Tennis: US Open 2024

[SlafySZN]

Osaka looked real good against Ostapenko, like contender good.

Would love that if she can make a run. Would be an awesome story.

 

[kihei]

Fernandez and Andreescu both at 4-all in the third set in their respective matches...and neither can manage to make it to a breaker as Paolini defeats Andreescu 6-4 and Potopova defeats Fernandez 7-5.

With FAA and Shapo going out in straight sets, a very bleak day in Canadian tennis despite Diallo's sliver of light.

 

[SlafySZN]

Fernandez and Andreescu both at 4-all in the third set in their respective matches...and neither can manage to make it to a breaker as Paolini defeats Andreescu 6-4 and Potopova defeats Fernandez 7-5.

With FAA and Shapo going out in straight sets, a very bleak day in Canadian tennis despite Diallo's sliver of light.

Yeah, not a good year at all for the canadians other than Felix’s olympic bronze medal in doubles.

As of now it certainly feels like Felix and Shapo had their peak about 3 years ago. Don’t know if they’ll ever produce those results again.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Yeah, not a good year at all for the canadians other than Felix’s olympic bronze medal in doubles.

As of now it certainly feels like Felix and Shapo had their peak about 3 years ago. Don’t know if they’ll ever produce those results again.

Man, I remember 7/8 years ago Shapovalov and FAA were talked about as some of the next big things in tennis and were going to stake claim to some of the best tennis ever seen by Canadian male tennis players, with a few Grand Slams in the cards. Now they both look like their time has already come and gone. They're quickly heading down the Eugenie Bouchard path (minus her looks that she can fall back on outside of her fizzled tennis playing career).

Thank goodness Andreescu won that US Open (five years ago already?! ), otherwise God knows if and when we'd have seen a Canadian singles tennis player win a Grand Slam.

 

[SlafySZN]

Man, I remember 7/8 years ago Shapovalov and FAA were talked about as some of the next big things in tennis and were going to stake claim to some of the best tennis ever seen by Canadian male tennis players, with a few Grand Slams in the cards. Now they both look like their time has already come and gone. They're quickly heading down the Eugenie Bouchard path (minus her looks that she can fall back on outside of her fizzled tennis playing career).

Thank goodness Andreescu won that US Open (five years ago already?! ), otherwise God knows if and when we'd have seen a Canadian singles tennis player win a Grand Slam.

Consistency is very hard in tennis, only a few can maintain top results year after year.

Bouchard had a good career all things considered since more players than we think has an incredible year or 2 then kinda disappear. She had a good peak year then got to maintain herself in the top 30 for about 4 years.

It goes for Felix and Shapo too and someone like Tsitsipas is experiencing the same thing right now.

We should still enjoy having a player like Felix until he lasts, who knows when Canada will have another player of his level (around top 15-20).

And yeah, 5 years since Andreescu won. 3 years since the Fernandez/Raducanu final already

 

[kihei]

Gonna be a long night.

Paul sails through the first two sets against Sonego who looks like, having just won Winstem-Salem, he is having a bit of a let down. And then, down a break in the third, Sonego gets interested and starts playing great tennis while Paul, simultaneously, suddenly loses the thread. Going to a fourth set. 1:00 AM already, but can't wait to see what happens next.

Paul picks up his game and wins the fourth set 6-2. More aggressive than I have ever seen him--42/54 at the net, more serve and volley, more emphasis on the transition game. Looks damn good on him.

 

[17futurecap]

While it was a light hearted jab a few months ago, it's pretty funny and true what Casper said about Tommy Paul after you watch his matches.

After the players exchanged stories, De Minaur brought up his 6-0, 6-0 defeat to Paul in the US Open Juniors semifinals. Ruud, along with Thiem, expressed astonishment, leading Ruud to ask: "Wow. Was he able to focus for 12 games in a row? I can't believe that."

 

[kihei]

Women seeds ended up going 26 and 6 for the first round. The polar opposite of the recent norm, that is one mightily impressive showing. Men's seeds were 25-7 by comparison. Neither side lost a top ten seed in the first round either.

 

[Ben Grimm]

Emma Raducanu considers Oxford Uni after US Open defeat leaves her in tears

Emma Raducanu continues to ponder a move to Oxford University following a first round defeat in the US Open.

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I picked Kenin to win correctly.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Women seeds ended up going 26 and 6 for the first round. The polar opposite of the recent norm, that is one mightily impressive showing. Men's seeds were 25-7 by comparison. Neither side lost a top ten seed in the first round either.

Wasn’t Sakkari 9th seed?

 

[kihei]

Wasn’t Sakkari 9th seed?

Correct. My mistake.

 

[kihei]

Kokkinakis is an interesting case. I always think of him as a really good player, capable of doing what he did yesterday, knocking out someone like Tsitsipas in the first round. It's always a shock to me when I realize that his highest lifetime ranking is #65. I find that appearances can be deceiving when it comes to Thanasi.

 

[Tuggy]

Kokkinakis is an interesting case. I always think of him as a really good player, capable of doing what he did yesterday, knocking out someone like Tsitsipas in the first round. It's always a shock to me when I realize that his highest lifetime ranking is #65. I find that appearances can be deceiving when it comes to Thanasi.

He's got a big, nice game. If he was ever able to stay healthy then I think he could have been a lot more.

It is quite surprising that he's never risen above 65. A couple more wins here and he would do it.

I remember him being talked about as a potential big star. Him, Tomic and Kyrgios the next great generation of Australian tennis...

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Give me Madison Keys as the shock winner, if there is one, of the women's US open, looks insanely impressive so far. Probably should've won Wimbledon too if she doesn't get hurt v Paolini.

 

[17futurecap]

Krueger up two sets and 3-0 in the third to fall apart, and then have to go back to the Challenger tour must be so tough to take.

Life of a journeyman.

 

[kihei]

Not exactly a line-up today on either side that sends the pulse racing, though Fritz/Berrettini under the lighs sounds fun.

 

[kihei]

Rublev in big trouble down two sets against Rinderknech, not a guy known for his steely nerves, though. (Later: Andrei takes the last three sets at the expense of only five games).

Lehecka, looking god-awful, comes back from two sets down against an American nobody named Krueger who in a thirteen career has won only nine matches total on the ATP tour, with only one win coming after 2022. Don't think I am betting on Jiri any time soon.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Humbert is a major clown to losing to Comesana, his best surface and he just lost to a dude who played on clay challengers before the US Open.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Rublev in big trouble down two sets against Rinderknech, not a guy known for his steely nerves, though.

Lehecka, looking god-awful, comes back from two sets down against an American nobody named Krueger who in a thirteen career has won only nine matches total on the ATP tour, with only one win coming after 2022. Don't think I am betting on Jiri any time soon.

Jiri has had some insane comebacks this year, the one v Goffin comes to mind as well.

Rublev shouldn't have lost set 2 tbh, but he comes through in a 5 setter. Not the best thing to do dealing with a serve bot early in the tournament like that.

 

[kihei]

Musetti wins a marathon five-setter in 90 degree heat against Kecmanovic, who seems to always fall just short, but, god, he gave it his all this time. Both were dead by the start of the fifth set but managed to almost get to a breaker. But just after he had saved two match points in the previous game, Musetti broke and then served it out 7-5. The kind of match that makes you proud of both players.

 

[kihei]

This must set an exceedingly minor but still curious record. Nole and Djere meeting tonight marks only the second time in GS history that players with surnames that began with "Dj" have faced each other in a Grand Slam match. First time it happened was last year at the '23 US Open.

 

[kihei]

Women's seeds continue their strong showing going 12-2 today.

 

[kihei]

Fritz's relatively easy straight set win over Berrettini last night makes him look like a pretty convincing dark horse at the moment.

 

[CupofOil]

Fritz's relatively easy straight set win over Berrettini last night makes him look like a pretty convincing dark horse at the moment.

That surprised me, Berrettini has been in really good form this summer so I expected a marathon match in this one. Fritz looked good but Berrettini looked surprisingly uninterested.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

That surprised me, Berrettini has been in really good form this summer so I expected a marathon match in this one. Fritz looked good but Berrettini looked surprisingly uninterested.

Fritz is a hard court demon, Berrettini been making most of his hay this summer on the clay