Us open mens day 12- Time to Stan and Deliver. Do Fed ex deliver Sabr's or am I Rogered? Erm... Cleaning with Novak-umn is hard... Something related to Cilic.

by temporary21 Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:23 pm

Mens place, someone wanted a half hearted attempt at a mens thread, so here she is.

by bogbrush Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:48 pm

Djokovic in 4.

Federer in 3. Or Stan in 3. Or one of them in 5. Or maybe 4.

Think that's about right.

by temporary21 Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:39 pm

Novak 4-0 up in about 20 minutes

by temporary21 Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:49 pm

Cilic winning 15 percent of second serve points... That's quite scary

by **JuliusHMarx** Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:12 am

Thank goodness for the WTA.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:14 am

Henman Bill will be displeased. At this rate the second match will be finished before he's back

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:15 am

JuliusHMarx wrote:Thank goodness for the WTA.

To think they get equal prize money for this sort of uncompetitive stuff.

by Jahu Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:19 am

Mercer said it good: this does not look like a SF.

Serbian secret services have corrupted the Croat today Laugh

(no libel stuff please ) Smile

by Jahu Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:20 am

Happy for Vinci to beat that Serena whale.

Hope she takes the AO

Hingis/indian guy played a great TB and won the mixed doubles. Very nice match.

by Jahu Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:48 am

Djoko wins against a ghost.

Come on Fed, a quick 3 sets.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:50 am

Well whoever wins the second semi, Kudos to you if you can beat that...

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:16 am

Just got home. Was Nole that good or was Cilic that bad?

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:27 am

Both. Cilic with injury but novaks return was really frightening. If fed makes it there he'll need a miracle serving day

by TRuffin Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:37 am

Just saw the effectiveness of sabr with that break. Stan got rattled, overplayed

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:39 am

Ok, thanks falzy. Did not realize Cilic was injured. I do not think Fed has too much of a chance in the final (if he gets there) regardless of how Nole played today.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:41 am

Well he's got the early break with stan overpressing. What I can see though Feds current serving level doesn't look good enough

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:47 am

Fed not looking as sharp today as he has been lately. Not just the serve but all-around. Plus he looks very underpowered against Stan.

He is up a break but was under all kinds of pressure to hold.

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:48 am

Yeah, Stan looks seriously 'big'

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:51 am

Fed needs both the first two sets. More than anything to take on THAT Novak

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:51 am

But Roger is so clever, such smart and varied play.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:54 am

I suspect Novak would rather play Roger than Stan.

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:55 am

Lovely fast play and fast points. Tennis as it should be played!!

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:56 am

summerblues wrote:I suspect Novak would rather play Roger than Stan.

Yes, but no.

I mean Stan is an awesome beast....... who misses.

He could lose or win to either.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:57 am

Yeah, I was just going to say how watchable this match was. Points do not look all the same, with people running left and right on the baseline.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:57 am

Don't think it matters. Novak would eat rogers serve right now. Stan doesn't look consistent enough. Plays like today he butchers either of them

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:58 am

bogbrush wrote:
summerblues wrote:I suspect Novak would rather play Roger than Stan.
Yes, but no.

I mean Stan is an awesome beast....... who misses.

He could lose or win to either.

I don't know. I am not sure Roger has it in him to beat Nole. At the very least, I think the odds are low.

Stan may be all over the place and lose worse than Roger ever would, but he can also destroy Djokovic if he is really on.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:01 am

So far so good. First set in the bag without too much fuss.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:03 am

Here's the key set. Fed needs this just as much as stan does. From wanting a classic standpoint. I'd like to see a stan fightback

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:09 am

Bp saved. Come on Stan. This is good stuff, let's have more than 90 minutes of it

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:12 am

Not this time. An easy and important hold for stanimal

by CAS Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:12 am

Not sure how Fed won that set, Stan looked more menacing, the hold at 0-40 was huge!

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:21 am

Fed is looking more menacing this set but Stan holds from 0-40 this time.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:22 am

Phew. Still a match

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:26 am

Nice break, very smooth. Still all to play for.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:26 am

...but not this time. Hopefully Fed can finish this set off.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:28 am

Sigh. Match done it is. Couple of uncompetitive semis, hope the finals are more tense

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:30 am

Federer reading Stans serve like a cheap paperback.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:32 am

Wawrinka frustrated now, but this is some seriously cool stuff from Roger.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:32 am

Hopefully Fed can keep it up one more set.

by **laverfan** Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:33 am

Wawrinka started so well, but seems to have fallen off. The FH and serve seem to have gone AWOL. At least should have forced Federer to serve. Federer serves first, so the pressure will be on Wawrinka.

At least this is a better contest than 0,1,2 earlier (which is a record, IIRC).

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:35 am

Game done. Nothing much to sink my competitive teeth into, especially after the previous match...

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:36 am

Stan was 0-40 his last three service games.

Fed was also quite impressive against Isner. Isner's last three service games started 0-40, 0-30, 0-40 (though he managed to hold the first two of them).

by **laverfan** Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:37 am

If Federer does his business in three sets, he will recover a lot better for Sunday.

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:37 am

Stan served far better there. Tennis always demands you win more, no clock to run down.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:38 am

Fed needs to keep his focus. It is all going so well - almost too well, he would not want to drop a service game through lack of concentration, and then end up in trouble.

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:41 am

laverfan wrote:At least this is a better contest than 0,1,2 earlier (which is a record, IIRC).

More one-sided than 2008 RG final.

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:42 am

Blimey it was wasn't it. That was a boring match, only interesting from a historical PoV. Fed playing at this point for some rest. Stan playing to not look an idiot

by summerblues Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:45 am

Good. Please hold from here.

by bogbrush Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:47 am

Fleming said it right: "I want to see the birth certificate."

by temporary21 Sat Sep 12, 2015 2:48 am

So much for. Classic nail biter. Roger and Novak better make amends in the final

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