Tennis is back! It’s the final Grand Slam of the year, and this time we find ourselves heading to Flushing Meadows in New York for the US Open. We’ve had lots of great matches this year, and the US Open never disappoints. Serena Williams and Andy Murray look to defend their Championships from 2012, but there are plenty of great players that stand in their way. It’s set to be a fabulous fortnight of tennis, with lots of great matches lined up!
US Open Tennis 2013
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Tennis!
Yay tennis!! Just in time for Murray's match tonight (although I think he is in the late session) sorry it's a bit delayed :(
I see Heather Watson got knocked out already. I wish she was better!
ah yes, that is sad. I much prefer her to Laura Robson.
Matches we can look forward to today-
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/index.html?promo=sumscores
Lots of good matches, although i fear that the time difference will either mess with my sleep patterns like every year or i'll miss them...:(
Aww, Murray not on till at least 7pm/midnight. Damn timezones.
greetings fellow tennis / f1 fans.
don't get to see much of the us open, the time zones make it nearly impossible, starts at 1am here and finishes around 11 am or so. it makes it difficult with work but ill try to catch as much as I can. stosur is already out, didn't last long. lleyton might make the second or third round, geez Bernard tomic is our only hope, we used to be so good at tennis, but we now are a basket case and have been for the last 30 years.
so same bloke named tim smyzcek is playing today but on the way to his match the tournament car he was in ran out of fuel.
https://twitter.com/timsmyczek/status/372702961656672256/photo/1
https://twitter.com/timsmyczek/status/372704787420446720/photo/1
Found the tennis channel amongst our heaps of sporting channels. Federer winning so far.
Ooops! That's got to be a bad omen.
Oh, this is another one where the umpire gets off his chair all the time.
Has it started raining again?
I believe so!
Rude, I just sat down with some biscuits and everything
Battling with dad. Apparently football is better than tennis :( but he will tune over for Murray... Having said that Dad goes to bed at 11, so it was a given anyway.
It's raining, so if the football is actually live then he's right, it is better!
I always find it amazing that whatever needs to be on TV must be decided by parents, especially fathers/stepdads. I had the same argument on Sunday for the F1 and was shouted at like a 12 year old so I know how you feel.
I know I ask this every grand slam and I am very, very sorry but I always forget - do they have hawk eye here?
ah it's not a particularly strong argument. I usually get my way with the sport on tv.... I'm putting it down to the fact football hasn't been around for a long time! I say long, I mean oh 24 hours
Here it appears to be called Chase Review. After the bank, I assume.
Chase Review sounds like the American cousin of Will Power
Still raining at Flushing Meadows, sad times. Looks like i wont be staying up for Muzza's match at this rate!
oooh play is back! DelPo is doing well :)
Mum just told me she has booked tickets to the WTF's at the O2 again! First evening session! woop woop!!!!! so exciting! :D
Why do they have a Louis Armstrong Court? He was not exactly known as a sportsman
DelPo is struggling more than i thought he would :(
trying desperately to stay awake, but it's not gonna happen. will have to record Murray's match. Happy to see DelPo doing better now tho :) hopefully into the 4th and final set now.
he lived near there. i'm sure lots of famous people live or have lived in new york though.
Well this was amazing.
http://tennis.si.com/2013/08/29/andy-murray-waits-out-the-rain-then-hits-the-shot-of-the-day-at-the-u-s-open/
how come you can view those then? says not available in the uk.
chrome proxy extension lets you watch non-uk videos.
I didn't realise it was non-UK though, as it just ran as normal so my bad
Right, got Serena on TV. First match I've seen this week where one half isn't totally running away with it.
There are a lot of epic tan-lines going on here as well.
I was wrong, Serena's pulling away now.
Who is Boskoboeva? Is she any good?
On this evidence you would have to say no-to-medium.
I bet Amy knows all about her.
It doesn't look like we're going to need to know about her for long though.
:)
I am sure we will find out all we need to by the French open or whatever
That aerial shot makes the main court look like a table tennis table
Federer up next. Definitely heard of him.
Good. Tell us about whoever it is he is playing
Carlos Berloco? I know the same about him that I knew about Boskoboeva
He is Argentinian. His nicknames are Charly, Panther and Warlocq. His favourite surface is clay.
*These facts are not sourced from Wikipedia, nu uh.
Everyone knows you are a tennis expert and would never need to resort to Wikipedia
#fingerscrossed
who needs greg when you have a christinepedia?
You had me worried for a second. I thought you said who needs Greggs?
First set Federer.
Kimi
Doesn't look like Roger is going to be over-worked
Looks like this will be straight sets
I would hate to be a sportsperson and not know what to say after a match if you've beat someone pretty easily
Pretty standard
It was not as easy as it looked
He didn't play his best today
I had a good work out
I am sure he will play much better in future
Federer bingo for the interview
How can Federer dominate a match like that when he only got 52% of his 1st serves in?
Watching Errani now. I;m sure thats something from shooting stars
Certainly sounds like it
Wow, Dan Evans just beat Tomic
loooooooools
Sad to see Laura didn't make it again Li Na today, but that would have been tough I should think. Watching the Berdych match now
Well done Berdych!! Now for Muzza !
Dan Evans' calling the trainer out for a bad case of nipple rash was so embarrassing for him. Good that he won tho :) It was a fun match to watch.
bit of a longer first set than i expected, but a good match, nice to see some longer points :)
I am enjoying how smart Murray is looking this Slam. much nicer colours.
I forgot about the tennis after the football went to extra time.
So how good is Mayer?
top 80. He was pretty ambitious in the first set, pushing to try and hit winners quickly within the rally etc. But Murray always had the upper hand on the longer points. With Murray a break up already 2 games into the second set, i think Mayer might have peaked...
To quote Christine last night we probably know all we need to know about Mayer for this tournament
love that! and yes.. i think so.
Second set to Murray
Nice to see a quick second set, hopefully the third will be quick too... I need sleep!
Murray throwing away points this game.
Oh good... Mayer breaks. Come on now Muzza I would like to sleep soon!
Something tells me the third set isn't going to be as straight forward as the second was. Damn
This was supposed to be a simple straight sets job
That's the 3rd shirt Mayer has put on this match.
it wouldn't be an andy Murray match without a little wobble in the middle. Just wish he would hurry up and win this match cause its getting a bit painful!!
I thought this game was going to be the service break back. Guess not
Well that was a stupid set to lose
Mayer off to change his shirt and shorts.... AGAIN!!!? Once a set seems a bit excessive.
It was meant to be a straight sets Murray. Gosh damn us open and the bloomin' time zones
I'd be so mad if I was Murray, a break to change his shirt at the end of each set would be so annoying!!
Murray keeps changing his too
but he doesn't go off court and take ages about it. Quick change and he is ready.
That's much more like it! More of that please Murray.
Angry Murray...
Focus Murray, calm down.
Surely he can't lose the set from 4-1 now
if he does i'm blaming you for jinxing him :)
Thanks
This 4th set has been worth it tho, nice to see andy take it up a gear
it's the sidepodway.... If in doubt #blamesteven ;)
What a way to get the second break. He should be playsing with Bahrami
after that charity match at queens I'd pay good money to see that :)
So if we forget the 3rd set Murray has been on fine form today ;)
If he sticks to the white shirt he is OK. The red one not so much
good way of looking at it. Lets hope when he gets further next week he isn't wearing red!!
Ahhh lovely! Bit of a wobble but great fighting from both!! Well done Andy!!
So he beats Mayer and in the next round he gets Mayer. Odd
Want to watch Delpo vs Hewitt but need sleep.... Hmm goo Delpo!!
hehe!
Clearly signing balls and hitting them into the crowd is popular
they don't do it at other slams I don't think...
Andy expecting some 'funky shots' against Mayer 2. Gonna be a good match!!
Blimey, Murray sneezes once and sky think he has a cold!!
Never seen a player do what Florian Mayer did there
Won the match, picked up his bag immediately and just walked straight off the court
yeah that looked really odd! I wonder if he does that regularly.
wohoo lleyton beats del potro.
Commentators talking about Nadal who is up next. Feel like I haven't seen him play for aaages.
Nadal wins the first set and takes an inordinate amount of time after time was called. "You don't mention it because of his stature, and because he's such a nice guy," say the commentators. No, you should still hurry him up, no matter who he is. Rules is rules.
Gonna try and balance a stream of Murray's match and the Indy Car. My laptop may explode.
Apparently i need to wait for corrie to finish and then i can watch Muzza, so i'm watching the scores online. gggooooo Andy!
Ah just seen that Ant's car is out of the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo :( come on Andy, you have to win now!
So early in the race as well, such an annoying accident. Poor Ant :(
Ah bugger, my stream has given up on me.
First set to Murray :)
What a catch!!
And second set Muzza :)
Yay!
you're commenting on the indycar and tennis threads at the same time. how are ya watching both sports??
two streams!
Indy Car is on my laptop and tennis on the playstation although the stream keeps crashing.
crazy talk.
What a shot!
Double match point, this should be it really
Well that didn't take too long
Game. Set. Match. Nice and quick goodo! Happy times. Much less stressful than the other night!!
Looking good going into the quarter finals too
Blimey he looks like he is boiling!!! :( horrible weather!
Oops, 4th round next I mean. I'm not getting ahead of myself I promise :0
*:0
damn keyboard.
So unbelievably excited that sky are showing Jamie Murray's doubles match :)
Federer is 2 sets to 0 against to Tommy Robredo.
Every match I have watched in this tournament has had a player I have never heard of in it.
isn't he down two sets to nothing?
just read radwanska went out to someone i never heard of. turns out there are a lot of tennis players :)
That is kind of what I said except I used numbers not words
i read it that he was winning :)
could be a shock exit. best not to sleep methinks.
There should have been the word down after the 0
:) :)
federer throws away five break points.
He has made 2 out of 16
wow.
i blink and federer got broken?
Federer's game is falling apart. Just lost his serve again and and played so many bad points in ti
it
i didn't see any of them. look down, look up, game over. it's like crashed ice :)
Commentator now saying that he has had 7 break points. Earlier on they put up a caption saying 2 of 15
He was looking up at his coaches and mouthing that he couldn't move
ahh shoot.
Commentators think it is mental rather than physical but who knows
This service game is an awful lot better
Robredo now serving to win the match in straight sets.
In the service game Federer won he missed 5 consecutive first serves
crowd love the defence.
matchpoint.
Never seen Federer play anything like that bad in a single game let alone for 3 sets
shocker.
"nobody beats me 11 times in a row"
:) :)
glad you gave us a heads up for this chap. had to be seen to be believed.
I only found it channel hopping. Couldn't believe he was a set down and assumed he would win the next 3.
Amy is not going to be happy
on cue.
@amyfulton: Meh. Old man is old and this is very standard 2013 vintage.
i gots to sleep. cheers sir!
Calmer than I expected
Good night
he wasn't seeded 7th because he'd been having a good year ;-)
Knew I should have stayed up for the rest of the match, watched the second set and was so sure Fed would claim the victory still. Oops! First upset then!
shocker!
Well that's one big name out even if he wasn't as highly seeded as usual
Murray on court about to start his match
Murray had his serve broken to go down 5-3 in the first set. Next game he broke Istomin's serve. You can't beat top players if you blow opporchancities like that
Murray got back to 5-5 and Istomin broke him the next game so now he is serving for the set at 6-5
Ignore my last comment. Wasn't playing proper attention. I don't care if chalk dust flew up there was no service break.
#BlameSky
First set tie break. Murray 5-4 up with two serves to take the set
First one - double fault
Second one - sticks the ball in the net in a rally
Istomin serves one point and wins the first set 7-6
Second set went to Murray 6-1.
I think he is getting serious now.
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I am now going to bed.
Looks like he's through to the quarter finals, although weirdly the first thing I read about the match was how irritated Murray was by it. How odd.
He was not at all pleased with the umpire and neither were the commentators. He was called out a few times and won every challenge. The umpire over-ruled when he should not have. The one I saw where he got really upset was he won a point with his opponent miles away from getting the ball. The line judge called out, Murray challenged and the ball was about 75% on the line. Despite the fact he had clearly won the point he was made to re-play the point.
bah was asleep before the game started.
:)
Andy Murray's match against Wawrinka has just started.
I suggest in all comments you just call Wawrinka Stan as it is much easier.
Ooh blimey, didn't expect to get home to swimming from this. Stan sounds like he;s having a good match.
I just sat down to watch a bit of the match and it is not exactly going Murray's way. Stan 2 sets up 6-3 6-3 and 3-3 in the third. I think the US Open scriptwriters are making it up as they go
would make for an epic comeback though
Looks like Roger's doubles partner is doing a lot better than he did. 5-2 up and serving for the match. If Murray makes a comeback from this it has to be the greatest comeback ever
It's not looking good :(
All the way through this tournament Murray keeps changing between a white shirt and a red one. He has switched to red for the decisive game.
Match point...
Match over. Stan wins.
wow, well done stan the man. straight sets and everything.
First Muzza US open match I miss and he looses :( bah! Muzzzzzaaa! :(
an in form Murray losing to Stan is way more of an upset than a lame Roger losing to anyone #actuallyshockedtowakeuptothenews
:(
Looks like an early advantage for Rafa in the first set of the final!
Nadal takes the first set.
uh-oh crowd shouting mid point is distracting Rafa. He seems a bit angry....
didn't know it was on. will join ya, if it can find it.
Sky sports 1 if you've got sky sports :)
we do, but it's a pain to set up. gimmie five.
ahh! it's still with serve at the moment. I'm hoping this is a quick match, i'm shattered!
WOW! the disruptive fan who keeps distracting Nadal is being asked to leave. everyone is clapping.
I didn't realise this was on now. Wonder why they play it on a Monday
AMMYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
I'm excited I have some friends to watch the tennis with :)
if you comment, they will come.
or something.
We are always here
okay, got it.
that place is more packed than the last game i saw.
oohh i found the answer:
'The men's final was moved to Monday from Sunday this year in response to player complaints about it being scheduled the next day after Saturday semi-finals in prior years.'
http://sports.ndtv.com/us-open-2013/news/213738-novak-djokovic-rips-us-open-for-unfair-scheduling
still amuses me how 80's the on screen scoring looks. makes bernie look modern.
woop woop!
if it isn't broke, don't fix it ;)
That makes sense. I thought the Monday may be a holiday or something
i always thought it was because of the awful weather some years, but makes sense for it to be the norm. can imagine why Novak is made tho.
You would have thought they would do what they do with football and use the colours the players are wearing for their names so you know who is who
there's a lot you could improve. the faded triangle beneath the red line should be the first thing to go.
but players change shirts alot most of the time, how confusing would it be if they swapped colours?
also.. at Wimbles it's mainly white.
still works. amazing.
Amy is here?
i dont think it counts if you need to be told about it on twitter ;)
I cannot watch these two play, it honestly makes me want to gouge my eyes out. They're SO SLOW.
I'll catch the end of it once I get to work.
ooohh! hey Amy!!
hola
Fabulous lob by Djokovic
didn't see that, just that you tweeted you were awake ten mins after the call :)
:) sorry for waking you Amy ;)
ah, its my standard alarm time. and the first thing i do when it goes off is twitter. i should really get out of bed :D
I asked Mum who she was supporting, cause I can't choose between them and she said 'Novak.. Rafa doesn't look trustworthy!'
no idea what that means,
No need to rush. Take your time and get up slowly.
wow!!!!!! 54 shots and Novak breaks!
the word is rodenty :D
WOWOWOWOWOWOOW
ahh on a tough morning the first thing i do is reach for my phone for something to read.. so i actually wake up, otherwise i drift back off to sleep so easily!
how does nadal up the pace like that?
im late for work every day, why break tradition
she says 'yes! exactly that'
)
If I don't get on my feet when I wake up I sleep.
Being on time is over-rated
to be on time i need to leave in 2 minutes. #stillinbed
ah yes, i'm the same but sadly i can get back into bed as quickly as i get on my feet. I'm so awful at waking up, i sometimes wonder how i used to cope getting up at 6am every day for school.
6am for school? I could not have coped with that
yep! i like to think that's why i have rebelled so much now :)
5-3.
it's gonna be a long night folks!
You are a rebel now?
in when i get up in the morning yes. but in no other sense of the word sadly.
gonna be tricky when nfl starts. may not have thought this through.
You need to find more ways to rebel
bucket list.
Starts in 20 minutes. I may see an hour of it but not a lot more
my bucket list isn't really full of that sort of thing, so i suppose there is space ;)
"watch tennis until the sun comes up" ought to be :)
I'm up for the 1st game, then I'm also possibly staying for #2.
hahahaa! totally is!
Speaking of watching tennis, I just realised it's not long till i go to my first night sesh at the O2 for the WTF's!!! so excited! :)
are they broadcast anywhere? we'll try and spot ya.
last year they were on the Beeb i think. The night sessions certainly were, that's why Muzza only ever played in the evening. I think we are still too high for the TV cameras sadly, but much lower than we usually are - which is nice, seeing as mum doesn't like heights!
My friend has a video of me and her at the olympics cheering on Tsonga, i should find it sometime, it's pretty funny!
that was on the tv.. not just one we recorded.. that would be odd.
:)
Speaking of Tsonga, hopefully he makes it to London, it feels like he's been recovering forever.
ooh it has.
beckham!
last i heard he is going to be playing in a tournament mid september. I'm hoping he'll qualify for the WTFs
Justin Timberlake is there too.
anybody who enjoys watching these two play is a sadist
heh.
i'm enjoying it, but i know i'll never see the end.
i can only handle them when one of them wins in straight sets. i do not have time to watch 54 shot rallies. their games take up what feels like weeks of my life.
but surely that is the ideal game? amazing points so evenly matched no-one can break free.
that said, i'm all for speed sporting, i don't know why games don't just start with a tie break. you could do a tournament in a day :)
theyre good if they're occassional but when its every single point, combined with the fact that both of these guys take forever to serve, its just toooooo long
there's a slim chance the nfl game on the other side will start and finish before this pair get to the end :) :)
It is racking up points a lot faster
i think i'm loving it cause i'm doing other things too, i must say the idea of this going to 5 sets is a tiring one. I do like the fact there is no clear champ over the other tho.
heeh
6 minutes in and the score is 10-7
nice to know even sportsman trip over their own feet, and it's not just me.
he lost his centre of gravity there.
wow!!!
jaysus.
(am a bit behind you)
i'll try not to spoil it for ya ;)
nah it's all good. i don't mind who wins or loses tbh. nadal has the moment now.
*momentum
Davis Cup is on Eurosport at 9:45 Friday morning.
Croatia vs UK
what's that?
haha that's good, cause i still haven't chosen a favourite. I still can't believe we're only 3 sets in..
tennis thats country v country rather than person v person
oh! i don't even know who is in our team at the moment.. I'm assuming James Ward is still in it.
ooh cool. if anyone fancies writing a thread, we can do that.
It's like the Ryder Cup in golf
OOOhhh Muzza is playing vs Croatia this time!
...
what's that?
(half joking)
Damn. Beat me to it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23949931
It's like the Davis Cup in tennis or the world cup in football
We aren't doing too badly either...
'The winners of this tie will advance to the elite 16-nation Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group. The last time Britain took part in the World Group was 2008.'
http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Davis-Cup/News/2013/Great-Britain-Davis-Cup-team-announced/
a1gp
No. They have good players in it
ohh you shouldn't have helped him, i hoped he was gonna go a cool runnings explaining Star wars esque explanation ;)
heh
♥
:)
Steven, have you been to a Davis Cup match, the UK venue is in Scotland, right?
Is it? Never been to any kind of tennis. Last time I was near a tennis court I was playing and was about 14
oohhh Rafa breaks!
i think it was at one point. Had a little look online and it seems it was in Coventry this year.
I think it moves around a bit? (Amy help me out, I'm sure you know!)
Looks like it was going to be/ has been in Scotland before - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9423279.stm
i knew it wasn't that long ago i saw it was in scotland - http://www.eventscotland.org/news/2011/6/davis-cup-comes-to-scotland
phew i'm not going mad.
Nadal 3-0 up, may we dare to hope this isn't going to be a 5 setter and i may get sleep soon? :o
i'm actually going any minute. it's been fun, but i'm dead.
Rod Laver was a great player. Never smiled like that when he played
care to predict the final score before you sleep? :)
you assume i know the rules :)
6-3 to nadal who wins in three sets.
wonderful can't wait to see how they get ride of this 4th set we're in ;) night Mr C :)
3 sets to 1 sorry. i can add up.
aaaaahh! :)
#cheekylou
:) hehe!
what on earth has happened to Novak?! i make myself a cuppa and it's like the match moved on 4 games!!
I wasn't watching it but it looks like game over
I had planned to be in bed half an hour ago. So it's good night from me.
night Mr C and Steven!
Rafa wins! Despite a member of the crowd trying to put him off his serve.
aw that's what i want to see Vettel do when he wins.. fall to the floor and get all emotional. none of this pointy finger business.
Right, I'm off to bed too. Not so much of the magic of last year (woop for Muzza) but it was still good to watch! Nighty Night to anyone who is left! Enjoy work Amy! :)
the hosts get to pick where they play, hence why when i went it was in sydney, we chose grass because we thought we'd be better than switzerland, then roger came :D
:D
6-1, not even close.