My favourite Grand Slam is here!! I love it because of the night matches. Hopefully we'll see a lot of 5 setters that end around 12am.

Djoker sobbing like a little girl yesterday was really painful to watch.  

 

This loss begs the question...how many trophies would Djoker have if Delpo were healthy for the past 2 years?

Probably 0…LOL  I was so thrilled that Delpo beat Djoker. I couldn't believe Novak melted down that way after his loss from Delpo. He even refused an interview after the match. Novak hasn't looked right since Paris….although in Monte Carlo he didnt look good either. His win at the Canadian Open last week was pure will and guts and luck. He looked awful at the tournament as well and 3 guys had a chance to beat him earlier there too and they didn't.

Tomas Berdych has found a new coach……Goran Ivanisevic…..I am shocked….not sure about this pairing….LOL

 

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/08/former-wimbledon-champion-ivanisevic-to-work-with-berdych.html

Tomas Berdych has found a new coach……Goran Ivanisevic…..I am shocked….not sure about this pairing….LOL

 

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/08/former-wimbledon-champion-ivanisevic-to-work-with-berdych.html

Yeah, that took me by surprise when I heard it too.

 

Tennis in Rio is a real sh*tshow at this Olympics. The surface is as slow AF and many of the players are either fighting illness or getting weird injuries and the crowds have been incredibly rude at times.  There are no points for this either. 

I tried to tune into the match between DelPo and Sousa and saw some fight break out in the stands. I'm just over it already. The only thing that will save it for me is if the 3 or 4 people I like that are still in the draw get a chance to get a medal. 

 

John Isner stayed at home thinking he was going to vulture the U.S. summer hardcourt season but Nick snatched that BB&T title that John had assumed he owned. I saw John even tried to change into his Georgia Bulldog colors but it didn't work.

Tomas Berdych has found a new coach……Goran Ivanisevic…..I am shocked….not sure about this pairing….LOL

 

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/08/former-wimbledon-champion-ivanisevic-to-work-with-berdych.html

 

 

 

John Isner stayed at home thinking he was going to vulture the U.S. summer hardcourt season but Nick snatched that BB&T title that John had assumed he owned. I saw John even tried to change into his Georgia Bulldog colors but it didn't work.

ESPN was saying  how he was going for number 4. BB&T has no competition thats why he keeps winning it…LOL. This year he was unfortunate that Nick played it….LOL  He loves playing the summer tour because the first 2 or 3 tourneys no one good plays them so he wins them….LOL. 

Edited August 8, 20169 yr by Soapsuds

Novak out of Cincinnati tourney on Monday...

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/novak-djokovic-drops-cincinnati-wrist-injury-41268183

Steve Johnson is now the top ranked American man (for whatever that's worth) supplanting John Isner.

 

ETA: Johnson just lost to Verdasco in NC.

Edited August 25, 20169 yr by DramatistDreamer

Steve Johnson is now the top ranked American man (for whatever that's worth) supplanting John Isner.

 

ETA: Johnson just lost to Verdasco in NC.

Thus him being ranked the top American male means nothing.

Steve Johnson is now the top ranked American man (for whatever that's worth) supplanting John Isner.

 

ETA: Johnson just lost to Verdasco in NC.

Thus him being ranked the top American male means nothing.

 

Especially since that loss means Isner again becomes the #1 ranked American on Monday. It could mean something for seeding at the USO. Maybe. 

Steve Johnson is now the top ranked American man (for whatever that's worth) supplanting John Isner.

 

ETA: Johnson just lost to Verdasco in NC.

Thus him being ranked the top American male means nothing.

 

Especially since that loss means Isner again becomes the #1 ranked American on Monday. It could mean something for seeding at the USO. Maybe. 

 

Oh dear that didn't last long….LOL   And ESPN and TC were pimping the news of his number 1 all of last week……LOL.

Possible second round match….

Steve Johnson vs Juan Martin Del Po

Stan vs Verdasco first round match at the Open

Taylor Fritz vs Jack Sock first round….LOL

Possible second round match….

Steve Johnson vs Juan Martin Del Po

Stan vs Verdasco first round match at the Open

Taylor Fritz vs Jack Sock first round….LOL

 

 

Just last week Johnson was complaining that he didn't think DelPo should be offered a wildcard, that it might deprive some deserving American player instead. I wonder if that message got back to Juan.

Edited August 26, 20169 yr by DramatistDreamer

Possible second round match….

Steve Johnson vs Juan Martin Del Po

Stan vs Verdasco first round match at the Open

Taylor Fritz vs Jack Sock first round….LOL

 

 

Just last week Johnson was complaining that he didn't think DelPo should be offered a wildcard, that it might deprive some deserving American player instead. I wonder if that message got back to Juan.

Wow, he has a lot of nerve saying that considering he hasn't won anything. Delpo=US Open Champion…how many times has Johnson beat Nadal, Roger or Novak? 0 I guess being the number 1 american player for one week gives you the right to smack talk….LOL.  I hope they meet and Del Po beats him badly. No American player deserves it over Del Po.

 

 

“It’s going to be a tricky decision,” Johnson said. “It may make a lot of American fans upset that maybe he gets one — maybe he doesn’t — I have no idea. But then you have the question of what if he does get a wild card and he plays me first round? You know what I mean? What if he wins? Or he plays Sam — anybody — and he beats an American?”

LOLOL…He was close 2nd round….. 

I doubt Americans care…they know how bad USA male tennis is right now. I am sure most would rather see Delpo instead of another mediocre American male tennis player.

I see Sam opened his mouth too in that article. Sam is another useless American player.

 

 

Andy Murray, who defeated del Potro in the gold medal match at the Rio Games, supported the tournament’s decision.

“You give it to players that are deserving,” said Murray, a Briton who won the Open in 2012. “Juan Martín deserves to be playing in the Slams, because if he hadn’t had his injuries, he would be comfortably seeded in all of the Slams. The reason why he’s not been there is because he’s been injured.”

Rafael Nadal, who lost to del Potro in the Olympic semifinals, seemed baffled that del Potro’s entry was even an issue.

“Del Potro is a U.S. Open winner,” Nadal said. “He deserve, no? That’s it.”

Edited August 26, 20169 yr by Soapsuds

The only people who question whether DelPo deserves a wildcard are Steve and perhaps Sam.  Steve was foolish for opening his mouth in the first place because clearly he spoke this into being.

Well I guess Steve Johnson shouldn't have opened up his mouth!  DelPo moves on in a thrashing….LOL   And shame on Jim Courier for supporting Johnson's thought about not giving DelPo a wildcard. Bye Steve!

After his loss last night against DelPo

 

Reporter: Did you ever get an answer to your complaint about the wild card situation and DelPo?

Steve Johnson(upset and angry): That's a stupid question

 

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL….he said that twice to the reporter and Jim Courier  defended him and said that Johnson didn't say that Delpo never deserved it…..Lies….Lies Jim……even Courier was complaining about DelPo getting the wild card. Jim talked about how competitive the match was….um it wasn't Jim……Del Po beat him in straight sets….LOL