US Open Day 13 Saturday The Men's Semis

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Well, it's all pointing to a Djoko-Fed final. But can Cilic or Nishikori spring a surprise ? Interesting that, after Fed, Cilic has won the most matches this season. Kei has had two exhausting five-setters but has not had to play since Wednesday, which should be a help.
Some interesting thoughts on another post about the improvement in Cilic's serving. He'll need to do well in that area if he wants to win today.
I think I'm going to plump for a Nole-Rog final. Should Fed win today it would the first season since 2009 he's reached more than one GS final.

I think this may hasten the return of our temporarily departed posters.

To be very honest Kei and Marin has been awesome throughout the tournament and certainly the 2 best players of the tournament.

Kei winning would be awesome for Asian aspirants but Cilic winning is a well deserved one too.

I certainly cannot predict a winner and I guess it will be a blood bath and will finish in last set tie breaker.

If Cilic plays like this there will only be one winner, although I would prefer Kei to do it.

kingraf wrote:Classy from Roger

Not possible surely?

summerblues wrote:I think this may hasten the return of our temporarily departed posters.

Yes

To be very honest Kei and Marin has been
awesome throughout the tournament and
certainly the 2 best players of the
tournament.

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invisiblecoolers wrote:

Jahu wrote:Cilic to fold soon. Cancel tickets man  I tell you!!

You mean Cancel tickets Mam ? coz its Mirka who booked it

Papi is losing coz I took the lucky charm Silver out of his box Poor Silver cheering against his hero

Silver cheer whom ever you want, cheer both if you want to also.

Haha, not at all! I like tons of players, and it's going to be a pleasure to see new faces in a slam final after all these years - I'm glad Cilic won. Federer just wasn't allowed into the match today, he was absolutely nowhere. Very rare to see him so nonplussed in a match. Brilliant play from Cilic.

You would've gotten some seriously long odds on this final at the start of the tournament!

Gerry SA wrote:outside Paris, the other 3 majors are up for grabs next year.

Let's be more optimistic than this! Murray to win AO and the rest to fall outside the big 4

Agree, both Cilic and Kei have been playing well.  I kind of like both of them, so not sure who I will root for - probably Kei.  They will both like their chances too - they would have expected to face Nole or Fed in the final.

The last few slams I have been thinking Cilic would finally come through only to find every time I was wrong.  But finally he is here.

summerblues wrote:I think this may hasten the return of our temporarily departed posters.

Let's hope so. A genuinely exciting final in prospect and great for tennis.

invisiblecoolers wrote:

summerblues wrote:I think this may hasten the return of our temporarily departed posters.

Yes

+2, right?

emancipator wrote:If Cilic plays like this there will only be one winner, although I would prefer Kei to do it.

I am not so sure.  Cilic played brilliant but Fed was giving him too many cheap points.  Kei - on his today's form - will be tougher and will give Cilic more time to cool off, no matter how hot he starts.

When was Fed beaten so badly on  GS? Maybe by Rafa at some RG.

Looked lost, reminded me of some matches Djoko used to have in 2007-2009, not understanding why he is there on the court.

Lost as a puppy.

summerblues wrote:

emancipator wrote:If Cilic plays like this there will only be one winner, although I would prefer Kei to do it.

I am not so sure.  Cilic played brilliant but Fed was giving him too many cheap points.  Kei - on his today's form - will be tougher and will give Cilic more time to cool off, no matter how hot he starts.

Yeah you're probably right.

Fed just doesn't have the legs to dictate from the baseline anymore. He looked so slow out there. In days gone by he would've neutralised this kind of performance and probably won in three tight sets. Guess that's just the way it is. Time waits for no man.

Next few years will be very interesting... I suspect they'll prove all this "homogeneous courts make winning slams easier" nonsense completely wrong...

Been at least 2 years, since I have hoped a non top 4 to win a GS.

Was going to come at some point

Fed looked helpless.  Nothing that he tried came even remotely close to working.

On paper at least, this was as easy a draw as you can possibly get - he would not have faced a single top 10 opponent all tournament.

Anabelle (just shutup and date me) is saying that after Stan won AO, it has given hope and energy to younger guys to fight with the old guard.

The women's final TV ratings is going to absolutely smash the men's

So, we do have two finalists neither of whom is in top 10.  Anyone knows when this happened last?  LF maybe?

I am guessing it must have been long ago - before 2000?

Hingis is so hot

Eight completely different names on the men's and women's Champions list this year... Must be a first since Moses parted the sea?

Yes, changed my mind, Hingis tonight, Anabelle can wait.

Hingis first slam final since 2002, a record?

emancipator wrote:

summerblues wrote:

emancipator wrote:If Cilic plays like this there will only be one winner, although I would prefer Kei to do it.

I am not so sure.  Cilic played brilliant but Fed was giving him too many cheap points.  Kei - on his today's form - will be tougher and will give Cilic more time to cool off, no matter how hot he starts.

Yeah you're probably right.

Fed just doesn't have the legs to dictate from the baseline anymore. He looked so slow out there. In days gone by he would've neutralised this kind of performance and probably won in three tight sets. Guess that's just the way it is. Time waits for no man.

+1

Jahu wrote:When was Fed beaten so badly on  GS? Maybe by Rafa at some RG.

Looked lost, reminded me of some matches Djoko used to have in 2007-2009, not understanding why he is there on the court.

Lost as a puppy.

At USO I heard it was on 2001 , since then this is the least amount of games he won in a USO match.

kingraf wrote:Hingis is so hot

I agree , me always a Hingis fan, I wish I could have dated her after all Stephanek dated her

Swiss git

So, now Cilic or Kei.

I am 60% for Cilic, 40% Kei, meaning i wont get mad if Kei wins, and more happy if Cilic does it

I guess Serena gonna lose too, its the tournament of underdogs and upset so Serena shouldn't have any say in it either.

invisiblecoolers wrote:

kingraf wrote:Hingis is so hot

I agree , me always a Hingis fan, I wish I could have dated her after all Stephanek dated her

Yeah, Stepanek is a beast. Kind of lost some erotic emotions for Hingis after that.

Lord forgive me...but Hingis is just #flames...

Jahu wrote:Swiss git

So, now Cilic or Kei.

I am 60% for Cilic, 40% Kei, meaning i wont get mad if Kei wins, and more happy if Cilic does it

Kei winning would inspire Asian kids to take the sport seriously , so in that aspect I would be delighted to see Kei win, I don't even recall whether there was an Asian champion on Men's tour.

On the other hand always been a fan of big boys with big heart and big character, Cilic is so much talented as Del Po and such a nice character, he lacked big heart to fight in the past which got corrected by Goran and he looks unstoppable and scary.

My heart wants Cilic to win and my head thinks Cilic will win but if Kei wins he deserves it and deserves it more, after all beating Raonic at close to 3 AM and beating Stan in 5 sets and Djoko at his best in 4 sets > beating Simon Giles in 5 sets , Berdy in st.sets and papi in St. sets.

Cilic to win, but but will be equally delighted if Kei could win.

Congratulations to Cilic and Nishikori on good wins. on Monday.

Jahu wrote:Swiss git

Old man did well to get the SF, so you should be a bit happier.

Commiserations, again, to the SFinalists and their respective fans.

Sheez Hingis still looks in great shape.

Pannetta is also quite aesthetically pleasing..

Yes agree.

Fed for the WTF!!

Like anyone cares for those, except Rafa.

Pannnetta, best legs on tour?

I'd love to see Kei win it, firmly supporting him in the final. Fantastic to see two new faces though, and I sincerely hope that the rest of the chasing pack take note.

And on Federer: although he got his backside kicked today, if this truly is the end of the Top 4 as an all-conquering force, then how strange that he (with Novak) was the final one to fall. Shows how well he's done to still be here, given that he ushered in this era. He did get absolutely destroyed today though

Plenty of tennis yet to come though, both in the final and beyond! The #1 spot is still up for grabs, a tight WTF race and now hopefully the tour will be full of renewed belief going into the indoor swing.

I don't know what Hingis screams but it's hot.

kingraf wrote:I don't know what Hingis screams but it's hot.

summerblues wrote:So, we do have two finalists neither of whom is in top 10.  Anyone knows when this happened last?  LF maybe?

I am guessing it must have been long ago - before 2000?

Kuerten (66) v Bruguera (19) RG 1997 is one, from memory.

PS: Johansson (18) v Safin (11) AO 2002.
Ivanisevic (125) v Rafter (11) W 2001.

king, you got the TV to yourself now? Getting too hot?

laverfan wrote:

summerblues wrote:So, we do have two finalists neither of whom is in top 10.  Anyone knows when this happened last?  LF maybe?

I am guessing it must have been long ago - before 2000?

Kuerten (66) v Bruguera (19) RG 1997 is one, from memory.

PS: Johansson (18) v Safin (11) AO 2002.

Oh thanks LF.  So it was 2000+, just before Fed came along.  So maybe we will start seeing more such finals again in future.

Think I'm gonna go sleep now... My posting will. only get more erratic at this point. Sheesh, Hingis Pannetta are a fiery combination.

P'S - I know its double standards to Dislike Cilic and love Hingis despite the fact that they both tested positive at some point... but Cilic has a unibrow and Hingis is Drop dead gorgeous... and hot.

christ, never would of imagined Cilic or Nishikori taking a slam next outside of the usual four, ahead of a Dimitrov, Raonic type. Brilliant performances by both this fortnight, Men's tennis is truly up in the air now. exciting stuff.

summerblues wrote:Oh thanks LF.  So it was 2000+, just before Fed came along.  So maybe we will start seeing more such finals again in future.

I hope so. Otherwise we will miss an entire generation.

Jahu... yeah mate TV to myself. Girlfriend is a med student, she doesn't do late nights...

So it is two slam winners outside the big 4 this year; I think that is more than what we had expected as the year was starting.  And they both came from the players that we have been somewhat forgetting - if not writing off - rather than from the next generation.  Even though, I suppose Nishi is still young enough to fit in the "next generation".

kingraf wrote:Think I'm gonna go sleep now... My posting will. only get more erratic at this point. Sheesh, Hingis Pannetta are a fiery combination.

P'S - I know its double standards to Dislike Cilic and love Hingis despite the fact that they both tested positive at some point... but Cilic has a unibrow and Hingis is Drop dead gorgeous... and hot.

Hingis/Kournikova are hotter.

Berdy must be crying all night.