US Open 2016

[DUN I LOVE]

Świetnie. Czekamy na kolejne korty.

[Damian]

[Jacuszyn]

Louis Armstrong ma być przebudowany. Na bank wybudują z dachem. Swoją drogą na Grandstandzie też by się zdał.

New Grandstand promising to surpass expectations
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[matek20]

Liczę na finał bez nazwisk Djokovic, Murray.

[Damian]

WC Juan Martin del Potro
WC Rajeev Ram
WC Michael Mmoh
WC Ernesto Escobedo
WC Bjorn Fratangelo
WC Francis Tiafoe
WC Mackenzie McDonald

[Robertinho]

Liczę na finał bez nazwisk Djokovic, Murray.

Nishikori - Berdych może być?

[robpal]

Raonic - Berdych brzmi lepiej.

[matek20]

Del Potro - Monfils może być.

[Emu]

A, gdzie WC dla Opelki?

[DUN I LOVE]

A, gdzie WC dla Opelki?

Dostał WC do kwali.

[lake]

Kolejna niepowetowana strata dla turnieju. Z powodu kłopotów z wyrostkiem robaczkowym nie zagra czeski mistrz tenisa i kolarz amator Tomas Berdych

[Damian]

Berdych OUT
Gulbis OUT
Kudla IN
Gabaszwili IN

[Lucas]

Robredo OUT
Lacko IN

[Damian]

Former champ del Potro headlines men's wild cards

Spoiler:

2009 US Open champion and Rio Olympics silver medalist Juan Martin del Potro headlines the list of men's players who have received a wild card to compete in the 2016 US Open in New York City later this month.
Andy Murray proved to be too much for del Potro in Sunday’s gold-medal match, but the 6-foot-7 former champion cracked his merciless ground strokes at will and proved he could play with the best in the world. More importantly, the oft-injured star showed that his wrist could withstand the rigors of some grueling matches, making him the most dangerous unseeded floater at this year’s Open.
Joining del Potro in the men’s main draw are Olympic mixed doubles silver medalist Rajeev Ram, USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion Michael Mmoh and USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge winner Ernesto Escobedo.
The 32-year-old Ram is currently ranked No. 103 in the world in singles after reaching a career high of No. 56 last April. His veteran status is in sharp contrast to 18-year-old Mmoh, ranked No. 386, and 20-year-old Escobedo, ranked No. 207. Mmoh, who reached the quarterfinals of the US Open junior tournament 12 months ago, will be making his main-draw debut after falling in the opening round of qualifying in 2015.
Rising Americans Bjorn Fratangelo, ranked No. 116, Francis Tiafoe, No. 123, and 2016 NCAA singles champion Mackenzie McDonald, No. 416, were also awarded direct entry into the main draw.
Fratangelo and Tiafoe both appeared in the main draw of the US Open for the first time in 2015, losing to Tomas Berdych and Viktor Troicki, respectively, in the first round. McDonald will be making his Grand Slam main-draw debut after turning pro earlier this year. A final wild card will be issued to an Australian player through the USTA’s exchange program with Tennis Australia.
But all eyes will be on the fan-friendly Argentinian del Potro, who could draw any one of the 32 seeded players in the first round and who is arguably playing the best tennis of anyone not named Murray.
Prior to a slew of injuries, del Potro is best remembered for his breakout season in 2009, winning the US Open in a five-set marathon over Roger Federer and reaching the semifinals of the French Open and the quarterfinals in Australia.
Wrist injuries derailed large parts of his 2010, 2014 and 2015 seasons, and after a second-round loss in Melbourne in 2014, he did not play in the main draw of a major until Wimbledon earlier this summer, where he upset No. 4 seed Stan Wawwrinka en route to the third round.
Del Potro represented his country in Rio earlier this month, shocking world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the first round and upending Rafael Nadal’s bid for a second Olympic gold in the semifinals. Now he has his sights set on creating more upsets at the final major of the year.
In addition to those players earning a wild card into the main draw, the USTA announced eight of the nine players who will receive a wild card into this year's qualifying tournament.
The runner-up in the boys’ 18s National Championships, Vasil Kirkov, will play in qualies, alongside fellow Americans Mitchell Krueger, ranked No. 191, Sekou Bangoura, No. 247, 18-year-old Reilly Opelka, No. 364, and 25-year-old Tennys Sandgren, No. 263.
Kirkov, 17, is currently ranked outside the Top 1,000, but he is coming off a junior career that saw him compete in the boys' events at Wimbledon and the French Open this year and the US Open juniors last year. He also reached the semifinals of the Easter Bowl this spring and represented the U.S. at last year's Junior Davis Cup.
Also receiving wild cards into qualifying are University of Virginia standout Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, who took part in the USTA Collegiate National Camp during the U.S. vs. Croatia Davis Cup tie last month; Ryan Shane, ranked No. 666; and Christian Harrison, ranked No. 829.
The final spot will be awarded to the winner of the US Open National Playoffs Men's Singles Championship, which will wrap up this weekend at the Connecticut Open in New Haven, Conn.
The qualifying tournament for the US Open begins next Tuesday, Aug. 23, and is free to the public.

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[Barty]

Road to the Open: What we learned from the Olympics

Spoiler:

We have our 2016 Olympic champions: Monica Puig of Puerto Rico, who claimed a surprise gold in women’s singles, and Andy Murray of Great Britain, who became the first man in Olympic history to repeat as singles champion. Also, kudos to men’s doubles champions Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez of Spain, women’s doubles winners Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia and mixed doubles titlists Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock of the U.S.
So with the Olympics behind us and only the last two weeks of the Emirates US Open Series separating now and the US Open, let’s take a look at what we’ve learned coming out of the Summer Games in Rio:

Surprises could be in store at the US Open
The regularity with which the Big Four in men’s tennis and Serena Williams in women’s tennis have won Grand Slams in recent years has made each ensuing major seem like something of a foregone conclusion. This year’s Olympics reminded us that, even on the world’s biggest stages, this may not always be the case.
Puig made a run to the gold medal that was nothing short of stunning, and the women’s draw in general was upended early and often. Serena went down in a third-round, straight-sets upset to Elina Svitolina, and of the top eight players seeded to the quarterfinals, only two advanced that far – No. 2 Angelique Kerber and No. 7 Madison Keys – versus three that were unseeded.
Among the men, top seed Novak Djokovic lost in the first round – albeit to a refreshingly in-form Juan Martin del Potro – No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga went down in Round 2 and the quarterfinals included two unseeded players plus unheralded American Steve Johnson, seeded 14th, who took eventual gold medalist Murray to a deciding-set tiebreak. And it culminated with del Potro playing in his first final since winning the Sydney title in January 2014.

So what does it mean for the US Open? Upstarts have prevailed in Flushing Meadows more than any other Slam in recent years – del Potro in 2009, Sam Stosur in 2011, Marin Cilic in 2014 and Flavia Pennetta in 2015 – so don’t be surprised if Finals Weekend has a few fresh faces in 2016.

Murray is the hottest player in tennis right now
With Djokovic having won five of the last seven majors, it is probably a little premature to call Murray the outright US Open favorite right now. But he just might be the co-favorite.
Murray never played his best ball in Rio, but he summoned the best parts of his game when he needed them most, defeating del Potro in a quality final to become the first man to repeat as Olympic singles champion. Coupled with his second Wimbledon title earlier this summer and a victory at Queen’s Club just before that, and Murray is riding an 18-match winning streak. Factor in Rome and Roland Garros, and the great Brit is 29-1 in his last 30 matches – the only loss coming to Djokovic in the French Open final – with titles on clay, grass and hard courts.
So why not bestow favorite status on Murray? To this point, he has lost five matches in a row to Djokovic in Grand Slam play and is just 2-8 against him overall on the Slam stage. The good news? One of those wins came in the 2012 US Open final, which came right after Murray captured Olympic gold in London.

Monica Puig just became part of the US Open title conversation
Puig, 22, was the breakout star of the 2016 Summer Games. She dropped just 14 games in her first four matches – a run that included a 6-1, 6-1 victory over No. 3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza – and went on to defeat two-time Wimbledon champion and No. 11 seed Petra Kvitova and 2016 Australian Open champion and No. 2 Angelique Kerber to win the first-ever gold medal for Puerto Rico in Olympic play.
The run was a culmination of what has been a career season for Puig, who had seemed to stall in the 50-100 range of the world rankings in recent years. Already in 2016, she has vaulted from No. 92 to her No. 35 after qualifying and reaching the final in Sydney; advancing to the semifinals in Nottingham, Eastbourne and Florianopolis; and advancing to the third round at the Australian Open.
No ranking points were awarded at the Olympics, so her rank will remain unchanged, but tennis is a confidence game – and outside of Murray, no one can be as confident as Puig right now. A US Open title run might seem like a tall order for player who has advanced to the fourth round just once in 14 Grand Slam main-draw appearances, but Puig is a no-question talent who has already proved she has the goods to win against the best players in the world.

Welcome back Juan Martin del Potro
One of the most universally well-liked players in all of tennis, del Potro has been undone by injuries in recent years. A series of surgeries on his left wrist had many doubting he’d ever be the player he once was, able to crack titanic ground strokes off both wings. The long-term answer remains unclear, but in Rio the 6-foot-7 gentle giant demonstrated that he could still play with anyone in the men’s game.
Del Potro was simply brilliant in earning a well-deserved victory over Djokovic in the first round and showed tremendous mettle in outlasting Nadal in a third-set tiebreak in the semifinals – two of the most riveting matches in tennis this year – clubbing his forehand with a speed and precision that no one in tennis can match. Most importantly, his surgically repaired left wrist held firm and his two-handed backhand was percussive and precise. If the 2009 US Open champion can play in New York the way he played against two of the best players of all time, he is a very real title contender.

Welcome back, Take 2
Nadal entered the Summer Games having not played since pulling out of the French Open with a wrist injury, and he opened the Games by saying was not quite 100 percent but wanted to give it a go for the Olympics. And while his level was not quite in top form throughout, he displayed the forehand and the grit that won him two US Open titles.
Forced to play 11 matches in nine days due to his deep runs in singles and doubles, Nadal’s wrist seemed to hold up as well – and his game most certainly did. Competing for every point in his unmatched, trademark style, the Spaniard claimed gold in men’s doubles with Marc Lopez and advancing to the semifinals in men’s singles. After dropping an instant classic to del Potro in the semis, a clearly exhausted Nadal lost in three sets in the bronze medal match to Kei Nishikori. Regardless, his overall play for the week bodes very well for another deep run at this year’s Open.

The favorites may not be as heavily favored as we thought
It’s easy to overreact to one result, so there is some wisdom in pumping the brakes a bit here, but the indomitable pair of Djokovic and Serena appear as vulnerable as they have at any time in the last two seasons.
Williams seemed to overcome her surprising losses in the finals of the Australian Open (to Kerber) and the French Open (to Muguruza) with her victory at Wimbledon. But her desultory straight-sets loss to Svitolina means she has gone home title-less in three of the four biggest tournaments in 2016. Is she still the favorite in New York? Most likely if not certainly. But perhaps not the overwhelming favorite she has been in years past.
Djokovic, meantime, appeared to rebound from his stunning third-round loss to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon with a title at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. That set him in good stead to claim the one big prize lacking in his trophy case: a gold medal. But del Potro played brilliantly in ousting him in the opening round in Rio, and perhaps a bigger cause for concern, the world No. 1 pulled out of Cincinnati with a left wrist injury. As with Serena, Djokovic is an all-timer and remains the favorite in any tournament he enters – and that includes this year’s US Open – but the aura of invincibility is, if not gone, clearly diminished.

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[Mario]

Berdych czasem nie był w tej grupce z chorą serią występów z rzędu na Szlemach?

[DUN I LOVE]

Był. Na 52 kolejnych startach stanęło.

[Barty]

Przez wycofanie Federera i Berdycha rozstawieni z nr 7 i 8 będą Cilic (rzutem na taśmę) oraz Thiem.

TT na koniec relacji z Cincy mówił o prawdopodobnym wycofaniu Monfilsa, coś wiadomo rzeczywiście na ten temat?

[Mario]

Może zagra, może się wycofa, sam jeszcze nie wie, 50/50. Ale mimo wszystko stawiałbym na to pierwsze.

[Damian]

US Open 2016 - rozstawienie

1. Novak Djoković, Serbia
2. Andy Murray, Wielka Brytania
3. Stan Wawrinka, Szwajcaria
4. Rafael Nadal, Hiszpania
5. Milos Raonic, Kanada
6. Kei Nishikori, Japonia
7. Marin Cilic, Chorwacja
8. Dominic Thiem, Austria
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Francja
10. Gael Monfils, Francja
11. David Ferrer, Hiszpania
12. David Goffin, Belgia
13. Richard Gasquet, Francja
14. Nick Kyrgios, Australia
15. Roberto Bautista Agut, Hiszpania
16. Feliciano Lopez, Hiszpania
17. Bernard Tomic, Australia
18. Pablo Cuevas, Urugwaj
19. Steve Johnson, USA
20. John Isner, USA
21. Ivo Karlovic, Chorwacja
22. Grigor Dimitrov, Bułgaria
23. Kevin Anderson, RPA
24. Lucas Pouille, Francja
25. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Niemcy
26. Jack Sock, USA
27. Alexander Zverev, Niemcy
28. Martin Klizan, Słowacja
29. Sam Querrey, USA
30. Gilles Simon, Francja
31. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Hiszpania
32. Benoit Paire, Francja