US Open Day 3: Wednesday, August 27

[herios]

Another seed eliminated, Gabashvili def. Giraldo

 

[Riotbeard]

T. Bird looks good.

 

[DarthFed]

And Dodig too. Man. Sucks for both of them. Retired at 1-1 5th set.

I was following the scores and Dodig was up 4-2 in the 4th. Wonder if the injury happened near the end of that set? Too bad for him but Judy Murray's doll will take the gift.

 

[Front242]

And Dodig too. Man. Sucks for both of them. Retired at 1-1 5th set.

I was following the scores and Dodig was up 4-2 in the 4th. Wonder if the injury happened near the end of that set? Too bad for him but Judy Murray's doll will take the gift.

No idea what happened to either Dodig or Bagman but just noticed live scores showed their opponents both won. Guess we'll find out in a few hours what the injuries were.

 

[Front242]

3rd set TB now between Darcis and Klizan. Shame it's unavailable to watch.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Seems poor Baghdatis retired due to injury. Shame.

Baghdatis is a paragon of lack of discipline.

Since he reached AO final in 2006, he never did anything of note. He started partying
heavily, put on a lot of weight etc. Finally, these days he plays in challenger cirucutis
I think. What a waste? He does not even have injuries to blame.

 

[Front242]

^ Agreed. Could've achieved much more. Looks way older than he is too. Always did.

 

[Front242]

Baghdatis is listed as 82kg. Pull the other one. Not a hope.

 

[Front242]

Klizan won the 3rd set TB against Darcis and it now says interrupted. Seeing as other matches are playing I can only assume someone is taking a medical timeout. Hopefully not Darcis' shoulder giving trouble again.

 

[tented]

Klizan won the 3rd set TB against Darcis and it now says interrupted. Seeing as other matches are playing I can only assume someone is taking a medical timeout. Hopefully not Darcis' shoulder giving trouble again.

The score is changing where I'm looking. Darcis just held to open the fourth set.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Diversion from serious tennis:

Mixed doubles draw is out. I am listing a few interesting (purely subjective) pairs, not necessarily top seeds below,

1. Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares (seeded no. 1)
2. Melani Oudin and Rajeev Ram (unseeded)
3. Kristina Malendovic and Daniel Nestor (4)
4. Cara Black and Leander Peas (3)
5. Donald Young and Taylor Towsend (unseeded)
6. Martina Hingis and Robert Lindstedt (unseeded)
7. Julia Georges and Nenad Zimonjic (seeded something)

Sania and Soares just won the first set of their first round match.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Tomorrow's schedule is out. As I expected they put Andy Murray for the night session.

Eye candy alert: following Andy Murray's match is Sorana Cristea vs. Eugene Bouchard.

 

[herios]

^ Agreed. Could've achieved much more. Looks way older than he is too. Always did.

His biggest achievement is he found a wife on tour. And now he has a family as well. I don"t think he has many regrets. Talented but inconsistent.

 

[herios]

Klizan won the 3rd set TB against Darcis and it now says interrupted. Seeing as other matches are playing I can only assume someone is taking a medical timeout. Hopefully not Darcis' shoulder giving trouble again.

The score is changing where I'm looking. Darcis just held to open the fourth set.

I don't think there were interruptions in this match. I keep glancing at the result. Darcis is now up a break in the 4th set.

 

[Front242]

Klizan won the 3rd set TB against Darcis and it now says interrupted. Seeing as other matches are playing I can only assume someone is taking a medical timeout. Hopefully not Darcis' shoulder giving trouble again.

The score is changing where I'm looking. Darcis just held to open the fourth set.

Yeah, just back from the shower and he's up 4-2 in the 4th now. Anderson and Cuevas in a 5th set TB.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

anderson leading 5-1 in tb

 

[Front242]

And Anderson wins it.

 

[herios]

Cuevas, who had an unexpected surge this summer with 2 titles out of nowhere, almost pulled an upset here, but the nerves must have gotten the best of him. He was serving for the match against Kevin Anderson in the 5th set, but he lost the game, then Anderson took it to a TB which he won with 7-1.

 

[Front242]

Darcis is doing his best to bring this to a 5th set having been up to 2 sets to 0 and 4-2 in the 3rd :nono

 

[Front242]

Klizan serving 6-5 in the 4th now :nono