Scholarship table
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”-Arthur Ashe
I’ve always loved that quote from a truly fine human being. Very appropriate now. Thanks for posting.
Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the semifinals of Cincinnati in solidarity with other athletes from across the sports landscape. She is the favorite to win the tournament. Discussions ongoing now that more might join her. https://twitter.com/naomiosaka/status/1298785716487548928?s=19
https://twitter.com/TennisTV/status/1299813396179750912?s=19Tight 3 setter and Djokovic finds a way to win again. Raonic had his chances. A one minute video look above at all 35 Djokovic Masters 1000 wins, becoming the first and only to win each at least twice.
18 Black and BIPOC artists had their artwork featured in the front rows of the stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium during the U.S. Open. Their artwork is featured in this thread.https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1300503929294385157?s=19Also, Naomi Osaka wears a Breonna Taylor Mask to her match tonight.
Day One:American Women opened 0-8 (yipes) but finished winning 7 straight. Many of the Women were teenagers The Men went 8-5. Men from California went 5-0.Zverev over Anderson in 4 sets in highest profile Men's match. Yastrenska v Sharma and Sevastova v Gauff two of the best/most exciting Women's matches. Brady and Sevastova continue to be two of the best American Women players this year.There was a Jack Sock sighting with a 5 set thriller win, and Stevie Johnson takes out Isner in 5.
Thanks, Mr. Tennis!
Isner and Sock, another pair of promising Americans who will fail to ascend to the games highest levels. Isner is 35 so he's on the back end of his career, and Sock is a fantastic doubles player, but he's fallen out of the top 200 for a variety of reasons including health.Fritz, Opelka, and Steve Johnson seem to be the same issue as Isner. Monster servers, but don't have the complete game and just need to get broken once and they are toast. Fritz has the most promise IMO and he's still young.The US has been great at producing guys in the top 50-200 in the ATP rankings, but light on true contenders for majors. I REALLY like Tiafoe, but he has a long ways to go in consistency as well.
I like and play a variety of sports.
Me too ... though I'm gettin' a little too old to play some of 'em.My parents played tennis well into their 70s, and I hope I do as well.I seriously was thanking you for your reports. I'm a little less interested this year due to all those not playing (including my fave, Rafa), so I'm not watching it very much. So it's nice to read your stuff. Keep it coming, Mr. Tennis!
👍Thanks.Some may say there is an asterisk (I don't) but you could have an asterisk in many eras for many reasons. Random example: When the Australian Open was played at the end of the year as opposed ro the beginning, many people skipped it, especially elite American players. Now of course it is a must stop to begin the year for many. I will check it but roughly speaking the U.S. Open draws contain 90 of the top 100 players in one draw and 80 plus of the top 100 players in the other draw. That's pretty good. And there is some variety with recent champions.You just have to get more familiarity with some of the newer elite players just as you have in other eras. Many of them are there.I am someone that can watch with or without fans, doesn't matter. I definitely prefer the usual raucous NYC atmosphere (each location has its own unique atmosphere) as it does not much better than some of the yesteryear Grandstand matches with an Argentine in the mix and the singing vibrating stands for example, or an American making a run. But I like the chess and intricacies of the play, and, for that, they can play in a quiet back alley somewhere, doesn't matter.
I’m just a big Rafa fan, so any tournament always loses some interest for me if he’s not playing or gets eliminated.And now that I know that Sloan supports Marxists, I obviously can’t watch this tournament at all.
Any talk during coverage from Flushing Meadows whether the hockey jersey American on the men's side was playing the circle game or flashing white power hand gesture?