Kyrgios complained of leg cramps in the final set, and there was some talk about him retiring from the match, However, the final game was played, which Robredo won.
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Kyrgios complained of leg cramps in the final set, and there was some talk about him retiring from the match, However, the final game was played, which Robredo won.
Yeah, the amazing thing was Robredo, all of 32, was much fitter, looking good for another hour of tennis, if needed. Kyrgios is inexperienced and gave his opponent too scant respect, something for which he paid the price. He missed the chance to go up double breaks in the 2nd set and from thereon it was downhill. But he showed a lot of willingness to learn on the job as he played Robredo, turning his strategy of draw-forward-and-lob on his head at times. That's a quality I haven't seen so far in Raonic, for instance. For a 19 year old, he is amazingly fearless and fights very hard. With a bit of tactical nous and the experience to guide him to go for safer shots to consolidate a hard earned lead, he can make it. He will learn that you can't fool around with a lead in a top level ATP match. But kudos meanwhile to Robredo for a brilliant lesson in defensive tennis. Defensive is not very fair actually because his forehand was superb and it got into Kyrgios's head. Served very well too to take full advantage of the fast conditions.
Was away for the entire duration of the match...Was counting on this match to be good. From the looks of it, I guess it was. Need to watch the HLs...
I agree. Robredo played a "mature" game and didn't try to match Kyrgios in speed and/or power. He also didn't let Kyrgios overwhelm him with his style of tennis. Kyrgios tried in the later stages to adapt his game strategy, but it was too little, too late. Seriously, I was expecting a very different outcome when the match started!
Very good match. Worthy of being put on Arthur Ashe as the last match of the night (though the real reason, they say, was to slot it such that Aussie viewers would be able to watch their local hope). The shot of the match for me was an incredible lob-forehand cross court Robredo hit in the beginning of the fourth (I think). He was well out of court and scrambling for the ball when he made that shot. And it landed in the diagonally opposite corner in Kyrgios's court. Nothing Kyrgios could do about it and he shook his head in grudging admiration. The unflappable, expressionless professor gave the swashbuckling student a lesson in the finer aspects of tennis. And I was glad to see Kyrgios take note. He will probably be playing such shots himself in a few years from now, rounding out his essentially devastating game and making it more complete.
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Originally Posted by raagadevan
And so did I and so did the whole Arthur Ashe crowd, seemingly. :D The second and third were still on Kyrgios's racquet and a more experienced player wouldn't have squandered his advantage like that. But full credit to Robredo for working out a strategy to frustrate Kyrgios and drag him into a long duel of topspin and slice, eventually wearing him out. I think Robredo didn't make ANY unforced errors in the second and fourth sets. Incredible! That's why best of 5 rocks, allows for shifts of momentum rather than one player riding on momentum and hitting the other out of the park in 2.
A good match in the offing this evening with Dimitrov taking on Goffin. Two emerging players fighting it out for a spot in the next round. Should be exciting...
Today's (August 31, 2014) results at the US Open:
Winners include Roger Federer, Tomáš Berdych, Marin Čilić, Grigor Dimirov, Gaël Monfils, 17-year-old Belinda Bencic, Caroline Wozniacki, and Scott Lipsky/Rajeev Ram (Doubles)
Losers include David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet, Maria Sharapova and Jelena Janković.
Bencic upset Jankovic, already showing some glimpses of Hingis-like tactical brilliance. Loved that moonball bait in the tiebreak to extract the error from Jankovic and win the set.
Goffin played an incredible first set, then just disappeared to let Dimitrov go through. Fed too was not half as impressive as what the commentators were trying to make it sound. Still pretty much in Fed-error mode, save some glimpses of genius. In this kind of form, even a Q/F win over either of Dimitrov/Monfils is not a certainty. And that's provided he gets past Bautista Agut. Djoko looking very solid. Tough clash against Tsonga coming up for Murray.
Kei Nishikori beats Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4!
Wow comes up short again, possibly returning to pre-AO mode. Djoko-Murray match is off to a great start, both players fighting tooth and nail for each point. Djoko consolidating the early break to go up 4-1.
The match was on Stan's racquet. He literally opened the door for Kei to come back in the middle of the second and the start of the third set. Kei was also not without his mistakes. Forsaking a break of serve in the third to get the set to a tie breaker. But anyways it made for some entertaining tennis. Wonder how much its gonna take out of Kei come the semi final considering the number of times he's been forced to withdraw from matches in the past and also the grueling last two matches he's had. Will not be surprised if the guy's gassed out
It was a great match. Stan had so many opportunities even in the 5th set to go up a break but couldn't convert. Had just one bad serving game and it was enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
Tennis could be cruel many times.
Nishi has two days off until the semis on Saturday which I am sure will be a night match for him. But with Nishi you never know until the last minute.
Djoko did to Murray what Murray had done to him couple of years back at the final of the same tournament. Just wore him out and once Murray cramped up, was simply feeding him more balls to hit until he simply tired out and gave up. First three sets were amazing, fourth set as Djoko himself acknowledged was erratic, but understandably so. Both guys played very solid tennis with low margin for error. Fed will have to tighten up if he does get to play a final against Djoko. Should get through Monfils, though nothing is certain these days with Fed. But Berd, if he beats Cilic, has the capacity to upset Fed esp since he serves well and Fed's return game is a bit weak now.
Fun stat: Djoko and Murray put together made 7 double faults over 4 sets, 1 less than Sharapova's 8 in a three setter against Wozniacki. And 8 is actually low by Sharapova's standards.
காலிறுதி தாண்டவே ரொம்பவும் மெனக்கெடனும் போல. என்னைக் கேட்டால் இந்தமுறை காலிறுதிவரை வந்ததே ரோஜரின் அதிர்ஷ்டம். அவருக்கு சவால்களை கொடுக்கவல்ல எதிராளி காலிறுதிக்கு முன்வரையிலான ஆட்டங்களில் அமையப் பெறவில்லை.
முதல் சர்வ் நினைத்த நேரத்தில் கைகொடுக்க வில்லை இதுவரை. வழக்கமாக அரையிறுதி/இறுதி ஆட்டங்களில் தொற்றிக்கொளும் மெண்டல் பிளாக் இப்போதே ரோஜருக்கு வந்துவிட்டது. ஆனால் இவரை இதுபோல சவால்களுக்கும், அழுத்தத்திற்கும் உள்ளாக்கும்போதுதான் சிறப்பான விதத்தில் அதுவரை வெளிக்காட்டாத திறமைகளை வெளிக்கொணர்கிறார். ஆனாலும் இன்றைக்கு மான்ஃபிலை வீழ்த்துவது அவ்வளவு எளிதல்ல என்பதுபோலவே தோணுது.
Forced. Unforced. Forehand. Backhand. Errors. Cost. So. Much. For. Federer.
Totally a new Federer in 3rd and 4th sets. Much more aggressive and change of game approach. Now the real monster of this sport is swallowing Monfils.
Roger leads 5 - 1 in fifth set.. Monfils is super tired
Gael Monfils wins the first two sets, but loses the next three (and the match) to Roger Federer.
Superb match. Though I wished for Fed's victory today, தட் கைக்கு வந்தது வாய்க்கு வராத மொமென்ட் for மான்ஃபில்ஸ். பாவம்யா. இந்தமுறையாவது அடுத்த நிலைக்குப் போவான்னு பார்த்தேன்.
Nerve wrecking match from the POV of a Federer fan. But credit to Monfils, he made the match relevant. He was so close to getting to the SFs only to lose it in the latter stages. Both his matches with Federer this year have been close. And to think he did all this without a coach is highly commendable. Guess having no coach is the way to go for him considering his on court tantrums and mood swings.
Arvind I was thinking of u when fed was 0-2 down... From when will u be watching match in stadium? if possible send a message to roger that he has huge following in India and they are waiting for his visit ;-)
^ Am going for the Mens Final alone, Vinod. Took a chance considering the high possibility of the guy getting knocked out before that. I actually thought it was all over when Monfils had those break points last night. Federer got incredibly lucky I would say.
Just asked my colleague who made to yesterday's QF match. He says its one awesome experience where almost everyone from stadium supported Federer.
Mirza-Soares win the US open Mixed doubles title. Wasted 5 Championsip points only to finish it in the sixth. Well done Sania...:clap: :clap:
Congratulations to Sania for winning her third grand slam mixed doubles title! :clap:
Well done. I watched the semis of Women's doubles. Sania was the weakest link among the four. ஜெயிக்க வேண்டிய மேட்ச். ஆனால் சானியாவின் மோசமான ஆட்டத்தில் வாய்ப்பு பறிபோனது. Her partner 'Cara Black' played brilliantly but went in vain. Anyhow, Mirza-Soares today won the mixed doubles championship. Consolation.Quote:
Originally Posted by raagadevan
The last time Fed recovered from 2 sets down to win a Grand Slam match, he went on to win the title - Wimbledon 2012. I doubt that the Monfils win will have such an ominous portent but it would nevertheless have served to arouse Fed from his slumber. He was coasting through fairly easy opposition and Monfils forced him to play a lot tighter, more like the kind of tennis required at this stage of the tournament. Cilic pushed Djoko hard at Wimbledon though, and he can't be counted out. Nor can Nishikori though he may be too tired to upstage Djoko after back to back marathons.
Nishikori beats Djokovic to reach the finals! Congratulations Kei! :clap:
Congrats Kei...you deserve it..Barring the second set, he was the better player throughout the course of the match
Arvind: Are you there for the semifinals too?
Whoever wins the next semi, tomorrow's match will be historic. Kei is the first Asian man to reach a grand slam final!
Who would have thought....Kei Nishikori vs Marin Cilic in the finals upsetting both Djokovic and Federer. Takes back to the story I heard from my father about the 87 cricket world cup when India and Pakistan lost their semis. Cilic's day. Never put a foot wrong. Anyways gonna witness live, history in some way or the other . New US champ cometh the Final. Off to Ny tonight
It sure will be a great match tomorrow. Have fun, Arvind! :)
Kei vs Cilic.. Surprise at 4 am
I thought/had a hope that Nishi would go to final after I watched live his play against Raonic. That was his best game so far in this tournament. I also guessed Federer would reach Semi's. But Cilic claimed up from nowhere.
In all 3 previous matches Nishi played, IMO
Against Raonic >> Against Wawrinka >> Against Djokovic
Thanks...hopefully they put on a good display
9 things to know about surprise U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/09/kei-...c-who-japanese