Chat thread: 2019 US Open. August 26 - September 8.

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08/20/2019

Future of Tennis.

Given the current condition of the ‘sport’ - where not only is there nobody who can spell tennis but the prize money continues to spike every year (month?) - forget the success of the Tree Tops that rivals the speed of rabbits mating - is it then possible that a certain demographic that has historically loved above conditions @ other sports will begin ‘migrating’  - in hoards? 

It’s possible.

And that demographic?

African Americans or blacks @ from other villages?

With economic viability a key to the community for obvious reasons in determining the ‘object’ of their pursuit coupled with their natural athletic ability and height, can then there be ANY argument against above 'invasion'?

That's without inserting Serena, Sloane, Tiafoe..............as glittering precedent.

So the new name for the sport?

National Tennis Association or NTA - as in NBA - National Basketball Association.

Don't believe it?

Just give it JUST two years.

Coincidentally, Federer and Nadal completely missed the possibility of above when they held the HUGE summit to discuss the freaking future of tennis. Also called two clowns working to bloat their egos while working @ a project way beyond their pay grade - and mental ability.

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Shouldn’t this be implemented - with respect to extinct species?

If main reason for poachers to kill endangered animals and ensure they are extinct is the fact that some morons believe ingesting the penis of a tiger or horn of a rhino can cure their BS ailment, then shouldn’t this be propagated - feverishly:

Penis of cockroaches, rats and mosquitos - and any other animal that has no purpose other than killing humans - is scientifically proven to not only cure ALL ailments but also turn the clock back so rapidly that you become immortal. And if you are a male your penis grows instantly to porn star standards.

Isn’t it akin to paying people for plastic bottles at the recycling center where you provide HUGE incentive to people to do your work?

Point?

Identify the species that does nothing but kill -  or annoy - humans and provide the proven incentive for morons to go your job - for FREE.

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2018 US Open Championship Point: Novak Djokovic vs Juan Martin del Potro.

 

 

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More photos.

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Isn't it illegal for Stick Figures to remove ANY clothing?????????

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: Gilles Simon of France practices before the start of the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by TPN/Getty Images)

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This is the FIRST time Mr. Nedl has exposed his grill while holding a tennis racket - forget being on the court too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: Rafael Nadal of Spain in action during a practice session with his coach, Carlos Moya, before the start of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by TPN/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: Rafael Nadal of Spain in action during a practice session with his coach, Carlos Moya, before the start of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by TPN/Getty Images)

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He could have easily hit a forehand but he HAD to show off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: Rafael Nadal of Spain in action during a practice session with his coach, Carlos Moya, before the start of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by TPN/Getty Images)

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He clearly doesn't know that Serena and Nadal exist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: Nick Kyrgios of Australia watching Kyle Edmund of Great Britain before his practice session starts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 20, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by TPN/Getty Images)

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Keep digging, @tipsarevicjanko 🙏 . #tennis #tennistv #sports #instasport #atp #atptour #tipsarevic #retirement

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🤪 Who comes to mind? . #tennis #tennistv #atp #atptour #sports #instasport

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The race continues ➡️ . #tennis #tennistv #atp #atptour #sports #instasport #parkour #number1 #race

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The gang’s all h3re.

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The reigning champ is back on the courts in NYC! 👏

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Naomi Osaka is ready to return.

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Win a qualies match and take your son out for some practice. We approve.👨‍👦🎾💚 _ @nicomahut | #USOpen

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To mark #WorldPhotographyDay, we’ve selected some of our favourite images from The Championships 2019 📸 Which is your favourite? . 1. Dawn breaks at Wimbledon: @adamwarnerphoto 2. Serena Williams and Andy Murray celebrate in the mixed doubles: @ianwaltonphotography 3. Coco Gauff celebrates her comeback win over Polona Hercog: @eddiekeoghphotos 4. The Hill reacts to Gauff’s stirring win over Hercog: @joelmarklund 5. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal embrace after their semi-final encounter: @simonbruty 6. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah react to winning the the gentlemen’s doubles against Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin: @besolomon 7. Dylan Alcott and Andy Lapthorne embrace after winning the Quad Wheelchair Doubles: @joelmarklund 8. Simona Halep reacts in disbelief after winning the ladies’ singles final: @timclaytonphoto 9. Novak Djokovic celebrates winning the gentlemen’s singles final: @besolomon 10. No.1 Court at night: @adamwarnerphoto

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Althea Gibson is the first African American tennis player to win a major, and one of my Sheroes. 🎾 #RememberHerName #USTA

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Duckhee Lee becomes the first deaf player in an ATP Tour main draw 👏 📽 @winstonsalemopen #ATPTour #WinstonSalem #Instasport #DuckheeLee #tennis

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Winning the US Open in 2017 was amazing. Now I'm ready to make some new memories here. Are you ready for the 2019 #USOpen? 🎾 #IBMathlete #ad

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genie & babies: a love story - part 437

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Inspired by Women Series presented by @wta & @moroccanoil 🙏

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If two of the MOST malnourished people on the planet are winning ANYTHING - your future is bright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Murray falls to Sandgren as singles comeback continues.

 Andy Murray on Monday fell in the first round of the ATP Winston-Salem Open, where the three-time Grand Slam champion was giving his surgically repaired hip just its second test in singles.

Britain's Murray, who feared in January that his hip trouble would end his career, accepted a wild card into this week's tournament in North Carolina after falling in his singles comeback in Cincinnati last week.

He again showed glimpses of his once-dominant self, but was inconsistent in a 7-6 (10-8), 7-5 loss to 73rd-ranked American Tennys Sandgren in a match lasting 2 hours and 10 minutes.

"Some things were a bit better today I think," Murray said. "I was hitting the ball a bit cleaner than I did maybe in Cincinnati... I feel like I moved fairly well to some drop shots, which maybe last week I wasn't running to.

"So there's some good things in there but also some stuff I would like to do better."

Murray did not even reach the court until after 10 pm, thanks to a lengthy rain delay that pushed back his start time by more than three hours.

Sandgren gutted out a tough service hold in an opening game that went to deuce nine times, saving one break point as they went to the first-set decider without a break of serve.

The American needed four set points -- and saved one -- in taking the tiebreaker.

A deflated Murray was quickly down 3-0 with two breaks of serve in the second.

He clawed one back, and broke again when Sandgren coughed up two double faults while serving for the match at 5-4.

But Sandgren broke Murray again in the next game and then took full advantage of his second chance, capping the match with a forehand winner on his first match point.

"Physically, (I'm) OK considering -- no pain, no discomfort. Just a little bit more tired than usual," Murray said.

- Landmark for Lee -

Having said in Cincinnati he would discontinue doubles to focus on returning to peak singles form, Murray said he might consider playing an ATP Challenger Tour event before heading to Asia, where he is entered in September's Zhuhai Championships and the China Open.

"Maybe I need to play a level down to get some matches and build my game up a little bit before I start playing on the tour again," he said.

In other action on a day when rain wreaked havoc on the schedule, South Korean Lee Duck-hee became the first deaf player to win an ATP Tour match, beating Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen 7-6 (7/4), 6-1.

"My message for people who are hearing impaired is to not be discouraged. If you try hard, you can do anything," said Lee, who will next face third-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.

Lee was two points from victory when thunderstorms swept through.

When he and Laaksonen returned some five hours later, Lee quickly polished off a win he admitted he hadn't been expecting.

"I thought that I was just going to do my best and try to stay focused," Lee said. "But I came out a winner."

https://sports.yahoo.com/murray-falls-sandgren-singles-comeback-continues-062052838--ten.html

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Andy Murray contemplates dropping down to Challenger level to build up match fitness.

Andy Murray says he is ready to drop down a level to the Challenger circuit after suffering his second successive defeat on the singles court. He was beaten 7-6, 7-5 on Monday night by Tennys Sandgren, the world No72, in the first round of the ATP 250 event in Winston-Salem.

In a match delayed until after 10pm by an electrical storm, Murray was highly competitive, and might well have won had he only been able to push his first-serve percentage up above a moderate 50.

As it was, the first set slipped away when he netted a volley to lose the tie-break 10-8. And even though he fought back from a double-break down to level the second set at 5-5, he then lost his own serve for the third time in quick succession as Sandgren wrapped up the match in 2hr 9min.

"I think there was some good stuff in there," Murray told the BBC after his defeat. "I think my ball striking was better than last week [when he lost to old foe Richard Gasquet in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters]. I hit quite a few more winners, came to the net quite a lot. Obviously I didn't win but I do feel I was a bit more in control of what was happening out there.

"Physically I felt okay in the rallies, but I did notice in the second set that my first serve wasn't as good, and I think maybe my legs were a little bit heavy at the end there."

Murray’s frustration boiled over after the lengthy first-set tie-break, and he treated the support staff in his player box to an angry rant. “No-one in the team ever wants to say anything when there’s something wrong - never,” he said. “Everything is perfect all the f---ing time. Kills me. F---ing joke.”

Murray is now booked to return home, but he has next week’s Challenger event in Mallorca – the Rafa Nadal Open – in his sights as a possible next appointment. "I think for my body it would be a good thing because I do feel at that level I will be winning matches each week," Murray said.

"And I think it would be good for my game as well because I'm not quite seeing the points as I used to. And if I can get more matches, I'll start to work that out a little bit quicker, and see it faster.

"I would probably rather stay playing outdoors because the next couple of tour events I'm playing are outdoors in Asia, but I haven't given it tons of thought."

Murray has already entered the ATP events in Zhuhai and Beijing in late September. These commitments make it unlikely that he will participate in the Lawn Tennis Association’s new Challenger in Glasgow in the week starting Sept 16, even though the Murray Trophy is named after him and his brother Jamie.

Meanwhile, Dan Evans also spoke to the BBC in Winston-Salem, explaining his reasons for the unexpected split with his coach David Felgate in Washington last month.

It seems that their relationship never quite recovered from the disappointment of Evans’s epic defeat at the hands of Joao Sousa in the third round of Wimbledon. Looking forward, Evans said that he wanted to play more aggressively and use the net more.

"I saw a few things different, I think, to the way he saw it," said Evans, who stands at a creditable No35 in the ATP’s Race to London (a table based on rankings points won in 2019 only). "It was amicable, no hard feelings. I sat down and said it was going to come to an end, and that was that.

"I wanted to go a different way and try something new. I've never had to do that before. It was not an easy conversation but it was better for me to say it there and then than carry on until the end of this trip, and waste this trip.

"I sort of felt that way as soon as I came back and we started again after Wimbledon. Maybe I lost my spark with him, but it just didn't feel right, and I thought it needed to change. I thought, over the grass, I was pretty defensive and not really putting my game out there. I felt it was time for a new start – to make that change, and to play that way.”

Evans is working with Joshua Milton, a British coach based in San Diego, in Winston-Salem this week. He will team up with Davis Cup captain Leon Smith in New York while he decides on his next coaching appointment.

https://sports.yahoo.com/andy-murray-contemplates-dropping-down-090641370.html

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08/19/2019

Latest ranking (WTA).

RANK MOVE COUNTRY PLAYER AGE    
 
1 0 [JPN] Naomi Osaka 21    
2 0 [AUS] Ashleigh Barty 23    
3 0 [CZE] Karolina Pliskova 27    
4 0 [ROU] Simona Halep 27    
5 △2 [UKR] Elina Svitolina 24    
6 0 [CZE] Petra Kvitova 29    
7 ▽2 [NED] Kiki Bertens 27    
8 0 [USA] Serena Williams 37    
9 0 [BLR] Aryna Sabalenka 21    
10 △8 [USA] Madison Keys 24

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Quiz question.

He (Jeffery Espstein) resembled someone - with fairly decent profile - from the US Tennis world - mainly. And tennis world includes everyone associated with the sport - not just players.

Who?

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On the clock @ 2019 US Open.

 

 

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A story to remember! Duckhee Lee is making history as the first deaf professional tennis player on the @ATP_Tour . We had a chance to sit down with him to uncover this incredible story.💫 (This content has been translated and paraphrased).

 

 

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The 5-time champ is here 👀

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3-time US Open winner. 2019 @rolandgarros champ. Rafael Nadal is in the building.

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@Wimbledon champion @SimonaHalep has arrived. Will she capture her second Grand Slam title this year?

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From Fortnite to Flushing. @FazeClan member Nate Hill is pulling up to fan week 👀🎮

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@rogerfederer ❤️s the game #USOpenSeries

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Introducing your 2019 #USOpen singles wild cards...

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A flawless game with blazing power...🇦🇺💪 _ Enjoy two vintage 🚀 forehands as we celebrate “Rocket” Rod Laver’s 81st Birthday!

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Tennis can be a dangerous sport 🎯😂 _ Tag someone who has been “tagged” on court...😆

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Best Bloopers and Funny Moments from the US Open.

 

 

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