US Open Day 6 Open Thread
by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 11:39 AM EDT
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An incredible slate of day matches for the first day of network coverage. Matches start at 11 on CBS.
Day Session: 11:00 AM Start Time
1. Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[31]
Not Before 1:00 PM Start Time
2. Melanie Oudin (USA) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[29]
3. John Isner (USA) v. Andy Roddick (USA)[5]
Night Session: Not Before 7:00 PM Start Time
1. Dinara Safina (RUS)[1] v. Petra Kvitova (CZE)
2.James Blake (USA)[21] v. Tommy Robredo (ESP)[14]
Bunches of big matches around the grounds as well, especially Soderling v. Querrey, which somehow got relegated to being third up on the Grandstand.
The full order of play for all courts can be found here, and live running scores can be found here.
As always, share your innermost feelings on the day's play in the comments section.
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Great stuff here from Jesse Witten to get back on serve vs. Djokovic, who really seems to be underestimating Witten’s deceptive speed.
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11 forehand errors for Federer already in the first 8 games.
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And Hewitt breaks for 5-4, will serve for the set. Didn’t see this one being so interesting so early.
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Federer loses the first, Witten serving for the first against Djokovic. The hell is going on here?
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And Jesse Witten takes the tiebreak with relative ease, 7-2. Wow.
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Despite going down a fast 3-0, Witten is back within a break now at 3-2.
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NEVER seen Federer fall like that.
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"Soderling v. Querrey, which somehow got relegated to being third up on the Grandstand."
I think the US Open schedulers are committed to having a balance of men’s and women’s matches on the show courts, despite the popularity of the players in the available matches. Yesterday, I was on Court 11 watching Gael Monfils and it was absolutely packed, while Na Li vs. Kirilenko was on the Grandstand.
In all my years of going to tennis tournaments, I’ve yet to see evidence that the men’s and women’s games are equally of interest to live spectators. Maybe that’s true in the top 5, but in 5-20, it’s not even close. Heck, Stepanek’s first-rounder was quite crowded, as was Kohlschreiber’s.
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In all my years of going to tennis tournaments, I’ve yet to see evidence that the men’s and women’s games are equally of interest to live spectators. Maybe that’s true in the top 5, but in 5-20, it’s not even close.
Absolutely true. Tournaments like the French Open and Wimbledon make that more explicit with the scheduling, but the US Open is more into scheduling equality with court size, pragmatic or not.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Whoops, thanks for that.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
He lost, but hell of an effort from Jesse Witten to push Djokovic to four tight sets.
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Sharapova looks able to hit through Oudin so far.
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Total of 16 winners, 42 errors in first set of Oudin-Sharapova. Sheesh.
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Oudin crushing her now, 5-1 up on Sharapova.
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Soderling crushing Querrey, as I expected. Up a break in the second, 6-2, 1-0
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Coming close to digging her way out could hurt Sharapova’s morale going into the third, too.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Massive hold for Sharapova to get it to 3-2. Had she gone down 4-1 she would have been outta here.
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And Oudin broken for 3-3.
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And Oudin emphatically breaks back, up again at 4-3.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Couldn’t do it, 5-5.
Sharapova has really upped her level on these return games.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
And now Oudin has another shot to close it out at 6-5 on her serve.
5-5 was the worst game for Sharapova yet.
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And Oudin does it 7-5 in the third.
New favorite to make it out of the top half?
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the way this is playing out
the draw is comically stacked.
It’s one thing to have Venus and Serena in the same half, but Clijsters and (especially) Pennetta are just brutalizing opponents and either would probably be the favorite in the top half as well.
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by Jeff Sackmann on Sep 5, 2009 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Can Isner survive losing this third set?
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I freaking love Andy Roddick.
Somehow he manages to be the underdog who comes through (or tries really hard and doesn’t) over and over again.
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Indeed.
Quite a feat, making himself into the underdog vs. an American with Isner’s ranking.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Isner has won 17 of his last 19 tiebreaks. Unbelievable.
This certainly is not a bad day for the future of American tennis now, eh?
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Kvitova-Safina has started but Tennis Channel is showing this Pancho Gonzalez ceremony for some reason. It’s streaming on USOpen.org …
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Kvitova with some early break points.
I’d love to see her win this and just end this Safina US Open disaster.
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The crawl on the SlamTracker window right now:
“Watch Safina-Blake On US Open Live…”
Heh. That wouldn’t be a pretty match.
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Haha, god no.
Safina is down 4-6, 0-2 Kvitova right now. I don’t think anybody, Safina included, really has any interest in seeing her play more matches in this tournament. It’s been absurdly torturous.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Kvitova chokes away six straight games, lets Safina win the second 6-2 despite only hitting THREE winners in the set.
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Yet Kvitova races out to another 2-0 lead to start the third. Women.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 5, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Through 20 games, Safina with only SEVEN winners.
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Kvitova goes from 3-1 up in the third to 3-3. Will no one pull the plug on Safina already?
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Very nice dropshot-lob combo by Kvitova for easily the point of the match, which REALLY isn’t saying much.
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5-4 Kvitova now in the third, and she gets to serve for it, which is hardly a blessing.
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Kvitovafinally wins on her third match point, glad to have Safina’s story finally closed.
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