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 Posted: 08/28/13 7:08 am ::: US Open |
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| Victoria Duval stuns Sam Stosur! 5-7 6-4 6-4
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| Posted: 09/01/13 10:57 pm ::: |
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| Fun first set, but boy when Sloane went away, she just disappeared. Congrats Serena.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 7:53 am ::: |
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It would seem young Sloane has learned from the error of airing dirty laundry before the media. Unfortunately, her unwise verbal remarks brought out the real Serena.
It's interesting how the media downplayed Serena's injuries in the Australian Open loss. She was not moving anywhere near as well then as she was yesterday. I don't think Sloane would have taken out Serena without that bad ankle and aggravated back.
Still, the breakthrough allowed Sloane to step up in confidence and she has clearly benefited with a surge in her play. However, there's another super-talented teen after her already in powerhouse 18-year old Madison Keys, who may eventually emerge with the second best serve in the game.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 8:02 am ::: |
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| Still, the breakthrough allowed Sloane to step up in confidence and she has clearly benefited with a surge in her play. However, there's another super-talented teen after her already in powerhouse 18-year old Madison Keys, who may eventually emerge with the second best serve in the game. |
All the US talent is on the women's side. We have three players in the Round of 16 compared to none among the men.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 8:28 am ::: |
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| Still, the breakthrough allowed Sloane to step up in confidence and she has clearly benefited with a surge in her play. However, there's another super-talented teen after her already in powerhouse 18-year old Madison Keys, who may eventually emerge with the second best serve in the game. |
All the US talent is on the women's side. We have three players in the Round of 16 compared to none among the men. |
Well, at least young male prodigy, Donald Young, is back after pissing off so many people he nearly blackballed himself from the pro tour. He was bounced in the 2nd round but could rebuild his profile in the coming months.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 12:02 pm ::: |
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| The three USA male prodigies are Young, Isner & Jack Sock. Young's dealt with injuries and his ego, Isner's the most promising & Jack Sock needs to get into shape to have any kind of success. I can't remember what match it was at this year's US Open, but one of the commentators called Sock "doughy" and wouldn't survive any kind of 5 set match because of his fitness.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 12:09 pm ::: |
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| The three USA male prodigies are Young, Isner & Jack Sock. Young's dealt with injuries and his ego, Isner's the most promising & Jack Sock needs to get into shape to have any kind of success. I can't remember what match it was at this year's US Open, but one of the commentators called Sock "doughy" and wouldn't survive any kind of 5 set match because of his fitness. |
Isner is 28 years old. He's older than Nadal or Djokovic. He's probably as good as he's ever going to get.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 2:14 pm ::: |
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It's really interesting that by the Round of 16 only three countries had multiple players left.
The United States and Italy both led with 3. Italy has been a powerful country of late on the international tennis scene--especially when it comes to the Federation Cup. Italy is currently ranked No. 2 only behind the mighty Czech Republic. Who would have thought that Ekaterina Makarova would have been the last Russian standing? Sure, Maria Sharapova is absent....but still stunning to see that none of the big name Russians are still standing. (I.e. Kuznetsova,
United States:
Serena Williams
Alison Riske
Sloane Stephens
Italy:
Camila Giorgi
Roberta Vinci
Flavia Pennetta
Serbia:
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Spain:
Carla Suarez Navarro
Germany:
Angie Kerber
Belarus:
Victoria Azarenka
China:
Li Na
Slovakia:
Daniela Hantuchova
Russia:
Ekaterina Makarova
Romania:
Simona Halep
Poland:
Aggie Radwanska
We shall see. The big question at this stage in the tournament is simply...who can stop Serena? Can Daniela Hantuchova continue her dream run with her open draw? Daniela has played the following in order
WC Maria Sanchez
WC Victoria Duval
Q Julia Glusko
WC Alison Riske
Who emerges from the bottom half as the finalist? Azarenka showed some signs of vulnerability in her match against Alize Cornet. Perhaps this is when Ana Ivanovic proves that she's back and proves that she can compete against the best and stuns Vika.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 2:55 pm ::: |
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| The three USA male prodigies are Young, Isner & Jack Sock. Young's dealt with injuries and his ego, Isner's the most promising & Jack Sock needs to get into shape to have any kind of success. I can't remember what match it was at this year's US Open, but one of the commentators called Sock "doughy" and wouldn't survive any kind of 5 set match because of his fitness. |
Isner is 28 years old. He's older than Nadal or Djokovic. He's probably as good as he's ever going to get. |
WOW!! I had no clue Isner was 28. I thought 24 or 25.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 4:05 pm ::: |
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| toad455 wrote: |
| The three USA male prodigies are Young, Isner & Jack Sock. Young's dealt with injuries and his ego, Isner's the most promising & Jack Sock needs to get into shape to have any kind of success. I can't remember what match it was at this year's US Open, but one of the commentators called Sock "doughy" and wouldn't survive any kind of 5 set match because of his fitness. |
Isner is 28 years old. He's older than Nadal or Djokovic. He's probably as good as he's ever going to get. |
WOW!! I had no clue Isner was 28. I thought 24 or 25. |
Isner has been around for quite a while.
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| Posted: 09/02/13 8:06 pm ::: |
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Federer is ousted by Robredo in straight sets today, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Nadal currently has lost the first set vs. Kohlschreiber.
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| Posted: 09/06/13 5:40 pm ::: |
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| Serena and Vika once more!
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| Posted: 09/08/13 6:46 pm ::: |
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| Serena just took down Vika: 7-5, 6-7 (6-8 ), 6-1 for her 17 Grand Slam win. The next Slam win will tie Chrissy and Martina.
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| Posted: 09/08/13 11:01 pm ::: |
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| Boy that was an interesting match. And I loved it. Hopefully my guy Djokovic will take care of the smug Rafa.
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