, Kyrgios:
- served a let
- served a second let
- served a third time, hit a rally or two and won the point…

…all in 31 seconds. 

It takes longer than that just for Rafa to hit the 2nd serve.

Nick is so good it is nuts. 

He's serving up one of those bonzer salads!

Spoiler

That's the kind of shit I post when I'm drunk.  Which I'm not.  Dammit

 

[Napoleon 8679]

Arthur Ashe Stadium DJ just played “I come From A Land Down Under” during the last changeover. 

2 Aussies playing each other, wonder if he was the first guy to think of that. 🙄

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Leylah wins, she played well. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Sound up, someone had a real bad day at the office. 

 

[Napoleon 8679]

1 minute ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Sound up, someone had a real bad day at the office. 

 

Her gamesmanship needs to be addressed this off-season and clear rules need to be put in place regarding:

-WHEN you can call the trainer.

-HOW LONG you can take a bathroom break.

-HOW LONG you can whine to a chair umpire  and…

-HOW MANY TIMES you can whine to a chair umpire.

….before the penalties start. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

That was before the match even started, not exactly a big deal for her opponent. It took 2 minutes. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Garbine somehow managed to avoid a decider against Tauson, gets the 17-year old Linda Fruhvirtova next. 

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10-8 in the super breaker, Karolina hates easy. 

[LTtxfan 49187]

When is Longhorn Peyton Stearns match ??

[WBT 20572]

Badosa on serve in the 3rd with Ukrainian Tsurenko

[WBT 20572]

Badosa now up 5-2.  I'm watching with no sound but Tsurenko is really hobbling around.  Looks like the trainer just gave her the old inner thigh ice massage.

Edited August 30, 2022 by WBT

[Napoleon 8679]

Venus loses in a 2nd set tie-breaker and she gets swept out the door like she’s never made it past the 3rd round and she’ll be back next year.

[LTtxfan 49187]

49 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

When is Longhorn Peyton Stearns match?

 

Just found this...

 

Guessing that time is ET, so approx start time will be around 5:15 CT

 

Edited August 30, 2022 by LTtxfan

[perfectchaos007 6642]

33 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Venus loses in a 2nd set tie-breaker and she gets swept out the door like she’s never made it past the 3rd round and she’ll be back next year.

It’s going to get real awkward when tournaments stop giving her wildcards 

[Napoleon 8679]

 

Spoiler

I volunteer to help these ladies shower off after the match. And if there’s only one shower stall available for the three of us to share, then that’s a sacrifice that I’m willing to make.

I support these ladies 110%!

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Yulia took the first at 3, then AA got worked on. 

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Damn, Rybakina went out rather easy to Burel, who ain't great. 

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Belinda struggled to beat Petko in 3, who apparently is only playing one more tourney in Europe. 

3 & 3 for Yulia. 

[perfectchaos007 6642]

Anisimova smh. 

[LTtxfan 49187]

One last matches of the day.  Good Luck to our Longhorn Peyton Stearns !!! 🤘

 

[LTtxfan 49187]

21 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

One last matches of the day.  Good Luck to our Longhorn Peyton Stearns !!! 🤘

 

It's finally underway... damn this match took forever to start. 

Peyton won game 1

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Sofia & Emma out. 

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Well, Peyton forced a decider. 

[LTtxfan 49187]

Stearns loses 1st set 6-4 on 1 break.

Stearns wins 2nd set 6-4  - 3 breaks to 2. 😋

On to set three - Stearns holds gm1 up 1-0.  🤘

 

Edited August 31, 2022 by LTtxfan