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[Aussie_Wing]

Maria Sharapova & Andre Agassi are in action on Day 1 on the 2005 US Open. Federer is once again the one to beat, while Davenport, along with Sharapova, is unfortunately favourite to take the womans title.

Predictions:

Men's Singles:
Winner- R.Federer
Runner Up- A.Roddick
Dark Horse- T.Haas

Woman's Singles:
Winner- L.Davenport
Runner Up- S.Williams
Dark Horse- A.Ivanovic (My favourite player, hoping she can cause a few upsets along the way)

Edited by Aussie_Wing, 29 August 2005 - 02:12 AM.

[Cruiser008]

Roddick is out!!

[Aussie_Wing]

Yeh my predictions are out the window! Predicted him to reach the final.

Lleyton Hewitt takes the court in a few hours, looking forward to this. Also up today is Ana Ivanovic. Should be a good day of tennis.

[Muse]

Wow, I couldn't believe Roddick's defeat. Though his opponent did live up to the hype - he played a terrific match. I'm curious to see how far he'll go.

I hope Andre makes it far into this tourney, but alas, I'm not sure I see it happening. I'm not certain he can win the US Open again. I actually wonder if he has another major in him. I'd love to see him get to the finals. You get the sense that this might be his last year (20 freaking consecutive years at the US Open!)

So, if Andre can't make it to the finals, I'm hoping we can see a Hewett/Federer final. They are fun to watch against each other. Admittedly, Ihaven't looked at the brackets to see if they are placed so they could matchup in the finals, or if they did another weird ranking to make them meet in a semi.

Davenport did look pretty good last night in her match. I'm very curious to see how far she'll go. I'd like to see her really go out there and beat one of the Williamses, mainly because you can see how much Lindsay has transformed her body and her style of play to try and catch up with those powerful ladies.

[RockyMountainWingGal]

Holy crap - haven't tuned in yet and Roddick is already out - didn't know until this morning. This is really bad for me (and US tennis) because I'm not all that interested in watching the men's side anymore. I'll cheer for Agassi, but if he goes out I probably will wait 'til the final to even watch.... I guess I'm rooting for someone to beat Federer any which way....

Hopfully the women's side will be interesting......

[Aussie_Wing]

Muse, Hewitt destrotyed Costa in his first round match, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. However, he is expected to meet Federer in the Semi Finals. Why is this always the way?!? Clearly the top two players in the world, yet they always meet in the Semi's!

Not happy, Ana Ivanovic was beaten in three sets, my interest levels in the US Open have dropped significantly.

[Aussie_Wing]

Well what a beauty!!!

In an extraordinary upset, James Blake defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. I haver seen anyone take it up to Nadal as Blake did, he simply played the match of his life! Well done James Blake, you are a champion!

Edited by Aussie_Wing, 04 September 2005 - 02:50 AM.

[Muse]

WOW.

I missed the Blake/Nadal match - just tuned in for the last point. Wow.
That is an absolutely stunning upset - especially because how Blake took the last set.

RMWG - you've gotta watch Blake play. He's incredible, and he is definitely a huge rising American star.

Hopefully he won't succumb to the pressure like the guy who knocked out Roddick and stole his mojo.

EDIT: woo hoo, Andre's playing. I loved the look back on his career they showed before this match. I'd forgotten about his blonde mullet ROFL!

Edited by Muse, 03 September 2005 - 02:53 PM.

[Aussie_Wing]

[Muse]

Wow, the Hewitt/Dent match was terrific! Almost 3.5 hours of great tennis.

Lleyton made a lot of errors, and Dent played so well. It was very exciting - even that entire last set. I thought it might go to the

Who is this woman asking the questions at the end of the match? "He shook your confidence, he exposed the weakness in your game, does that concern you as you head into the second week of the tournament?"
How unbelievably rude!

I have not yet seen the results of yesterday's Agassi match. I've watched much of it, and will finish watching it tonight after watching the Williams sisters play each other.

Anybody wanna take a guess at which Williams sister will advance? I'm guessing this one might be Venus' victory, if she can stop wearing so much distracting jewelry (I can't believe she stomed on a $40,000 earring during one of the earlier matches!)

[Aussie_Wing]

Muse, I couldn't agree more. The Hewitt/Dent match was a beauty. Stayed up until about 3:30am, and I'm glad the result went his way. The 5th set was sensational, great tennis played by both players.

I'm not too happy that Hewitt is going to meet Federer in the Semi's, assuming he advances that far of course. Why can't the best two players battle it out in the Final?!?

[Aussie_Wing]

Once again I’m disappointed at the lack of input into this discussion. Being a huge tennis I make a new thread for every Grand Slam. However it seems like the interest in tennis decreases all the time. This has been a pretty good US Open, with some great matches such as Blake/Nadal, Hewitt/Dent, Agassi/Malisse and the list goes on. Oh well, at least I’m enjoying it.

[m96m]

agassi against blake should be a good one tonight

tsn put it best though

[hardcoretom21]

Thank God for the US open and Tennis!!

The US open is by far the best one!!

I'm soooo hoping for an Agassi/Federer final!


I MISS SAMPRAS!

[RockyMountainWingGal]

Well, I was watching this awesome match between Agassi and Blake - then boom! USA network cuts the match off in the middle of the 5th set - wtf!

I want to email those bastards and let them know how I feel about them cutting off a match in the midst of it - just to air some old Law and Order reruns - wtf again!

Come to think of it, same thing happened last night in the Venus-Clijsters match. I'm really pissed - anyone else have this problem?

Anyhow - love both players - may the best man win!!!

[Aussie_Wing]

Agassi won 8-6 in the 5th set tiebreak. Great match, not the result I was after though.

Are you serious, they cut off the tennis, with 2 Americans playing, to show some re-runs?

[MSUDoubleJ19]

Gah, why do I always find these threads at the end of the Grand Slams???

Anyways, AWESOME match last night. They cut off my coverage too but they showed it first thing on USA this morning. I was rooting for Blake, and fully expected him to win. I've been a fan of Blake ever since I saw him as a Davis Cup warm up partner to the big boys back in Boston in the summer of 99. I rode in an elevator with him, I thought he was cute, and I've been following his career since. Tough loss last night but he's had a great summer, and I'm glad to see him finally having some real success on the tour.

The Davenport match was fun to watch yesterday as well. Even though she lost.

As I left for work, Hewitt was down against Neiminen. Hope he can come back!!

Edited by MSUDoubleJ19, 08 September 2005 - 05:03 PM.

[RockyMountainWingGal]

[Aussie_Wing]

I HATE MARY PIERCE!

[RockyMountainWingGal]