2023 US Open tennis

[Napoleon 8660]

Apparently Boys Qualies have a lot in common with the WTA.

 

[Napoleon 8660]

Coco sucking on a Belgian hog.

After having a shot to break Mertens to go up 4-2, she just started in the hot tub.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Rybakina/hot Sorana underway. 

[WBT 20561]

Peyton vs hot Katie Boulter tomorrow.

Caroline vs Gauff on Sunday should be fun.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Helluva breaker, but we're playing 3. 

[Boss Hogg 808]

Great chance at American in one men’s semi against Djoker. Either Tiafoe, Paul or Shelton. 

[Napoleon 8660]

20 minutes ago, Boss Hogg said:

Great chance at American in one men’s semi against Djoker. Either Tiafoe, Paul or Shelton. 

Not so fast, amigo. 

Let’s not name our Serbians before they hatch. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Wow, hot Sorana wins. 

[cafe society 2860]

7 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Wow, hot Sorana wins. 

My girl is kicking ass.  She seems to be improving as she gets older.  She always plays her best in NY.  Go Sorana!

[perfectchaos007 6621]

Djokovic gave his compatriot a 2 set lead just to give himself a little challenge. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Boulter serving at 4-5 in the first against Peyton. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

And Peyton promptly breaks for the set. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

She's serving for the 4th round now. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

And she finally holds, that a girl. 

[perfectchaos007 6621]

The 4 Yanks remaining that are into the 4th round are Gauff, Pegula, Keys, and Peyton Stearns. Well done by the Texas-Ex. 

[cafe society 2860]

This Jabeur/Bouzkova match is a fucking war of attrition.  Both are ailing, but unless Bouzkova manages to grind out a win in the second set I doubt she can keep going.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Belinda v. hot Sorana underway. 

[Napoleon 8660]

Ben Shelton was up 6-4 , 6-1, 3-1 over Tommy Paul when he then hit a 141mph (to 143 mph) on a first serve and then followed it up with a 149mph first serve!

He had another 149mph serve in the game to go up 4-1 in the 3rd…

Then he shit himself and instead of closing out the match, he lost 4 straight games and we’re in a 4th set. 

Randall Cobb & Aaron Rodgers in attendance. (Something not as easy in Green Bat.)

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Hot Romania tried to WTA it, but she's into the QF. 

 

Caroline v. Coco next. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

Damn Caro would get it.  I like her trend setting and encourage more bodysuits.

[troph 24781]

1 minute ago, Hefeweizen said:

Damn Caro would get it.  I like her trend setting and encourage more bodysuits.

Look like men’s college wrestling suits. Not a fan. But I suspect I’m the only one. 🙄 

[troph 24781]

Atta girl Coco!! Nice break back. 

[troph 24781]

Dial it up!!!  Nothing better than watching a competitor take it to another level. Last two games she’s said nope this is mine. Fucking love it. Hope she can keep it up.

[troph 24781]

I only saw the end of the second set and all of the third set but damn she turned it up. 🎾 💪🏼 

Edited September 3, 2023 by troph

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Novak easy, gets Taylor next. 

 

Iga v. Jelena shortly on ESPN2. 

[troph 24781]

Djokovic was tested to five I get it and he’s in the twilight of his peak with Alcaraz all up on him now, but man I’m fully convinced he’s the most focused and determined athlete I’ve seen in any sport since Jordan and given the isolation and solitude of singles tennis, I’d argue even more. I fucking love his game.  I don’t get the hate and I’m so grateful to have had the chance to watch him over the years. 

Edited September 4, 2023 by troph

[Hefeweizen 5310]

Lol fat Penko.  She cracks me up with her faces.  So much talent, such a fucking child.  And apparently she’s not a fan of cardio.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

I just wish we still had challenges simply to see some of the shit she would question. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

6 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

I just wish we still had challenges simply to see some of the shit she would question. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

And Woz lost… I hope we get to see her again soon.

 

I am actually somewhat curious about the Big Foe Shelton match.  Can Shelton hit 150?  Is he really black?  I had no idea.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Caro is done for '23, probably one warmup in January before Melbourne. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

Like clockwork Penko challenged a computer line call.  It was out by 6 inches.  Never change.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Let’s play 3, it’s a holiday. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Double break for the crazy one, let’s see if she closes the deal. 

[troph 24781]

1 hour ago, Hefeweizen said:

Lol fat Penko.  She cracks me up with her faces.  So much talent, such a fucking child.  And apparently she’s not a fan of cardio.

She’s not any bigger than Jabeur and she’s about to (convincingly) take down world #1 for the 4th time. Iga’s never beaten her.

Edited September 4, 2023 by troph

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Iga ain’t digging Jelena’s squeaky shoes. 

This handshake will be fun. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Drive home safely, Poland. 

My absurdity pick is alive. 

[troph 24781]

Impressive 3rd set. Crushing forehand.

[troph 24781]

Saba now #1 can she capitalize? 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

TC did her dirty with these back-to-back pics while she was rolling. 

 

 

[troph 24781]

Espn2 just did her right with a quick highlight reel. Coco’s got a match coming up for sure. 

[perfectchaos007 6621]

Coco might be the odds on favorite to win the tournament now. Penko redlining forehands is how she won the French Open. She might be doing it here at the USO

[Napoleon 8660]

10 hours ago, troph said:

Look like men’s college wrestling suits. Not a fan. But I suspect I’m the only one. 🙄 

Caroline Woz's rasslin' singlet is just weird.

The only thing that I really like about it is that 1) She is really good friends with Serena Williams & 2) Serena wore something like that and she looked like 3 sausages worth of ground pork stuff into a single sausage casing.

CarWoz at least looks fit, but it just doesn't seem hot. And if you're going to wear that shit, it should look hot.

 

5 hours ago, troph said:

Djokovic was tested to five I get it and he’s in the twilight of his peak with Alcaraz all up on him now, but man I’m fully convinced he’s the most focused and determined athlete I’ve seen in any sport since Jordan and given the isolation and solitude of singles tennis, I’d argue even more. I fucking love his game.  I don’t get the hate and I’m so grateful to have had the chance to watch him over the years. 

Don't like Novak, but you can see that he paces himself from his very first serve. Everything is so deliberate and everything seems so planned that whenever he hits any adversity, he seems like he starts to melt down (internally) for a bit before finding his way back to bouncing the fucking ball 10-15 times before every first serve and he never gets called out for taking 35 seconds of the 25 second serve clock.

I feel like he just blocks the ball back about 95% of the time and says "Make a mistake, Spaz." and his opponents follow his order. I guess it is the other 5% of the time that makes them nervous and leads them to fail rather than forcing Novak to beat them over and over and over.

 

4 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

I just wish we still had challenges simply to see some of the shit she would question. 

I was going to post that Jelena challenges the automated calls and continues to disagree with the evidence that she doesn't like. Then I continued reading and saw that she did it tonight.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Peyton v. Vondrousova at 10a on Armstrong. 

[Hefeweizen 5310]

6 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Peyton v. Vondrousova at 10a on Armstrong. 

I think Peyton has a shot.  It’s a good year for an outsider to make a run.  
 

And picking Coco as a favorite is a little bit of a stretch right now but sure, she has a shot.

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Vondrousova in 3, Keys drove JPeg. 

[Napoleon 8660]

I’m a few minutes behind real time, but Álcaraz is not very nice to his opponents. He can make them look foolish at times. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Haha, this is a very polite way of saying 'Iga is scared shitless of me'. 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15944]

Qinwen sent Jabeur home.