2011 US Open - Tennis

[bono_man2002]

Well I think its deserving of its own thread, or do we just go all soccer thread style and have a thread just for any tennis talk?

Anyways! Discus.

 

[Hewson]

Why was Andy Roddick playing against Will Ferrell on ESPN2 tonight?
Are they making a movie? "Flushing Nights, the Legend of Michael Russell"?

(Conveniently Russell has 2 first names ala Ricky Bobby, so he fits the joke beautifully in both looks and nomenclature).

 

[rjhbonovox]

Djkovic and Nadal final I think.

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

It only really gets interesting in the second week

Crowds arent particularly great in the first week, even though there are more matches

 

[Got Philk?]

Goodbye Roger...

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

Novak Djokovic: SMILING AT ADVERSITY - US Open 2011 - YouTube

^ = Legend

 

[Got Philk?]

It hurts just as much the 2nd time...

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I really do not understand how Stosur got this far ... Really overachieving here.

 

[intedomine]

Stosur's good. She gets results. Full credit to her, her second Grand Slam final.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

It's incredibly surprising and just as equally sad that she has only won two career singles titles.

 

[intedomine]

It's a credit to the women's game that it is so open at the moment. The emergence of Schiavone in her twilight and the late blooming of Zvonareva, Li Na and Stosur, to add to the youthful brilliance of Azarenka, Kvitova and Wozniacki, has offered fans some excitingly competitive professional tennis, whereas the men's game is dominated by a big four of sorts at the minute.

7 years ago, it was the women's game that featured a vast gap between the elite (Sisters Williams and the Belgians) and the rest and we feared that the women's game was going to be forever dominated by more powerful women.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I agree with that. There are many who constantly whine about the state of the WTA today, though. But I always imagine they are members of the "everything was better before" brigade.

 

[bono_man2002]

Amazing game by the sound of it with the Joker, amazing stuff. Soild win by Sammy as well,I will be getting up early tomorrow to watch that one.

I always find the WTA much more interesting these days as its usually a different winner at the majors, it seems a more open draw. The Men is always gonna usually be someone in the top 4.

 

[bono_man2002]

YES!

 

[cobl04]

I'm absolutely ecstatic, so awesome for Sam after her disappointments in the other three majors. Mega pissed off I couldn't watch it though

 

[cobl04]

"If you ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way."
"You're a hater and you're unattractive."
"And I never complain."
"We're in America."

Stay classy, Serena

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Fuuuuuuuuuu-

I don't know why this happened. I never really rated or liked her before as a player, but I'd be an idiot to say that she's no good. Having said that, how the hell does Serena lose a game like this?

 

[cobl04]

Old gray mare - YouTube

 

[Saracene]

Nice bit of news in the morning today! Well done Sam.

 

[BGD75]

very happy for Sam - she's been pretty much playing her best tennis this past year.

Excited about the men's final - hoping for a good match. C'mon Novak!

 

[Hewson]

"If you ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way."
"You're a hater and you're unattractive."
"And I never complain."
"We're in America."

Stay classy, Serena

Well, get the quote right...she said she's unnattractive inside

If you ever see me walking down the hall, look the other way, because you're out of control... You're totally out of control, you're a hater, and you're unattractive inside. Who would do such a thing? And I never complain. Wow... We're in America last I checked. Can I get a water or am I gonna get violated for a water? Really, don't even look at me! I promise you, don't look at me, 'cause I am not the one. Don't look my way.”

Video of it here:


Serena Williams Calls U.S. Open Umpire a 'Hater' During CBS Broadcast (Video) - The Hollywood Reporter

 

[cobl04]

I know... I thought it was a bit ordinary of news sites to cut off the "inside". But still. haha

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

 

[bono_man2002]

Novak!

 

[Saracene]

Is he still doing the bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce-bounce thing?

 

[cobl04]

Roddick does a hilarious imitation of Djokovic.

 

[Hewson]

Roddick does a hilarious imitation of Djokovic.

Which is made more funny by the fact that Djokovic does imitations of just about everyone else (Some quite hilarious).

 

[cobl04]

Yeah I've seen them... just another reason he's probably my favourite player in the men's game.

By the way, he's on track to have the best year/season in history. I think he's only dropped two matches this year.

 

[Hewson]

Yeah 64-2 and 3 majors...not a bad year so far.

 

[U2girl]

Novak Djokovic: SMILING AT ADVERSITY - US Open 2011 - YouTube

^ = Legend

Legendary turnaround after that return.

Should be a great Olympic tennis tournament next year.

Federer and Nadal will no longer be alone at the top if Djokovic can stay at this level.