Gollum Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Surprised to see no thread. Timings are hard for those based in India, out of all the majors USO is the one I have followed the least over the years. Let's keep track of the event. WTA no 1 Halep knocked out, Stan beat Dimitrov in R1 and British no 1 Edmund too made an early exit. Nadal has an easy draw, Fed-Nole potential QF. Heart wants Federer and Ostapenko to win. Mind says Nadal and Sloane Stephens. Cricketics and DHONI_FANN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 @Muloghonto @Dil Dil India @sourab10forever @Cricketics @I6MTW @kumar713 @zep1706 @eternalhope @DHONI_FANN @surajmal @velu @sandeep @Singh bling @Number @coffee_rules @rkt.india @bones @Adi BB @Vilander @Turning_track @youngindia @Trichromatic @Yoda-esque @flat_wicket_bully the regular tennis fans on ICF, probably more than the serious cricket fans . Adi BB, flat_wicket_bully, DHONI_FANN and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 vamos nadal i usually watch only the QF , SF and finals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 3 hours ago, Gollum said: Surprised to see no thread. Timings are hard for those based in India, out of all the majors USO is the one I have followed the least over the years. Let's keep track of the event. WTA no 1 Halep knocked out, Stan beat Dimitrov in R1 and British no 1 Edmund too made an early exit. Nadal has an easy draw, Fed-Nole potential QF. Heart wants Federer and Ostapenko to win. Mind says Nadal and Sloane Stephens. I see as all new winners this time. May be Djokovic might have an edge but lets see. In Women, I see Kerber as the winner Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 By the way, I am going to be at the US open all week in case anyone else is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourab10forever Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 58 minutes ago, Cricketics said: By the way, I am going to be at the US open all week in case anyone else is coming. Send some pictures Have fun. RobKniff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) Looking forward to Yuki Bhambri's match. The guy has lost 5 times in 1st round at major tournaments. Deserves to go to 2nd round at least. Edited August 28, 2018 by Number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat_wicket_bully Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Halep lost in the first round. Thats 12 times now after 34 attempts. WTA FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHONI_FANN Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I think it will be either Del Potro or Djokovic Archiemiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi BB Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Federer is not in good form and not good enough to take on an inform del potro,novack ,Nadal in bo5 atm . All depends on how he feels the court and how his body reacts in the first 4 rounds because he'll have to be on the top of his game against novack in the qf on this slow uso court but all said and done if the courts play fast this time then he'll have a shot . I've got no idea who'll reach the finals because you never know the upsets on the cards in uso. I'll go with a delpo-Djokovic final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Adi BB said: Federer is not in good form and not good enough to take on an inform del potro,novack ,Nadal in bo5 atm . All depends on how he feels the court and how his body reacts in the first 4 rounds because he'll have to be on the top of his game against novack in the qf on this slow uso court but all said and done if the courts play fast this time then he'll have a shot . I've got no idea who'll reach the finals because you never know the upsets on the cards in uso. I'll go with a delpo-Djokovic final Conditions playing at the perfect pace for Fed. Not as slow as last year but also not very quick. Fed's ROS post AO has been horrendous and on quicker courts that flaw was a big drawback......this is the perfect pace for his declined ROS. Also now that his killer FH is gone he needs the 2017 Indian Wells BH, to unleash that a moderately high bouncing medium paced hard court is best. Also he looked slower this year and his kissing the baseline strategy won't work on faster courts. I am glad he is on collision course with Nole in QF, he may feel less pressure at that stage of the tournament. If he loses fine, will be easier to digest rather than SF/F heartbreak. If he wins he gets confidence and a great baseline workout that may come in handy against the likes of Nadal and Potro. Edited August 28, 2018 by Gollum Adi BB and RobKniff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) want nadal to close the gap with fed., but djoker will win. he is in ominous form. He will win it. Edited August 28, 2018 by coffee_rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: want nadal to close the gap with fed., but djoker will win. he is in ominous form. He will win it. Nadal has looked the best this year methinks. If not for closed roof he may well have won SW19. Nole won Cincy but Nadal showed a much higher level in Rogers Cup, also USO F H2H advantage is with the Spaniard. In general Nole has been poor in USO finishing stages, 5 F losses and meagre 2 wins. Edited August 28, 2018 by Gollum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Rogers cup is played on a much slower surface which Fed never won in his life, while Cincinnati is the fastest in the US open series which does not suit Novak's game. So the comparisons about their performance there would not be valid for the US open. My favorite to win the US open would be Novak ahead of both Rafa and Fed. Outside the top three, I think the only other contender might be Cilic. Delpo will not last the rigor of a grand slam end of the second week. Zverev, I don't think has the mental toughness yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 19 hours ago, Number said: Looking forward to Yuki Bhambri's match. The guy has lost 5 times in 1st round at major tournaments. Deserves to go to 2nd round at least. I am sitting at the game. Sorry for the dark pic, sun hitting as its almost 7pm Number 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi BB Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 6 hours ago, eternalhope said: Rogers cup is played on a much slower surface which Fed never won in his life, while Cincinnati is the fastest in the US open series which does not suit Novak's game. So the comparisons about their performance there would not be valid for the US open. My favorite to win the US open would be Novak ahead of both Rafa and Fed. Outside the top three, I think the only other contender might be Cilic. Delpo will not last the rigor of a grand slam end of the second week. Zverev, I don't think has the mental toughness yet. Roger has won here twice RobKniff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Lost in straight sets. He is 26 now. Hope he gives it a try a few more times before completely switching to doubles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 10 hours ago, Adi BB said: Roger has won here twice Yes you are right. I got the wrong info from my kids on the day Djoker got to his Golden Masters at Cincinnati as they were researching what Fed and Rafa did not win. They were saying that Roger never won Rogers . Should have verified, but thanks for letting me know. RobKniff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Sad to see all the fighters like David Ferrer and Giles Muller retire. This was their last grandslam. Even for Mikhail Youzhny. David ferrer is the goat of all the fighters, One of the best Tennis players of this generation who just could not beat the top3 but was regularly their in Quarters and Semis and way above rest of the players whom he was way ahead in the game, but just not in top 4. Absolute legend. Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Isner vs Jarry was an epic match today. Absolute Davis cup atmosphere as all Chilean fans were doing Ole Ole chants and other random chants in Spanish and they were in big numbers. US crowd started pulling “USA USA” chants and that fired Isner up. Just look at the ending of the match when Isner breaks to go 5-4 up and the match point. He was pumped. Best match so far this US Open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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