Tennis: US Open 2022

[Tuggy]

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Qualifying will begin this week!

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[Tuggy]

As of right now Djokovic is still banned from playing but there is still time for that to change.

 

[Tuggy]

 

[MsMeow]

As of right now Djokovic is still banned from playing but there is still time for that to change.

He hasn't withdrawn yet so I wonder if he knows something is in the works.

 

[kihei]

He hasn't withdrawn yet so I wonder if he knows something is in the works.

He wouldn't withdraw until the last minute, though, no? So I don't think the fact that he hasn't withdrawn yet is more smoke than fire.

 

[MsMeow]

He wouldn't withdraw until the last minute, though, no? So I don't think the fact that he hasn't withdrawn yet is more smoke than fire.

In Montreal I thought he withdrew before qualies. He must know that by holding on without any hope that he's keeping someone else out of the main draw and forcing them to qualify.

 

[Tuggy]

Genie is back and playing in qualifying. She won her first round match yesterday.

 

[Tuggy]

Kerber announced her pregnancy and will not play this year's US Open

 

[MsMeow]

Kerber announced her pregnancy and will not play this year's US Open

I feel bad for women who want to keep playing and also want to have babies. They really have to pick and choose a time and it isn't just the 9 months being pregnant that they're missing on the tour but beyond. All the nannies in the world won't change that.

 

[Tuggy]

Vasek won his first round qualifying match.

 

[kihei]

In Montreal I thought he withdrew before qualies. He must know that by holding on without any hope that he's keeping someone else out of the main draw and forcing them to qualify.

Montreal isn't a Grand Slam, though, so I don't blame him really.

 

[kihei]

Wow. In one week, Borna Coric goes from #152 ranked player who is lucky to be invited to qualify at the 1000 level, to #26 seed at the US Open.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

As of right now Djokovic is still banned from playing but there is still time for that to change.

They should send him to an Island with Kyrie Irving and Cole Beasley. If he can survive the stupidity, he can play.

 

[John Price]

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Presumably he will miss next year Australia too. This will probably cost him the majors lead in the end.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Thought it was only us here in Canada with the stupid government rules regarding entry into the country.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Presumably he will miss next year Australia too. This will probably cost him the majors lead in the end.

Might not. Nadal's body is basically broken. I doubt he'll get another one.

 

[kihei]

First impressions of draw: dream draw for Rafa in the bottom quarter. Stacked top half.

Top Eight Seeds:

Medvedv--could face Krygios in 4th round; hot new kid on the block and NCAA champ Ben Shelton possible third round opponent
FAA--Draper in second round with Carreno Busta and De Minaur potential 4th rouners
Tsitsipas--Cressy in the third round with Fritz/Berrettini lurking in fourth round
Ruud--possible match ups with Paul or Korda

Hurkacz--not bad until he hits Sinner
Alcaraz--could be Coric in the third round and Cilic in the fourth round
Norrie--Isner in round three and potential roadblocks Rublev and Rune also possibilities
Nadal--Tiafoe is the closest thing to a threat

Quarterfinals

Kyrgios over FAA
Fritz over Tsitsipas (Korda, my original pick in this spot, could play Fritz in the third round)

Alcaraz over Sinner
Nadal over Isner

Semis

Fritz over Krygios
Alcaraz over Nadal

Final

Alcaraz over Fritz

 

[MXD]

Raducanu vs. Cornet in the first round. That's.... tricky.

 

[kihei]

Raducanu vs. Cornet in the first round. That's.... tricky.

A popular theory at the moment seems to be that the controversial lighter balls used at the US Open for women, which most of the WTA players hate, were actually the key to her success as they suit her power game perfectly. The logic being that in the warm-up NA tournaments so far, which use very similar balls, she has played by far her best tennis of the year. I should think Cornet will be an interesting test of that theory

 

[Tuggy]

Pospisil and Bouchard both bounced from qualifying.

 

[Tuggy]

Main draw starts tomorrow. 4 Canadians in action.

 

[Tuggy]

Felix has SF points to defend (710) and Leylah F points to defend (1290).

 

[John Price]

The American Paul going 5 sets against the Spaniard.

 

[Tuggy]

First upset with (a short haired) Wolf taking out RBA.

Andresscu advances in 3 sets.