Anyone like tennis? Who will win the US Open?

[whereisnomar]

I believe that Rafael "Boy Wonder" Nadal is going to have a great run at the US Open, and James "The Harvard Guy" Blake will also do very well. Another cool thing that they have for the US Open Series is the player nicknames! Here is the list of everyone with a nickname::

Men

Andre Agassi: “The Legend”

Mario Ancic: “Young Gun”

James Blake: “The Harvard Guy”

Bryan Brothers: “Double Feature”

Taylor Dent: “The Bomber”

Roger Federer: “The Boss”

Mardy Fish: “The Bachelor”

Tommy Haas: “The Stud”

Tim Henman: “The Good Guy”

Lleyton Hewitt: “The Rebel”

Nicolas Keifer: “The Gladiator”

Ivan Ljubicic: “The Terminator”

Carlos Moya: “The Hunk”

Rafael Nadal: “Boy Wonder”

David Nalbandian: “The Warrior”

Andy Roddick: “Rocket Man”

Marat Safin: “Mr. Unpredictable”

Paradorn Srichaphan: “The Diplomat”

 

Great idea by the USTA, very interesting thinking.

[YankeeDoodle]

Meh. Everyone has been Federer-ed thus far. I don't want to like this guy, but his game is far beyond what anyone on the circuit has; Hewitt and Roddick turn to Swiss cheese.

 

"The Bachelor"? "The Hunk"? I'm not even going to say anything...

 

You better bring it, Andy. BRING IT. Great serve, but until he solves

 

Do they have any nicknames for the ladies? LOL. I think Davenport is close; feel for Lindsay because she's been so close, and so consistent, but just couldn't pull the trigger. She is due.

[YanksHater213]

I dont know about Nadal. He is nowhere near as good as he is on clay on hard, we will see. Federer will win this one. I guarantee it. I wouldnt be surprised to see Blake go 3 or 4 rounds in, hes been playing well lately, same with Srichapan. I think Safin wont do very well. I think Roddick will lose in the semis, whether its to Hewitt or Federer or someone else, but I just dont think hes playing good enough tennis right now. Sure he won the Legg Mason tournament last week, but dont forget he lost to ROBBY GINEPRI a few weeks back.

 

But I know a girl who might get into the womens draw. She is in San Diego playing in a tournament and the winner gets a wild card in. Shes good, very good, the number one seed. I worked on my return of serve once while she was serving to me. I hope she gets in. Shes from Billerica, Mass too, they had and article about her in the Globe a few months back.

[whereisnomar]

I was watching Nadal today, and he took at Carlos Moya a.k.a "The Hunk" (haha) He was not that great on the hard court, but he was oK. His balls just jumped off the court. Also, your right, James Blake is playing very well now.

 

They do have names for the ladies. I think that Lindsay is "Top Gun" which works for her, Maria Sharapova is "The 'It' Girl which fits for sure.

[yankeessuck013]

i'm going with roddick, hes looked good on the hard courts thus far

[YanksHater213]

Roddick wont even make the semis. I believe he lost early in a tournament the other day. He is terrible, his groundstrokes suck. He is all serve. Wont do anything this year in the US Open

[whereisnomar]

Yah, but who will win the US Open?

 

Predict.

[yankeessuck013]

Roddick wont even make the semis. I believe he lost early in a tournament the other day. He is terrible, his groundstrokes suck. He is all serve. Wont do anything this year in the US Open

 

so he doesn't have the scariest forehand in all of tennis?

[YanksHater213]

Yah, but who will win the US Open?

 

Federer

 

so he doesn't have the scariest forehand in all of tennis?

 

He might have that, but it is not the most consistent of shots. His backhand is a notch above bad, and his slice is good sometimes, but usually he cant do what he wants with hit everytime. He has gotten better at the net but is still no comparision there to some of the big guns like Federer, Hewitt, Henman, Nadal, Nalbandian, etc. The only reason he keeps winning is because of his serve. All he has is his serve. If you are able to hold every single one of you serves for a match, all you have to do is break once per set, which isnt that hard if you have such a booming forehand and is capable of hitting winners off of it. I think Roddick is so overrated.

[whereisnomar]

Federer has been out lately, do you know what his injury is?

[YanksHater213]

I think its his foot, but he is playing in Cincinatti tomorrow.

 

Anyone just watch Nadal tool on Agassi in the third set at the Rogers Open or whatever it was called? Nadal won the match 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, and it was by far one of the better matches I have seen this year. Nadal showed what he was made out of, made some great digs, and gets that no one else would have gotten. He has amazing speed, and after watching this match it wouldnt me surprised if he did very well in the US Open.

[YanksHater213]

But I know a girl who might get into the womens draw. She is in San Diego playing in a tournament and the winner gets a wild card in. Shes good, very good, the number one seed. I worked on my return of serve once while she was serving to me. I hope she gets in. Shes from Billerica, Mass too, they had and article about her in the Globe a few months back.

Hmm... she just won National Championships, beating the #2 seed 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-1, and now she is a wild card into the US Open. Pretty amazing if you ask me, considering that I have hit with her once before, and been coached by her dad a few times.

[yankeessuck013]

I think its his foot, but he is playing in Cincinatti tomorrow.

 

Anyone just watch Nadal tool on Agassi in the third set at the Rogers Open or whatever it was called? Nadal won the match 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, and it was by far one of the better matches I have seen this year. Nadal showed what he was made out of, made some great digs, and gets that no one else would have gotten. He has amazing speed, and after watching this match it wouldnt me surprised if he did very well in the US Open.

 

pretty impressive but I can't watch tennis, too boring...playing is more fun

[YanksHater213]

Boring? Watching baseball is boring. Sometimes its exciting, but usually boring. Tennis is 18743218752983539845 times better to watch, especially when your a huge fan of one of the players. But your right, playing is a lot more fun.

[yankeessuck013]

its just watchin the ball go back and forth, only like watchin roddick and sharapova, cuz shes the hottest player and she grunts ALL the time, ahhhhhh so sexy

[YanksHater213]

You think her grunt is hot? Gross, its more of a manly yell... I have heard so much better grunts in my day than hers... Once I was at the Clay Court Championships in Rhode Island, and this one girl, who was playing the girls 16s finals didnt grunt, she moaned, it was pretty awesome.

[yankeessuck013]

You think her grunt is hot? Gross, its more of a manly yell... I have heard so much better grunts in my day than hers... Once I was at the Clay Court Championships in Rhode Island, and this one girl, who was playing the girls 16s finals didnt grunt, she moaned, it was pretty awesome.

 

yeah be she wasnt as sexy, any girl that grunts has got it goin on

[YanksHater213]

Meh, she was decently hot, but grunting is definitely not as hot as moaning.

[yankeessuck013]

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2005-07-07/200507071122405454133.html

 

at the us open Prize Money Tops Record $17.7 Million With Potential $20.6 Million Total Payout......holy s***

 

the william sisters have the manliest grunt though

[YanksHater213]

Theyre right up there with the manlieness of Maria's too. I would tell you who has the best grunt for Women's, but I dont see enough of Womens tennis on TV. I did watch Hantucova vs. Dementieva, but Hantucova isnt that bad looking either, and her grunt is pretty awesome too...

[yeszir]

Now I have that Cream song stuck in my head. "Anyone for Tennis?"

[stocker323]

Tennis more exciting to watch than baseball? It may be more fun to play since you probably get to play more, but as far as watching I don't see how you can say tennis is more fascinating. It is about the same time in between pitches as it is between points, so I don't see how you can make that argument, plus you never know what will happen next as there is a variety of occurences, I'm sure that there are some in tennis, but I just feel baseball has more.

[YanksHater213]

Baseball is too slow, takes too long. I would take a good tennis match over a good baseball game any day.

[yankeessuck013]

hmmm...you're one of those guys who are soooo obsessed with tennis, I have a friend like that, annoying as f***...everyday- "you wanna play tennis?", "you ready for tennis?".......ahhhh s***

 

I like my baseball buddies more

[YanksHater213]

Nah, I'm not like that at all. I have never gone out of my way to play tennis, I just go by my schedule that my coach gave me. Tennis is still pretty amazing too, much more entertaining than baseball.

[yankeessuck013]

i just like how the crowd gets into it at a baseball game and how loud they can become as the game gets going.

 

golf is pretty boring too.

[YanksHater213]

Golf is by far the worst... that and bowling.

[yankeessuck013]

ha that friend i was tellin you about a couple posts ago, loves golf. tennis and golf are his whole life. he tried out for the team at our high school, he went to the first day of tryouts but i guess he did so bad he didnt even show up for the 2nd and 3rd days. He's a quitter- quit football, wrestling...and golf.

 

me and my girlfriend go bowling sometimes on fridays jsut to goof around with each other and hang out with friends.

[YankeeDoodle]

About the US Open - aren't they going to make the court blue, to make the ball easier to see or something. At first I thought this was akin to the glowing puck (white ice, black puck...what's so hard about it??), but I guess, whatever? They would never dye the grass blue in Wimbledon, I don't think anyways, however I suppose this year they're doing a lot of things to promote the game, such as having the nicknames.

 

It would be cool to see Agassi go out on top, like Sampras did, but I don't think his game is quite there.

[yankeessuck013]

i hear agassi played really well in montreal this past week