Day 15.

[DBBN]

Sept 14, 2009 21:28:12 GMT -5 The Chloe said:

Sept 14, 2009 19:33:07 GMT -5 janie said:

JMDP has the kind of looks that get better and better with age. Just sayin'!

Yeah... until that day comes, Alex can have him.

Seriously. I mean...they can't get much worse.

[The Chloe]

Remember the last time that Fed lost a slam final? Congratulations to him for growing as a person and not crying this time.

In writing that, I feel like I'm just being childish, falling headfirst into the "go cry about it!" world of insults that generally only 12 year olds are found int. But no. That actually happened.

[DBBN]

Look. It's the US Open, and therefore the last chance we get to be petty about something that actually matters. Wallow in it!

[The Chloe]

Well, I'm one of those people that thinks Davis Cup matters. But otherwise, yes.

[leelee]

There also will be much tennis on TV during the fall.

But, NO else C about MS events here.

[DBBN]

I care! But, no, these don't actually matter. Neither does DC. Filler!

[leelee]

The only reason I care is because tennis is on 24/7 during them.

And DC, whatever. I'm Amurrcan, who cares 'bout that shit.

[Calico]

Sept 14, 2009 21:25:12 GMT -5 The Chloe said:

Cat - this is the tournament where somebody called Justine "Christine" in the trophy presentation. That is the exact moment at which point the USO should have ceased to exist. Of course, I'm quite glad that it didn't, or else this:

Sept 14, 2009 20:05:22 GMT -5 DBBN said:

First time Jacket lost a Grand Slam final to a player other than Nadal

couldn't have happened.

Again, I am thrilled to find that I had no idea what I was talking about. It's about time we had a new slam champion.

Wow the things you and Leena remember. Impressive. I had forgotten about the Christine conctroversy. Thanks for the help. Now I remember. Was it Dick Enberg of CBS who referred to Justine as Christine? I think it was.

[leelee]

No, it was one of the suits during the ceremony.

Although, odds are Enberg has also done it at some point.

[DBBN]

In the 2007 trophy presentation, Enberg referred to Justine as "Henin-Hardenne" even though she had discarded her married name nine months prior.

[The Chloe]

See, that's just making things more difficult then they need to be.

[leelee]

Meh, that's acceptable though. Evert-Lloyd slips didn't stop until she retired.

[DBBN]

Yeah, it's just funny though: 2-for-2.

[Calico]

Sept 14, 2009 22:13:48 GMT -5 @leelee said:

No, it was one of the suits during the ceremony.

Although, odds are Enberg has also done it at some point.

One of the suits. LOL! ;D

[Calico]

Sept 14, 2009 22:15:08 GMT -5 DBBN said:

In the 2007 trophy presentation, Enberg referred to Justine as "Henin-Hardenne" even though she had discarded her married name nine months prior.

That's right. That was another good faux pas from the U.S. Open.

[GoDom]

I don't think Pony vs. Fed would be bad at all. They played an excellent match at Roland Garros where Pony had Fed on the ropes and Fed just tired him out in the end. But that's more unlikely to happen again now and here.
Pony has improved dramatically again this year and he might be ready now.

Wow.

JesusFed is back, better than ever. Physically he's in perfect shape (again?) and he's hitting very clean.

[Calico]

Sept 14, 2009 13:22:10 GMT -5 Calico said:

Sept 14, 2009 10:54:29 GMT -5 @leelee said:

It's the Men's Final. The unofficial end of summer. Final Sunday w/ Week 1 or 2 of the NFL is probably the greatest sporting day of the year. Every final I vividly remember since I was 4. It doesn't matter who is playing, or what happens.

And Del Portro is a threat. I doubt he does because it is a bad matchup, but it should be competitive.

I'm seeing a situation here where we could get a similar ending to the 2000 U.S. Open men's final as far as who wins and loses goes. No one saw that result coming in 2000 and no one sees this result coming. But it looks like Del Potro could be ready to be the next great player in men's tennis.

Well it wasn't quite a Safin beatdown of Sampras in the2000 U.S. Open final but it was a great win for Del Potro and men's tennis.

[Brinyi]

Bravo JMDP! It was great to see that he didn't just turtle when things started badly for him, as most Slam underdogs in their first major final do. A very bold performance.

Roj blew, but hey.

[lexpretend]

Roger only really blew in the final set. I thought the middle three were very high quality from both.

So impressed that Pony was fearless but not reckless - we remember all the huge winners, but he stayed in a bunch of key rallies with hard-hitting but safe neutral shots, and mostly was able to wait for the right moment to unload. And to get into the match after his hopeless start, and to withstand getting constantly broken back every time he made a breakthrough, and not to crumble after those two DFs to hand over the 3rd set...and you could see he was visibly affected by all the setbacks, but he didn't allow his negativity to have an impact on his play.

Amazing to think that he still hasn't won a Masters event! Murray has got to be pissed off about this. Hopefully that will spur him on.

[The Chloe]

Hopefully. Muzzaslam must avoid being a slightly better Henman and proving Burley correct. There's certainly a better comparison than Henman for a player that is very good but not great and never wins slams, but I'm lacking it at the moment.

[Brinyi]

Sept 15, 2009 7:28:25 GMT -5 lexpretend said:

Roger only really blew in the final set. I thought the middle three were very high quality from both....
Murray has got to be pissed off about this. Hopefully that will spur him on.

Yes, I was really thinking of the final set.

And... yes, this did occur to me. The part about Mopey being pissed off, not the hopfefully sentence.

[leelee]

So, I've watched all of it and it was a great match. Yeah, it was Fed-error near the end, but Del Pony won this with great play, no question. There shouldn't be any questions with his wins over Nadal and Fed, but there probably will be...

And, yes, Muzza should be pissed. Because he's gonna hear about it now that he better win a slam.

A comparison, to me at least, was Nalbandian. I thought the 03 USO loss would get him motivated. Well, it did, to peak in November every year and get really fat.

[The Chloe]

Fucking Nalbandian. REMEMBER WHEN NALBANDIAN AND CORIA LET RODDICK AND GAUDIO WINS SLAMS? Yes, that needed to be in caps.

[The Chloe]

I still heart Fatbandian and all, but honestly. WTF.

[lexpretend]

I second the caps. Ugh, that 2003 USO. Safin letting Johansson win a Slam, and Juanqui letting Costa win a Slam, can rank up there with those FAILS.

[Calico]

Sept 15, 2009 8:23:00 GMT -5 The Chloe said:

Hopefully. Muzzaslam must avoid being a slightly better Henman and proving Burley correct. There's certainly a better comparison than Henman for a player that is very good but not great and never wins slams, but I'm lacking it at the moment.

Thomas Enqvist and Mark Philippoussis. How's that?

[Maeby Fünke]

No woman has ever choked the way Coria did in that RG final.

[leelee]

Carla did. For marrying a troll 5000 leagues below her.

[Brinyi]

Sept 15, 2009 10:08:02 GMT -5 The Chloe said:

Fucking Nalbandian. REMEMBER WHEN NALBANDIAN AND CORIA LET RODDICK AND GAUDIO WINS SLAMS? Yes, that needed to be in caps.

Nalbandian also let Gaudio win his slam (lost to him 6-3 7-6(5) 6-0 in the semis).

So did Willy Canas, who blew a 2 set to 1 lead in the 1R.

[TEHTennisLurker]

I have two worries regarding Pony's future.

-injuries, Big guys always get injured, Becker, Marat, Guga, Joachim J etc etc

- Sluts, Argentina is full of sluts, they will all jump over him now, I hope he doesn't lose focus because of that, like fat dave, who prefers cars, food and sluts over tennis.