US Open 2022

Pigeon_Killer

Pigeon_Killer

Pigeon_Killer

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The US Open started today and the big two stories are the lack of Djokovic, due to his vaccine status, and the impending retirement of Serena. Djokovic knew he couldn't travel to the US without having taken the vaccine so I have absolutely no sympathy for him although it does make the men's draw far more interesting.

Medvedev and Swiatek are the top seeds and favourites with Norrie and Raducanu the highest seeded Brits. Raducanu will be looking to continue the improvement she showed at the Cincinnati Masters recently although another early exit wouldn't be a shock given her form this season. She'll lose a ton of ranking points if she doesn't defend her title but a year out of the spotlight to develop her game wouldn't be the worst thing to happen to her imo.

Seeds

Draws
Men's
Women's

The Brits R1
Andy Murray vs Francisco Cerundolo (24)
Cameron Norrie (7) vs Benoit Paire
Dan Evans (20) vs Jiri Veselly
Jack Draper vs Emil Ruusuvuori
Kyle Edmund vs Capser Ruud (5)

Emma Raducanu (11) v Alison Van Uytvanck
Harriet Dart v Daria Kasatkina (10)

The Brits R2
Andy Murray vs Emilio Nava - 5PM
Jack Draper vs Felix Auger-Aliassime (10) - 12AM
Cameron Norrie (7) vs Joao Sousa - 6PM
Dan Evans (20) vs James Duckworth - 4PM

Harriet Dart vs Dalma Galfi - 6PM

The Brits R3
Andy Murray vs Matteo Berrettini (13) - 5PM Friday
Jack Draper vs Karen Khachanov (27) - 6:15PM Friday
Cameron Norrie (7) vs Holger Rune (28) - TBD Saturday
Dan Evans (20) - Marin Cilic (15) - TBD Saturday


TV Coverage
Every game is on Amazon Prime :cool:
 
Not an unexpected loss given her form but Cornet was an incredibly tough first round opponent who's had an amazing year.

It looks she'll drop down to around 80 in the world which looks like a disaster on paper but it's still 80 in the world and higher than she was ranked before the US Open last year. More importantly, once the media frenzy dies down and the spotlight moves on to some one else she can concentrate on her tennis again.

She's had an awful season but that's happened to a lot of great players after winning a slam at a young age so despite many writing her off, I saw enough at Wimbledon alone last year to tell me she's got the talent to be a serious player if and when she finds her game.
 
Disagree to a point. All three, four if you include Murray, have played during an era where sports science has allowed them to compete for far longer than they might've previously.

Men seem to peak around their mid twenties, women earlier, but sports science may have increased that quite substantially so the current crop might still have their best years ahead of them.
 
Imaging a footballer winning player of the season at 18, not displaying the same form the next season and everyone writing him or her off. She’s in her second year of what could be a 15 year career :o

Anyway, Murray’s currently in a battle with Nava, 3-2 on serve in the first. Love the fact he’s back with Lendl and attacking every shot again.
 
90 minutes for the first set, 3 hours for the match but Murray prevails :o

Nava's level in the first set was ridiculously high, and he completely outplayed Murray, but he couldn't sustain it and ended up getting battered.
 
Murray vs Berrettini's just started.

He's going to have to be at his very best to stand a chance of winning today.

2 sets down but he’s probably been the better player, hit the better shots, had the better of the longer rallies and he’s returned exceptionally well, just can’t serve for **** today. The sun is ruining him but you can’t win matches serving at 40%
 
Murray loses in four sets. Berrettini served phenomenally well and Murray didn’t, that was literally the only difference between the two tonight. If he and Lendl can work on that during the off season he’ll have a great chance of making the later stages of slams again.
 
Hopefully that won't be the case.

It's clear the generation after the big three weren't up to much but I've got more hope for the likes of Sinner and Alcaraz. They would've grown up in an era where they've only know the big three so they've got something to aspire to.

Anyway, Swiatek finally looks like she's someone who could dominate women's tennis for years to come. Took her a while to find her game after her first win but she's finally getting there.

Alcaraz vs Ruud tonight and a new number 1 tomorrow which both are vying for. Alcaraz has had the harder run and played two late night 5 setter in a row so I'm favouring Ruud but I'd love to see a teenager win the tournament so I'm rooting for Alcaraz.
 
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