Tennis US Open 2019

[Monzanator 4,502]

1 hour ago, Майкл said:

Great finals line-up in women's doubles too

 

Azarenka/Barty vs. Sabalenka/Mertens

 

Not a single doubles speciallist here allthough Barty cut her teeth with Dellacqua before and Azarenka has won a mixed GS IIRC.

[Майкл 561]

Just now, Monzanator said:

Not a single doubles speciallist here allthough Barty cut her teeth with Dellacqua before and Azarenka has won a mixed GS IIRC.

 

Well, all of them are good in both singles and doubles. It's been a while since we had top players playing doubles regularly  

[Майкл 561]

Great stuff from Daniil, hopefully he puts up a great fight against Rafa in the finals.

 

 

[NearPup 3,045]

40 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Not a single doubles speciallist here allthough Barty cut her teeth with Dellacqua before and Azarenka has won a mixed GS IIRC.

Yes, and Azarenka has also won the Olympics in mixed doubles.

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Matteo wasted 2 consecutive SPs in the first set TB  

Edited September 7, 2019 by Майкл

[heywoodu 15,141]

5 hours ago, Майкл said:

Matteo wasted 2 consecutive SPs in the first set TB  

But props for the fight he put up especially in the first set, damn.

[OlympicsFan 858]

Really interesting to see that Medvedev is the first of the young guns to reach a slam final. I think even one year ago most people wouldn't have bet anything on him being the first of the young guys to do it. Guys like Zverev, Shapovalov, FAA or Tsitsipas seemed to the more obvious choices. Even among the russian guys he probably was only the 3rd choice (behind Khachanov and Rublev) for most people. I think Zverev isn't any less talented, but he has had the same flaws in his game for years and apparently he isn't willing to work on them and anyone who points those mistakes out to him gets fired ...

 

By the way: Russia could have a great Davis Cup team in the future ...

 

I think Medvedev is the youngest finalist since Del Potro did it at the 2009 US Open and i think he could also become the youngest winner since 2009 (when Del Potro won the US Open).

He could be the first guy not named Federer/Nadal/Wawrinka/Djokovic/Murray to win a slam since Cilic did it at the 2014 US Open and the first guy not named Djokovic/Federer/Nadal to win a slam since Wawrinka did it at the 2016 US Open. I think only 1 of the last 39 slams was won by someone else than Federer/Nadal/Wawrinka/Djokovic/Murray (Cilic at the 2014 US Open).

The last russian guy to win a slam/reach the final was Safin at the 2005 Australian Open. Safin is the only russian guy who has won a slam this century and i think Medvedev could become only the 3rd russian man to ever win a slam (only Safin and Kafelnikov have done it before).

[heywoodu 15,141]

Excellent start for Andreescu, let's go

[thepharoah 2,405]

Really interesting final,  Andrew's is definitely my favorite player after Serena retires 

[heywoodu 15,141]

Even challenging a call has to be a whole scene for Williams