2021 U. S. Open Tennis Championships...ATP 2000...New York, New York

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All to say about that is the best player won. Alex too good. He is playing the best tennis out there right now.

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Alex pretty much routinely wins the 1st set. He is serving so well, right now among the best servers in tennis. Quite the improvement from his old 2nd serve woes days.

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Mary Carillo is the worst tennis announcer I have ever heard.

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Carlos is tireless mentally and physically. And he has a top tier model type 3 forehand, great backhand, and superb movement. And a great coach. He does tend to me to give up too much court, playing in general too far behind the baseline, unlike his favorite model, Federer. FO look out.

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Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest male grand slam quarter-finalist in 31 years, not bad. Botic van de Zandschulp, a qualifier, has made to the last eight...not bad either.

Alcaraz now play FAA in a battle of the youngsters.

Sinner versus Zverev, at this stage in the tournament, is a test for both players in my view. If Zverev wobbles, he could lose.

Medvedev has had it easy so far and you can't see him slipping up against the qualifier.

Brooksby v Novak will be intriguing and I just hope Brooksby can bring his best game to the table. I can see him infuriating Novak if he does.

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I would give the match of the day to Alex vs Sinner, but certainly a couple of Americans in the conversation surprisingly late in this tournament, certainly the case with JB, maybe not as much with Riley. Oddsmakers have Riley as a very slight favorite over the surging Lloyd Harris. Novak obviously heavy favorite over JB, but I can certainly see Novak being a bit perturbed out there(if the match is tight) as no doubt the raucous US Open crowd will be behind JB. Alex no doubt favored, but Sinner, with his effortless power, is a very interesting matchup here.

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Tennis Magazine: Novak Djokovic is searching for a Grand Slam, and a little love, at the US Open.
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles...at-the-us-open

I haven't seen Novak so far this tournament. I wouldn't watch Novak v Nishikori unless Novak was two sets and 4-1 down...and even then I would expect him to win. Nishikori usually goes on court with a white flag against Novak.

I will try to watch Novak v JB because it will be interesting to see how Novak handles him. I wonder if JB might just hit down the middle like Giles Simon once did against Novak. It worked a treat other than Giles couldn't quite pull off the win. I hope JB can rise to the occasion.

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Diego really digging in. He is quite the competitor as we all know. Super crowd atmosphere for this match.

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Botic Van de Zandschulp is looking very very good vs Schwartzman, and he looks very comfortable out there playing at the high level he is. His 2 handed backhand is rock solid, he never runs around to hit a forehand. His slice backhand is top notch also. The depth in men's tennis is unbelievable. Botic(a qualifier)is #117 in the world.

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Tennis Magazine: Novak Djokovic is searching for a Grand Slam, and a little love, at the US Open.

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/novak-djokovic-is-searching-for-a-grand-slam-and-a-little-love-at-the-us-open

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JB pulls a bit of a Novak rope a dope for the win. Unbelievable.

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It looks like Karatsev had broken down JB. No easy ask. Karatsev is an absolute physical stud.

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No doubt. Karatsev and Bash so similar to me. Such big games with effortless power, but errors are a big issue. Sinner to me is a 2.0 version of those 2 guys.

Sinner sees off Monfils in five. Not easy to close-out against a dangerous player like Monfils who is, frankly, past caring it would seem.

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Super interesting match. Karatsev definitely engaged and kind of rocked JB in the 2nd set. This is very interesting match. Both players engaged.

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Tend to agree...though Karatsev has been disappointing much of the time since his stella performance at the 2021 Aussie Open run. The few matches I have seen of his since then have been error strewn and this match v JB is following a similar pattern.

No doubt. Karatsev and Bash so similar to me. Such big games with effortless power, but errors are a big issue. Sinner to me is a 2.0 version of those 2 guys.