Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York City (hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York City (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
nicofrance wrote:
Thinks this might be curtains for Dan now .

Should have taken his chance in the tie-break to really make Cilic pay for not taking those earlier set points . I suspect Cilic would have imploded if Dan had taken that first set .

Pity biut still got a very decent chance I reckon, as I was on the point of saying anyway before he got an early second set break of serve.
6-7(11) *2-0

And still say at *2-2

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Dan very much in this , could go either way

Jaffa · Challenger level

One of the first times in ages Ive been able to watch a match from the start.

The standard in this has been exceptional, Cilic has raised his level a lot from 4-5 in the second set and has just broken Dan to serve for the second set.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Well, Dan broke straight back and played an excellent breaker. 1 set all, 2:23 on the clock.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Dan had 0-40 at 1-1 and has hardly won a point since, not that Dan has done too much wrong to be fair.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (13) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) WR 14 defeated Andy Murray WR 51 by 6-4 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3
L32: (27) Karen Khachanov (***) WR 31 defeated Jack Draper WR 53 by 6-3 4-6 6-5 retired

L32: (15) Marin Cilic (CRO) WR 17 defeated (20) Daniel Evans WR 23 by 7-6(11) 6-7(3) 6-2 7-5 hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That first set was a real big deal - major incomprehensible mess-ups by both players in the tie-break - but you always thought that the Cilic would win after he'd managed to take it.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So, the last 16 is the revealing round, in my opinion. The top countries in men's tennis are as follows:

Last 16

Spain - 4

Russia - 3

Italy - 2

USA - 1

Belorussia - 1

Norway - 1
Croatia - 1
France -1
Australia - 1
GB - 1

THat's also Europe 14: Rest of the World 2

Worth noting that there's a LL in that last 16. First time ever?

Unseeded: 4
Seeded: 12

There's a wide age range if you look at the outliers - oldest is 36, youngest is 19
But the bulk are far closer, although with a younger bent ....

The mean average age is 26.125

Three aged 30 or over
Two aged 21 or under

Also, a tall bunch -

Only one guy out of 16 is under 6 ft (183cm) - and that's Moutet (175cm) who's the LL

6 are over 190cm

The average is height is 189 cm

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 5th of September 2022 06:43:51 AM

Pancho P · Lower Club Player

Dan lost nothing in defeat ( apart from the match ) and toughed it out in typical style against a pretty good chilly. Don't see his ranking improving much now though looking forward. Hope I m wrong

Kennykoalabear · Lower Club Player

Spain are going to be hard to beat in Davids Cup I think!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Love Evo to bits but hes maximised his weapons and I think hed be so happy to a) reach the top 20 for a bit and b) reach the last 8 in a slam next season. I reckon he must have another year or so where he plays at the top and can achieve that . Hes playing well right now and had a great us open.

Pancho P · Lower Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
Love Evo to bits but hes maximised his weapons and I think hed be so happy to a) reach the top 20 for a bit and b) reach the last 8 in a slam next season. I reckon he must have another year or so where he plays at the top and can achieve that . Hes playing well right now and had a great us open.

I liked it when he dived sidewards ( think Becker ) only at the back of the court and Greg shouted " How about putting a bit of effort into it Dan ! " lol. Well it made me laugh

seagull · Hall of fame

Off to see Norrie tomorrow before heading home on Tuesday. Hope we get to see a bit of Glasspool and Skupski matches too.

Weekend was ridiculously expensive but lucked out again. Been a great trip. Highly recommend

emmsie69 · Top national player

seagull wrote:
Off to see Norrie tomorrow before heading home on Tuesday. Hope we get to see a bit of Glasspool and Skupski matches too.

Weekend was ridiculously expensive but lucked out again. Been a great trip. Highly recommend

I'm a big believer in doing the things you really want to do and blow the cost. If I'd got all the tickets I applied for at the London Olympics, I would have been bankrupt but it was a once in a lifetime event and life is not a dress rehearsal.