Tennis Thread

[Goldstar88]

Novak is running into some trouble for his quest for the calendar slam and most majors of all time. He’s playing a 20 year old American who took the first set 6-1. Djokovic is leading in the second. Incredible match on ESPN

won the 2nd set 6-3 and is leading 5-1 in the 3rd.  Seems like the trouble is probably averted.

Indeed. The wheels fell off fast after that first set. If that 20 year old American develops a serve, though.... watch out. He was very impressive.

I’m taking the field over Novak at this point. He has Berratteni next and than most likely Zverev, who has been playing lights out since winning gold at the Olympics. Medvedev has it much easier on the other half of the draw. I’m anticipating a Zverev/Medvedev final, with Medvedev winning.

[Moranis]

Berrettini just broke Djokovic at 5-5 in the 1st set.  So serving for the 1 set lead.  Berrettini is the 6th seed who made the Finals at Wimbledon this year, so not a young upstart.  That said he won the 1st set at Wimbledon against Djokovic in the Final before Novak won the last 3. 

[Moranis]

Seems like Novak likes to lose the 1st set before he settles in.  He won the 2nd and 3rd at 6-2 each. 

And it is really weird to see a guy going for the Grand Slam not have the crowd behind him when playing against a random non-American player.  I mean I'd get the crowd supporting an American or someone like Federer or Nadal, who are both extremely popular, but to see the crowd supporting Berrettini is just strange to me.

Assuming Novak doesn't choke this away, he will face the man that entering the tournament would have the best odds to beat him (and maybe the only one that realistically could), in 4th seeded Zverev.  Zverez beat him at the Olympics, so should be an interesting match.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Seems like Novak likes to lose the 1st set before he settles in.  He won the 2nd and 3rd at 6-2 each. 

And it is really weird to see a guy going for the Grand Slam not have the crowd behind him when playing against a random non-American player.  I mean I'd get the crowd supporting an American or someone like Federer or Nadal, who are both extremely popular, but to see the crowd supporting Berrettini is just strange to me.

Assuming Novak doesn't choke this away, he will face the man that entering the tournament would have the best odds to beat him (and maybe the only one that realistically could), in 4th seeded Zverev.  Zverez beat him at the Olympics, so should be an interesting match.

Well, there are many Italians/Italian-Americans in New York, so that can be part of it... though in general Novak has a lot of love-hate around.

[Goldstar88]

Seems like Novak likes to lose the 1st set before he settles in.  He won the 2nd and 3rd at 6-2 each. 

And it is really weird to see a guy going for the Grand Slam not have the crowd behind him when playing against a random non-American player.  I mean I'd get the crowd supporting an American or someone like Federer or Nadal, who are both extremely popular, but to see the crowd supporting Berrettini is just strange to me.

Assuming Novak doesn't choke this away, he will face the man that entering the tournament would have the best odds to beat him (and maybe the only one that realistically could), in 4th seeded Zverev.  Zverez beat him at the Olympics, so should be an interesting match.

Well, there are many Italians/Italian-Americans in New York, so that can be part of it... though in general Novak has a lot of love-hate around.

Exactly. Berrettini, has a good personality too. Novak does not, that and his on/off the court antics is the reason for the lack of support from the crowd/fans. Im rooting for the field.

[Moranis]

Seems like Novak likes to lose the 1st set before he settles in.  He won the 2nd and 3rd at 6-2 each. 

And it is really weird to see a guy going for the Grand Slam not have the crowd behind him when playing against a random non-American player.  I mean I'd get the crowd supporting an American or someone like Federer or Nadal, who are both extremely popular, but to see the crowd supporting Berrettini is just strange to me.

Assuming Novak doesn't choke this away, he will face the man that entering the tournament would have the best odds to beat him (and maybe the only one that realistically could), in 4th seeded Zverev.  Zverez beat him at the Olympics, so should be an interesting match.

Well, there are many Italians/Italian-Americans in New York, so that can be part of it... though in general Novak has a lot of love-hate around.

Exactly. Berrettini, has a good personality too. Novak does not, that and his on/off the court antics is the reason for the lack of support from the crowd/fans. Im rooting for the field.

If I don't have a rooting interest, I generally root for history to be made.  So I hope he pulls it out and gets the Grand Slam.  No man has done that in my lifetime, so that would be cool.  It is the same reason I loved seeing the Triple Crown.  I wasn't quite born when Affirmed won it so for American Pharoah to finally break through a few years back was awesome, especially as so many had come close and failed.

[Goldstar88]

Incredible match between Djokovic and Zverev on ESPN. Looks like it will be a 5 setter.

[Moranis]

2-0 Novak in 5th

[Moranis]

 3-0, and 30-30 on Alex serve.  Feels like Alex ran out of gas winning the 4th.

[Moranis]

 Yep. No gas left as Novak breaks again. Serving up 4 to 0. Novak will play Medvedev again.

[Roy H.]

Yep. No gas left as Novak breaks again. Serving up 4 to 0. Novak will play Medvedev again.

Yeah, Novak's stamina seems unrivaled.  It's probably why he is less dominant at the Olympics; it's easier for opponents to stay with him over three sets than it is five.

[Goldstar88]

Zverev is still alive... barely, though.

[Moranis]

2 teenagers playing for women's title right now

[BudweiserCeltic]

2 teenagers playing for women's title right now

I was rooting for Emma Raducanu, glad that she won as she was being overshadowed by Fernandez (with reason) arriving to the Finals, but the 3 or 4 matches I had seen of her she had impressed me.

In all it was cool match, plenty of great rallies... the result doesn't do justice to how competitive every single game was. Fernandez struggled a lot with her first serve, and I think that played a lot into why she lost, but Emma was very much deserving and in all it was a great tournament to watch.

Tomorrow, history will be made once again...hopefully.

[Goldstar88]

2 teenagers playing for women's title right now

I was rooting for Emma Raducanu, glad that she won as she was being overshadowed by Fernandez (with reason) arriving to the Finals, but the 3 or 4 matches I had seen of her she had impressed me.

In all it was cool match, plenty of great rallies... the result doesn't do justice to how competitive every single game was. Fernandez struggled a lot with her first serve, and I think that played a lot into why she lost, but Emma was very much deserving and in all it was a great tournament to watch.

Tomorrow, history will be made once again...hopefully.

I was rooting for Leylah Fernandez. Her path to the final was much more difficult and that’s why Emma was overshadowed. She beat Osaka(arguably the most dominant player in womens tennis), Kerber, who won the US open a few years back, Svetlina top 5 player and Sabalenka who is the #2 ranked player in the world.

Many of Fernandez’s matches went 3 sets and I think that is why her serve was off in the final. Tired legs.the match was very competitive as you had mentioned.  I was hoping that Leylah would win, I saw her play Kerber live last Sunday in NY and she’s a really exciting young player. Happy for Emma, too. She had an incredible run and didn’t drop a set the whole tournament, which is unreal. Future of women’s tennis is bright.