Tennis: US Open 2019

[Tuggy]

https://www.usopen.org/index.html

Qualifying begins today. A couple Canadians on either side.

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[Tuggy]

Djokovic and Osaka are defending champs.

Djokovic should be the slight favorite but I really think both sides are wide open.

 

[Beau Knows]

I'm taking Nadal to win this one.

I'll say Federer loses in round 2.

 

[Tuggy]

I'm taking Nadal to win this one.

I'll say Federer loses in round 2.

Yeah, I don't see Federer as much of a threat here.

 

[discostu]

Djokovic and Osaka are defending champs.

Djokovic should be the slight favorite but I really think both sides are wide open.

Yeah, it feels like it's anyone's game.

The US Open is the one tournament that doesn't feel like a home court advantage by the big 3. Looking at the last 5 USO finals, and it's featured 8 different players.

There's a lot of overlap in the Venn diagram of players who might be able to win this thing, and players that could get upset in the early rounds.

 

[YEM]

I go every year
Greatest sporting event in North America
Can’t wait

 

[kihei]

I still like Djokovic. In his loss Sunday what could he do that he didn't do? I thought he played extremely well and just ran into a guy that played better.

I also like Medvedev, who is a gaudy 31-8 on hard courts this year, to make at least the semis, especially given the fact that he will have had a week's rest which he certainly could use.

Nadal should never be underestimated.

Roger is a huge question mark going in.

Kyrgios can't be ignored and Monfils has been super great on hard courts this year (19-4)

Super Dark Horse picks: Khachanov, Fritz


On the women's side, Serena, Osaka, Barty, and Pliskova (and flip some coins to pick the winner)

Dark Horse picks: Andreescu, Keys

Super Dark Horse picks: Kenin, Kontaveit

 

[tony d]

Last major of the year, I wonder how the Canadians will do. I see the latest rankings now have Felix ahead of Milos.

 

[Tuggy]

Diez and Polansky advance to R2 in qualifying. Abanda and Sebov out.

 

[discostu]

Diez and Polansky advance to R2 in qualifying. Abanda and Sebov out.

I noticed Pospisil isn't in qualifying. Does anyone know if he Is getting into the main draw via protected ranking, or is sitting this out for some reason?

 

[Tuggy]

I noticed Pospisil isn't in qualifying. Does anyone know if he Is getting into the main draw via protected ranking, or is sitting this out for some reason?

He got in with his PR.

Raonic, Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov, Pospisil and Schnur on the Men's side. Andreescu and Bouchard on the Women's side.

Hopefully they can all avoid each other in the first round...we all know what happened last year with Denis/Felix in the first round. And then we got Felix/Vasek at Wimbledon.

 

[tony d]

Stosur had a good run back in the day, wonder if she can surprise in this tournament and do well.

 

[YEM]

Some of the wild cards include Gauff, McNally, Sock, and 2011 Champ Stosur.

what the hell has happened to Jack Sock that he's got to get a wild card to the US Open? wow...

 

[Tuggy]

Diez into the FQR. Looking to get to his first ever GS MD.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

what the hell has happened to Jack Sock that he's got to get a wild card to the US Open? wow...

He sucked last year. He could barely win a match after his career year where he was ascending up the rankings. Did he train hard enough? Only he'd know.

This year he's been injured almost the whole season. There was a report that it was a snowboarding injury, but he denied that.

 

[Tuggy]

Draw is today in a couple of hours.

 

[Tuggy]

Felix/Denis in R1 again...

f*** off.

 

[Tuggy]

Djokovic with a very, very tough draw.

Nadal, nice cakewalk.

Serena and Sharapova R1

Tsitsipas vs. Rublev R1

Raonic vs Jarry

Schnur vs Paire

Pospisil vs Khachanov

Andreescu vs Volynets

Bouchard vs Sevastova

 

[Pensionsraddare]

We used to have players like Borg, Wilander, Edberg, Norman, Björkman, Tillström, Johansson, Söderling etc. Now we're hoping for players to even qualify for Grand Slams. Ymer won't defeat Chung so he will have to hope for a Lucky Loser here. Oh, how the mighty have fallen... Still watching tennis with excitement though.

 

[discostu]

Felix/Denis in R1 again...

**** off.

Even ignoring the Canadian angle, that's pretty harsh luck for Felix, to be seeded, and end up with a first round match against a top 40 player.

With Shapovalov playing well this week though, it should be a good match. Hopefully, whoever wins that match can make a decent run.

 

[tony d]

Felix/Denis again. I find it odd that they'd pair 2 top 40 talents that early in a tournament. To me the matchups should be based more upon rankings and not a draw like we see now.

 

[MsMeow]

What awful luck for Felix and Denis.

 

[Hadoop]

That sucks so much for Felix and Denis. Can't wait until they are both seeded so we won't have to deal with this awful luck again.

Djokovic's half/quarter is absolutely stacked!

Potential Romanian-themed round of 16 between Halep/Andreescu if they both make that far. Given her game is like a diabolical riddle that no top-10 player has yet managed to crack, it would not surprise me if Bianca makes a deep run, gets to the finals or even wins the whole thing.

 

[CupofOil]

Somebody earlier in the thread said the U.S. Open is wide open on the men's side and I can't see it. Djokovic and Nadal are heavy favorites.

As long as they are in good form and healthy, it'll be one of them hoisting the trophy. The gap between the top 3 and everybody else is as big as it's been since before Wawrinka and Murray were in top form. I think Federer is done being a threat to the top 2 outside of grass.

I have no idea on the women's side. Serena is probably the favorite, Osaka obviously but she seems to have hit a tough patch. Pliskova has the weapons but does she want it enough? So much young talent is bubbling up so could we get a teen champ for the first time since Sharapova? So much intrigue on the women's side, moreso than the men.

Anyway, I'm going to try to get to a few matches. I'm only 10 minutes from Flushing Meadows so I have no excuse not to go. Love this time of year with the U.S. Open, football and baseball playoffs right around the corner, hockey and basketball not too far behind. Fun time of year for a sports fan.

 

[Hadoop]

I'm only 10 minutes from Flushing Meadows so I have no excuse not to go.

You lucky son of a gun!