US Open Thread (Tennis)

[C-Lo]

Serena got so hood on that line judge last night!

I couldn't believe she snapped like that. Honestly, I thought she was looking for a way out. Clijsters was outplaying her and it looked like she was going to get broken for the match regardless.

[skel1983]

As we speak Del Potro is 5-2 up first set v Nadal, i did fancy Del Potro to beat Nadal before the match. Del Potro is the sort of player Nadal struggles with in fast surfaces the only way Nadal wins is with his big match experience or his superior conditioning but blow for blow Del Potro has bigger weapons on this surface, better serve much better backhand more power, only advantage Nadal has is his forehand but Del Potro's is not that much inferior.


Federer v Djokovic will be a great match, just depends what Novak turns up.

Im going for Federer v Del Potro final.

[Oggie]

Federer just performed the shot of the century.
He's into the final!

[skel1983]

Federer just performed the shot of the century.
He's into the final!

What a shot!!!

Federer was just amazing tonite.

[CGM]

Serena got so hood on that line judge last night!

I couldn't believe she snapped like that. Honestly, I thought she was looking for a way out. Clijsters was outplaying her and it looked like she was going to get broken for the match regardless.

Yeah agreed. She's pretty good player, but she's a real sore loser. Now she will say whatever she can to downplay the significance of the match. It was the same when Justine Henine Hardin had her number a few years ago, before she retired.

[BIG H]

Very rarely to I back against Fed (infact I have only ever backed Rafa to beat him before) but I think Del Potro is going to win tonight!

[skel1983]

Very rarely to I back against Fed (infact I have only ever backed Rafa to beat him before) but I think Del Potro is going to win tonight!

Wouldnt be the biggest upset, i also think that Del Potro is one of the main players now and at 20 is maturing well I think Federer is on top of his game right now and was amazing against Djokovic last night, the h2h is not much of a confidence booster for Del Potro 6-0 in Feds favour but I think you can look beyond that a little as Del Potro is still young and I think now is coming to his peak, similar to how Hewitt matured alot earlier than Federer and was something like 8-2 in h2h with Roger but since Fed won his first Slam he has beat Hewitt I think something like 17 times on the bounce.


Im gonna stick with Federer in straight sets, I think he will just have a bit to much tonight for Del Potro but like you said in a earlier thread Big H i would put the house on him winning a slam before Murray.


On another note, Federer has made the last 4 of every grand slam for 22 times on the run, that is amazing thats over 5 years!!! People still doubt he is the best ever, to put it in context the best after that is 10 by Ivan Lendl.

[BIG H]

Very rarely to I back against Fed (infact I have only ever backed Rafa to beat him before) but I think Del Potro is going to win tonight!

Wouldnt be the biggest upset, i also think that Del Potro is one of the main players now and at 20 is maturing well I think Federer is on top of his game right now and was amazing against Djokovic last night, the h2h is not much of a confidence booster for Del Potro 6-0 in Feds favour but I think you can look beyond that a little as Del Potro is still young and I think now is coming to his peak, similar to how Hewitt matured alot earlier than Federer and was something like 8-2 in h2h with Roger but since Fed won his first Slam he has beat Hewitt I think something like 17 times on the bounce.


Im gonna stick with Federer in straight sets, I think he will just have a bit to much tonight for Del Potro but like you said in a earlier thread Big H i would put the house on him winning a slam before Murray.


On another note, Federer has made the last 4 of every grand slam for 22 times on the run, that is amazing thats over 5 years!!! People still doubt he is the best ever, to put it in context the best after that is 10 by Ivan Lendl.

I think that is his most impressive statistic, even more than the amount of slams he has won. I mean it's almost unbelievable that somebody could stay injury free (even though he had a period of quite bad illness) and at that level of form without any blip!

[Oggie]

[BIG H]

Different gravy innit He said that is his best shot ever!!