US Open 2021

marc2003 · 11 Sep 2021 at 01:48

Boring. I'll watch the 3rd but if Novak wins, it's bed time. I'll take a punt on Zverev not coming back to win it in 5.

Eddie · 11 Sep 2021 at 01:59

Yeah, I'm only half watching it, really.

My mind is on the women's final.

marc2003 · 11 Sep 2021 at 02:34

Now that was a point.

53 shots.

4K8KW10 · 11 Sep 2021 at 04:14

Zverev simply hasn't got the qualities to really compete with the greatest.
It's more that Nole drops his level to match Zverev, than Zverev ups his game to reach Nole's highs.

21st Grand Slam is closer than ever.

And more to follow...

Eddie · 11 Sep 2021 at 04:19

Oooh, did Djokovic just say his next match might be the last match of his career?

Intriguing.

4K8KW10 · 11 Sep 2021 at 04:25

Eddie said:
Oooh, did Djokovic just say his next match might be the last match of his career?

No.

Eddie said:
Intriguing.

Scary.

We must listen better. If we are sleepy, better go to bed

“There is only one match left. All in. Let’s do it,” Djokovic said, when asked about his pursuit of the calendar Grand Slam.

“I will put my heart, my soul, my body, my head into winning it.”

“I’m going to treat the next match like it is the last match of my career.”
Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev result, score: US Open semi-final, tennis news 2021 | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Eddie · 11 Sep 2021 at 04:27

I know what he said, it was just the look on his face when he said it.

But yeah, sleepy

marc2003 · 11 Sep 2021 at 10:00

Channel4 have got the rights to show the Raducanu match live. Read about it on the BBC website of all places.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/58514875

Name · 11 Sep 2021 at 10:32

Won't be watching, don't understand the hype. Not even British.

chroniclard · 11 Sep 2021 at 10:32

Gonna watch on prime, expect picture quality is better than 4

Reuben klang · 11 Sep 2021 at 10:45

marc2003 said:
Channel4 have got the rights to show the Raducanu match live. Read about it on the BBC website of all places.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/58514875

Pretty amazing that to be honest. Good news though.

manic111 · 11 Sep 2021 at 11:01

Name said:
Won't be watching, don't understand the hype. Not even British.

Nah, I expect you'll be down Spoons with Tim Martin.

marc2003 · 11 Sep 2021 at 11:58

Name said:
Won't be watching, don't understand the hype. Not even British.

So what exactly does an 18 year old who has lived here for 16 years have to do to qualify? I would hate to jump to the wrong conclusions about your issue being her mixed race parentage. Perhaps you can spell it out so we don't think the worst.

Surely you don't have to be born here to count as British? BoJo was born in New York but I bet you'd happily set up home inside his anus if he let you.

MissChief · 11 Sep 2021 at 12:54

marc2003 said:
So what exactly does an 18 year old who has lived here for 16 years have to do to qualify? I would hate to jump to the wrong conclusions about your issue being her mixed race parentage. Perhaps you can spell it out so we don't think the worst.

Surely you don't have to be born here to count as British? BoJo was born in New York but I bet you'd happily set up home inside his anus if he let you.

I wonder how many sports people he thinks are great that weren’t born here?

Emma Raducanu, Bradley Wiggins, Mo Farah, Ben Stokes, Chris Froome, John Barnes, Kevin Pieterson, Terry Butcher, Justin Rose, Raheem Sterling, Andrew Strauss, Joe Bugner, Mike Catt..

Just a reminder that none of these icons of English sport were born in the UK.

chroniclard · 11 Sep 2021 at 13:58

MissChief said:
I wonder how many sports people he thinks are great that weren’t born here?

Emma Raducanu, Bradley Wiggins, Mo Farah, Ben Stokes, Chris Froome, John Barnes, Kevin Pieterson, Terry Butcher, Justin Rose, Raheem Sterling, Andrew Strauss, Joe Bugner, Mike Catt..

Just a reminder that none of these icons of English sport were born in the UK.

and there are far more than that!

omnomnom · 11 Sep 2021 at 14:36

One of England’s best players in the Euros and got them to a final…not born here. There’s countless examples…it’s called immigration…it happens a lot.

Merlin5 · 11 Sep 2021 at 14:39

Looking forward to watching this tonight. I'm glad Channel 4 struck a deal with Amazon. In the Wimbledon thread I suggested she was another British also-ran but I'm really rooting for her to win this. And regardless, she's already done really well. Apparently already worth about £2 million. Even if she loses tonight, her ranking goes from a hundred and something to about 32nd in the world and if she wins, it'll go into the 20s.

Eddie · 11 Sep 2021 at 15:09

Merlin5 said:
Looking forward to watching this tonight. I'm glad Channel 4 struck a deal with Amazon. In the Wimbledon thread I suggested she was another British also-ran but I'm really rooting for her to win this. And regardless, she's already done really well. Apparently already worth about £2 million. Even if she loses tonight, her ranking goes from a hundred and something to about 32nd in the world and if she wins, it'll go into the 20s.

If she loses tonight will she be back to being just another British also-ran in your view?

Screenbeat · 11 Sep 2021 at 15:27

I'm Looking forward to this match, after seeing the tennis she has been playing. I think Raducanu has got this

MissChief · 11 Sep 2021 at 17:46

Eddie said:
If she loses tonight will she be back to being just another British also-ran in your view?

Or an immigrant.