Tennis: US Open 2024

[Jack Straw]

I say this is as a positive, but Navarro is a robot out there, never too low or high, it’s really impressive.

Even in the interview post-match she’s incredibly even-keeled.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Poor Andrei. He is such a fighter; I always hate to see him lose. There was a time that Dimitrov would have folded like a cheap tent under this pressure, but kudos to him for being patient and handling the big points so well when it was needed.

I like him too. I always hate to see him come up short in these slams. He needs a sports psychologist. Someone that’ll get him to be a little calmer when things don’t go his way.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Without any stats to back it up, it seems to me like Navarro and Shnaider have been playing the best tennis on the WTA outside of the top 5 the last couple of months and one of them may be due to win this tournament. Possibly even they could meet in the final.

 

[Jack Straw]

Anybody else here have DirecTV? I was watching the Zverev match on ESPN and all of sudden it cuts out and I get a message on the screen saying that DirecTV’s contract with Disney has expired. So no more ESPN? Are they serious? WTF???

Fortunately I subscribe to the Disney+ bundle so I can stream ESPN, but I wouldn’t want to be on DirecTV’s phone support right now. I can only imagine the tsunami of phone calls they are getting.

 

[kihei]

Impressive response after a slow start from Zverev. Really shut down Brandon in the last three sets. Fritz up next; gotta think Zverev now has a great chance to get himself to the final.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Any chance of a Zheng/ Navarro matchup? Navarro is not so even keeled around her.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Without any stats to back it up, it seems to me like Navarro and Shnaider have been playing the best tennis on the WTA outside of the top 5 the last couple of months and one of them may be due to win this tournament. Possibly even they could meet in the final.

Pegula shredded Shnaider in Toronto, I can't see the roles changing at the US open

 

[17futurecap]

Even with the set loss last round, Sabalenka looks like the clear favorite, she's had an excellent draw too, no one of the 4 players she has faced could come near her power.

Zheng could change that next round if she gets by Vekic tonight.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

This Vekic Zheng match is shaping to be one of the better matches all tournament

 

[kihei]

I wonder what Zheng did that pissed Navarro off last time they met? Zheng seems like such a non-controversial player. She can have an almost regal bearing I find, which shouldn't be a problem as it just seems natural to her, but something ticked Navarro off. All I know is Emma had egg all over her face when Zheng won the gold.

As for Zheng/Vekic 2, I didn't see it but it looks like it was a hell of a match.

 

[MsMeow]

I wonder what Zheng did that pissed Navarro off last time they met? Zheng seems like such a non-controversial player. She can have an almost regal bearing I find, which shouldn't be a problem as it just seems natural to her, but something ticked Navarro off. All I know is Emma had egg all over her face when Zheng won the gold.

As for Zheng/Vekic 2, I didn't see it but it looks like it was a hell of a match.

I wondered about this myself. I have no clue what pissed Navarro off.

 

[kihei]

Draper plays clean tennis while Machac, seemingly intimidated by the occasion, pours out unforced errors by the gallon (16). Easy set for Jack.

 

[17futurecap]

Bad day session so far, one way traffic for all winners.

 

[kihei]

Typical round of 16 so far in many ways. The spectre of making the quarterfinals of a major is an intimidating prospect that makes otherwise good players quake in their boots and underperform, the proverbial bridge too far.

 

[kihei]

Bad day for pretenders to the throne. Borges fares even worse than Machac winning only four games in total and committing 52 unforced errors. Medvedev first serve % up a little bit to 63%, so that's an improvement and good news for him.

 

[kihei]

This is the type of tennis this afternoon that reminds people that they have a drainpipe that needs fixing.

 

[kihei]

Both Haddad Maia and Catherine Wozniacki have similar games so it wasn't surprising that it took the Brazilian three sets to win it. A lot of error-prone play and some boring stretches, but still best of show among the afternoon matches.

 

[17futurecap]

Both Haddad Maia and Catherine Wozniacki have similar games so it wasn't surprising that it took the Brazilian three sets to win it. A lot of error-prone play and some boring stretches, but still best of show among the afternoon matches.

The serve to end it was amazing, she almost aced her on an under 60 MPH serve.

 

[kihei]

The onslaughts continue. Demon takes the first set from Thompson 6-love...and wins in four sets. He sure deserves the quarterfinals

 

[kihei]

Sinner starts really shaky and is broken for 2-1. Paul is just keeping the ball in play....well, he is doing a lot more than that. He is giving Sinner lots of different looks. being very aggressive in his net play, putting pressure on both Sinner's serves--all to the delight of a massively intimidating crowd.....and quick like a bunny, Sinner breaks twice and we are now even at 4-all. Can get whiplash in this set.

It felt to me that whoever won the breaker will win the match, and Sinner won it going away. Such a strange set for him....voodoo tennis.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Nice break by Tommy. That backhand down the line was filth.

Loud Go Tommy chants @ Arthur Asche

 

[kihei]

The kind of set that whoever lost it will be kicking himself.

 

[kihei]

2nd set: On serve, 4-3, and neither player looking sharp. I'm not sure Sinner has hit a passing shot all night.

 

[kihei]

That quick little bunny shows up again and Sinner wins another breaker when Paul butchers a couple of Sinner's serve right at the end. Paul could have had both sets, now it may be impossible to comeback from this deficit.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Paul just can’t hit enough winners to beat Sinner, unless Jannik makes a lot of unforced errors.

He can keep it close, but come crunch time of a set his shots aren’t as threatening and he’s not going to be winning slugfest points.