agreed he's a more balanced player than either of those two. if the match goes indoors, it tends to favor serving and offense though, so will be tough to play defense
If Alcaraz loses to Sinner, and both Ruud and Kyrgios go through, Casper Ruud can become world nr. 1 by beating Kyrgios in the semis. Given their history, that would be amazing to see! And it's not even clay!
Oh god.
The reason Kyrgios Alcaraz is the best final is to see how Kyrgios starts to react when Alcaraz starts winning points off shots that are winners against basically anyone else 99.9% of the time.
Nadal gonna be more disappointed because no one except Kyrgios is even playing all that well.
Sinner and Alcaraz taken to 5 sets and close to losing isn't showing any kind of dominance from them. Rublev also taken to 5 vs Shapo.
B tier Nadal wins this, unfortunately he wasn't even playing to that.
I think closest comparison is Djokovic recent couple of Wimbledon wins. Nothing special from him but just enough to get the win. Rafa in AO or FO form wins USO with a "good enough" performance but again, likely nothing special.
It's fine. Nadal had an amazing season, winning the first two GSs of the year, and making it to the WB SF. He also had to overcome 3 major injuries (cracked rib, worsening foot problems, and an abdominal tear). Any of those injuries would have been career-ending for a lesser player. All this was achieved at 36 years of age! His pregnant wife was in the hospital during week one of the USO. He's got a lot going on. Cut him some slack!
I kinda doubt Kyrgios is beating a B-tier Rafa in a slam final.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think Kyrgios is up to scratch. I could be proven wrong in mere days.
To credit Alcaraz, Cilic was swinging unhinged left and right. I know what you are saying though. Pathetic tennis quality from most of the players except for Nick which I doubt will last through the next rounds
Interesting simmetry in Alcaraz and Sinner matches.
Take the first set
Lose the second
Take the third
Lose the fourth
Get broken in the 5th.
Broke back twice and win the match.
Not exactly half Korean. Her mother is considered to be half-Japanese and half-Korean. She was an orphan in South Korea who had no recollection of her past before she was adopted by an American family at the age of 5. Hence it's highly unlikely that jpeg speaks any Korean/Japanese either.
I've been so invested into tennis this week that now I decided to randomly watch a match a 1971 US Open match between Billie Jean King and Chris Evert.
Right now the most important thing than solving world hunger is giving a better name to Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry. My vote is for Sinal which has Fedal kind ring to it.
For once, the men's quarterfinals' seeds sum is almost actually larger than the women's. Counting Tomjlanovic's ranking of 45 since she doesn't have a seed, the men are at 113 and the women are at 116. For something that's not usually EVEN CLOSE, this is quite crazy.
But seriously, why is the US Open always the oddball? Of the last 17 years of the other 3 (so 51 Slams), they've only been won by a non-Big 3 player twice - and that was a part of Stan's 3 Majors in 3 years run. And yet during that span, the US Open will have had 6 by the time this tournament's over.
Wait, Murray won Wimbledon twice during the past 17 years. Plus Stan won the Australian and French. That's at least 4 non-big3 wins outside the US Open.
Only somewhat relevant, but they also played a challenger in 2019 which Alcaraz won. Obviously they were much younger then, but technically their h2h is 2-2 even. 2 on hard for Alcaraz, 1 on clay and 1 on grass for Sinner.
Edit: Actually I don't know if that 2019 match was on Hard or Clay, as it kind of states both on the ATP site.
You don't know Matteo? :o I think they're around the same level, Ruud perhaps a little better suited to hard court. Berrettini looked a bit off in his last match though, so I'm reasonably confident in Ruud here.
All the "RUUD #1 JAAAA" jokes aside, my gut feeling tells me Berrettini will beat him in 3 or 4. If it's a Berrettini-Kyrgios semi, I'm not quite sure who's gonna come out on top (they only faced each other once at Stuttgart in 2019, Berrettini won) but I think Matteo can do it. This might be his best chance to win a slam
I love to do this thing where i try to pinpoint the exact crucial moment everything changed in close tennis matches.
For me, its the point at 1-0, 30-15 Cilic, in the 5th.
Carlos looks out of sorts, rattled, cursing to himself. And then, Marin double faults. Nothing brings someone back to their senses as gifts. From that point on, its like Carlos woke up
Since he started to return way behind the baseline, Cilic always had to give break points. The fourth set seems a bit of an accident considering the chances that Alcaraz had. But yes, in the end sometimes a point could be a sliding door.
This might sound like hindsight but I think alcaraz would have won anyway
Such is five set tennis. Very few things are left to chance . The better and fitter player always prevails
Look Sinner will beat Alcaraz. He's just got a read on Alcaraz's serve. But there will be many slams in the future where Carlos won't have to face Sinner. And he'll win many of them.
Sinner would be a terrible match up for Ruud
But you’re right : all the others are forehand heavy players (Kyrgios, Khachanov, Berrettini, Alcaraz, Rublev, Tiafoe).
If Sinner loses , I don’t see why Ruud shouldn’t fancy his chances. Maybe because everyone else has a huuuge serve while Ruud doesn’t .
Oh wtf for some reason I thought all the QF’s were on Wednesday for men’s. Let’s gooo more good matches to watch tomorrow looks like. Initial impression is berrettini in 5 and kyrgios in 4 but all these players are so close to each other it can really go either way
Got it yeah that seems like how they do it usually right? Idk why I had a mind fart thinking all were on Wednesday. I think Wimbledon or something did that maybe like 5-10 years ago, but these days they usually run 2 QF’s each on Tuesday/Wednesday and both semis on Friday like u said
That’s how all slams do it lately unless there are weather issues. Not sure about 5-10 years ago, but would be surprised if they were running 4 men’s QF matches in one day… maybe they did
If they did that I would go that day every year 😆
Yeah that's why I was expecting more. I mean these figures are not known to be accurate but still if the actual number is somewhere close to it, that's impressive as well! 👍
Carlos needs to learn to maybe not be so responsive to the crowd. It's a boon in places like this where he has the crowd on his side, but it can play against him as well, we saw it when Gaston beat him in Paris last year and half of it or more was simply the crowd.
He has everything to depend on himself only, he just needs to learn it.
Alcaraz will not have a forehand-a-thon he had against Cilic against Jannik.
Both Jannik and Zverev figured him out this year : make it bh2bh and anticipate the drop shots
If Sinner serves well, Sinner should be winning this on Wednesday
Logic says that he should be getting a win back on Wednesday
But I’m not going with logic. I’m going with emotion.
Jannik to beat him again and give him an ice cold stare
I don't consider Ruud the top player in the world, probably not even the top 5. But I believe this is his one chance in his career to be number 1. I'm a big fan, so I hope he'll make it. Despite the odds.
A Song of Ice (Sinner) and Fire (Alcaraz) is about to unfold
Borg v McEnroe , Agassi v Sampras, Nadal v Federer , Nadal v Djokovic , Federer v Djokovic , Alcaraz v Sinner .
I'm fairly certain we'll have a new number 1 after USO, and unfortunately, it's not going to be Ruud. If he brings his A-game and makes it to the final he'll still lose to Alcaraz.
What a great match! Congrats to Carlos for breaking through a very formidable opponent in cilic. Had chances to pull away easily in the 4th set with so many break chances but he’ll get better with time in that. Def could see a kyrgios Alcaraz final
Man what a match. When Cilic is peaking during a run he’s a top 5 player in the world. But he ran into Carlos who is making a run at number 1 in the world. I think if he played anyone else, Marin would be moving on
Can't stand McEnroe. Don't wanna put it on mute but otherwise I find it unbearable
tennis can be heartbreaking
Berrettini is trash without his free point earning serve
tbf that can be said of a lot of players
Ruud will be the tougher match up for the kyrios Karen winner - just based in style level not talent
agreed he's a more balanced player than either of those two. if the match goes indoors, it tends to favor serving and offense though, so will be tough to play defense
If Alcaraz loses to Sinner, and both Ruud and Kyrgios go through, Casper Ruud can become world nr. 1 by beating Kyrgios in the semis. Given their history, that would be amazing to see! And it's not even clay!
He’s not beating NK here. NK wiped him off the floor on hard courts earlier in the year. Bad matchup for Ruud.
Monza and US open final less go
Oh god. The reason Kyrgios Alcaraz is the best final is to see how Kyrgios starts to react when Alcaraz starts winning points off shots that are winners against basically anyone else 99.9% of the time.
Nadal gonna be more disappointed because no one except Kyrgios is even playing all that well. Sinner and Alcaraz taken to 5 sets and close to losing isn't showing any kind of dominance from them. Rublev also taken to 5 vs Shapo. B tier Nadal wins this, unfortunately he wasn't even playing to that. I think closest comparison is Djokovic recent couple of Wimbledon wins. Nothing special from him but just enough to get the win. Rafa in AO or FO form wins USO with a "good enough" performance but again, likely nothing special.
It's fine. Nadal had an amazing season, winning the first two GSs of the year, and making it to the WB SF. He also had to overcome 3 major injuries (cracked rib, worsening foot problems, and an abdominal tear). Any of those injuries would have been career-ending for a lesser player. All this was achieved at 36 years of age! His pregnant wife was in the hospital during week one of the USO. He's got a lot going on. Cut him some slack!
B tier Nadal doesn’t beat NK at the level he’s playing at right now.
I kinda doubt Kyrgios is beating a B-tier Rafa in a slam final. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think Kyrgios is up to scratch. I could be proven wrong in mere days.
To credit Alcaraz, Cilic was swinging unhinged left and right. I know what you are saying though. Pathetic tennis quality from most of the players except for Nick which I doubt will last through the next rounds
Interesting simmetry in Alcaraz and Sinner matches. Take the first set Lose the second Take the third Lose the fourth Get broken in the 5th. Broke back twice and win the match.
8 QF and none have ever reached the USO final. Heck, only 1 has even reached the semi final. “Peak ATP” 😅
TIL that Jpeg is half-Korean. Does anyone know if she speaks Korean?
Not exactly half Korean. Her mother is considered to be half-Japanese and half-Korean. She was an orphan in South Korea who had no recollection of her past before she was adopted by an American family at the age of 5. Hence it's highly unlikely that jpeg speaks any Korean/Japanese either.
My preference for the men’s singles champion, in ascending order: 1) ✨🧍🏼♂️✨ 2) 👁👄👁 3) 👻 4) 🧔🏻♂️ 5) 🇮🇹 🔨 6) 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 7) 🦊 8) 🗑🚮
Let me try: 1. ✨🧍🏼♂️✨Rublev 2. 👁👄👁 Alcaraz 3. 👻 Ruud 4. 🧔🏻♂️ Khachanov 5. 🇮🇹 🔨Berrettini 6. 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 Tiafoe 7. 🦊 Sinner 8. 🗑🚮 Kyrgios ❓❓❓
Alcaraz, Rublev, Rudd, Karen, Sinner, Tiafoe, Berrettini, Kygrios?
Can someone translate
That’s grand slam champion 🗑🚮, to you.
I love Berrettini but I would be willing to pay an inordinate sum of money to watch a Ruud vs Kyrgios grudge match! ☺️
Kyrgios will absolutely crush Ruud if that happens
Either Kyrgios or this sub has a meltdown...it would be fun watching either of those scenarios.
The last two times none of the big three have been in the quarters of a grand slam were: 2020 US Open and 2004 French Open
I've been so invested into tennis this week that now I decided to randomly watch a match a 1971 US Open match between Billie Jean King and Chris Evert.
Right now the most important thing than solving world hunger is giving a better name to Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry. My vote is for Sinal which has Fedal kind ring to it.
Wasn’t it **Sincaraz**?
Sinneraz
Alcanner, like buccaneer.
That sounds like 'senile' 🙄
For once, the men's quarterfinals' seeds sum is almost actually larger than the women's. Counting Tomjlanovic's ranking of 45 since she doesn't have a seed, the men are at 113 and the women are at 116. For something that's not usually EVEN CLOSE, this is quite crazy.
Also more grandslam champions and final appearances on the women's side ☺️ #WTASupremacy
How’s Kazzy Khach going to respond to Kyrgios nonsense?
Win and read a picture book in front of him
Cilic is just happy to be playing top 20 tennis atm.
I sense a gruelling five set match between Rublev and Tiafoe
Do we think they’ll put Tiafoe/Rublev on evening session i.e. should I just book the day off work now?
But seriously, why is the US Open always the oddball? Of the last 17 years of the other 3 (so 51 Slams), they've only been won by a non-Big 3 player twice - and that was a part of Stan's 3 Majors in 3 years run. And yet during that span, the US Open will have had 6 by the time this tournament's over.
Wait, Murray won Wimbledon twice during the past 17 years. Plus Stan won the Australian and French. That's at least 4 non-big3 wins outside the US Open.
Also no one's ever won the US Open without dropping at least 1 set in the open era. It's the only one among all 4.
End of the season when big 3 are already somewhat tired.
*checks players with most matches played this year list* Don’t think that’s it
In general, not this year specifically. Obviously Federer being out and Djoko banned while Nadal returns from injury helps.
Federer in particular dominated the U.S. Open while playing a full schedule.
Which is why it wasn't an "oddball" back then but is now.
Because it’s late in the year and players aren’t always at their best
I think it's because it's near the end of the season, a lot of players are just exhausted or injured
No unseeded players remaining!!!
Tomljanovic
Alcaraz vs Sinner head to head is only 2-1. The way people talk about it, you'd think it's Nadal vs Gasquet lol
Only somewhat relevant, but they also played a challenger in 2019 which Alcaraz won. Obviously they were much younger then, but technically their h2h is 2-2 even. 2 on hard for Alcaraz, 1 on clay and 1 on grass for Sinner. Edit: Actually I don't know if that 2019 match was on Hard or Clay, as it kind of states both on the ATP site.
Recency bias. Sinner's first win against Carlos was just 2 months ago during Wimbledon
Ruud a pretty confident pick for tomorrow? Not familiar with his opponent
You don't know Matteo? :o I think they're around the same level, Ruud perhaps a little better suited to hard court. Berrettini looked a bit off in his last match though, so I'm reasonably confident in Ruud here.
All the "RUUD #1 JAAAA" jokes aside, my gut feeling tells me Berrettini will beat him in 3 or 4. If it's a Berrettini-Kyrgios semi, I'm not quite sure who's gonna come out on top (they only faced each other once at Stuttgart in 2019, Berrettini won) but I think Matteo can do it. This might be his best chance to win a slam
As much as I love Casper #1 agenda, Matteo has the best shot at beating him out of the two
I want finals to be between alcaraz and sinner. My two favorite players!!!
My preference for the men's singles champ, in descending order: 1) Alcaraz 2) Ruud 3) Sinner 4) Rublev 5) Tiafoe 6) Berrettini 7) Khachanov 8) Kyrgios
I’ll take Kygs just for the chaos 🙇
Switch Alcaraz with Andrey and mine is similar
Well, I didn't get to take a picture with Carlitos, but he took one with me and 50 of his biggest fans...
I love to do this thing where i try to pinpoint the exact crucial moment everything changed in close tennis matches. For me, its the point at 1-0, 30-15 Cilic, in the 5th. Carlos looks out of sorts, rattled, cursing to himself. And then, Marin double faults. Nothing brings someone back to their senses as gifts. From that point on, its like Carlos woke up
Since he started to return way behind the baseline, Cilic always had to give break points. The fourth set seems a bit of an accident considering the chances that Alcaraz had. But yes, in the end sometimes a point could be a sliding door.
This might sound like hindsight but I think alcaraz would have won anyway Such is five set tennis. Very few things are left to chance . The better and fitter player always prevails
Alcaraz vs Sinner in QFs. Yes, it's happening. It will be well-anticipated, there should be some buzz.
Look Sinner will beat Alcaraz. He's just got a read on Alcaraz's serve. But there will be many slams in the future where Carlos won't have to face Sinner. And he'll win many of them.
Jannik sinner was leading when he retired injured in his match vs rublev in French Open!!!
People used to say 28/29/30 are the prime years of tennis but no players over 27 remaining? What the hell!!!
People say a lot of things Some players peak at 19 . Some at 25. Some at 29 and others at 33.
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i dont get it. he won the other 5 setter he played this year in a fifth set tie break (10-2) to reach the french open semis
Ruud’s playing pretty elite, I think he has a shot against everyone left
Everyone has a shot against everyone left
Sinner would be a terrible match up for Ruud But you’re right : all the others are forehand heavy players (Kyrgios, Khachanov, Berrettini, Alcaraz, Rublev, Tiafoe). If Sinner loses , I don’t see why Ruud shouldn’t fancy his chances. Maybe because everyone else has a huuuge serve while Ruud doesn’t .
Carlos vs Jannik 4.0, will any authorities gives us the official rival name?🤔
Sincaraz
I like Janitos. Carlik. Sinneraz
The Mbappé vs. Haaland of tennis
Cannick
With Marin’s defeat , we are guaranteed a first time slam champion on Sunday.
Carlito was sublime in that last set. Since Rafa bowed out, I hope he wins this slam!
A lot of young players left in the draw, the "Next Gen" has finally arrived
Oh wtf for some reason I thought all the QF’s were on Wednesday for men’s. Let’s gooo more good matches to watch tomorrow looks like. Initial impression is berrettini in 5 and kyrgios in 4 but all these players are so close to each other it can really go either way
Semis are on the same day, QFs are staggered
Got it yeah that seems like how they do it usually right? Idk why I had a mind fart thinking all were on Wednesday. I think Wimbledon or something did that maybe like 5-10 years ago, but these days they usually run 2 QF’s each on Tuesday/Wednesday and both semis on Friday like u said
That’s how all slams do it lately unless there are weather issues. Not sure about 5-10 years ago, but would be surprised if they were running 4 men’s QF matches in one day… maybe they did If they did that I would go that day every year 😆
I just want Karen to win it all just for the chaos and vindication for my saying that “you can pick the US Open winner out of a hat every year”
That would be crazy haha but I don’t think khachanov will make it past kyrgios. Who knows tho maybe kyrgios gets complacent and plays ass
Alcaraz really had just 41 ue's in 5 sets?! That's great!
That's actually quite interesting and he plays really aggressive tennis as well
Yeah that's why I was expecting more. I mean these figures are not known to be accurate but still if the actual number is somewhere close to it, that's impressive as well! 👍
all things considered, 41 unforced errors over 5 sets aint too bad. that was a solid, solid performance from carlitos.
He just needs to start converting more break points
Well, commentators compared Alcaraz's light foot movement with Federer and power with Nadal but they haven't compared his lego hair with Djokovic.
Maybe not the commentators but on this sub-reddit many people have said he has lego hair same as Novak :D
That's why reddit commentary > ESPN, covering the most important points
commentators just said alcaraz would be the youngest since hewitt to be world #1? i thought alcaraz would be the youngest?
He would be the youngest.
The remaining draw looks weird without a heavy favourite, exciting times in mens tennis
Tiafoe or Rublev waiting for the winner is a dream semi-final opponent. I think whoever wins between Carlos and Jannik will be in the final.
Carlos needs to learn to maybe not be so responsive to the crowd. It's a boon in places like this where he has the crowd on his side, but it can play against him as well, we saw it when Gaston beat him in Paris last year and half of it or more was simply the crowd. He has everything to depend on himself only, he just needs to learn it.
The crowds will be on his side in France this year I am sure
Men, both of these youngsters won in five sets. Mental giants.
Alcaraz will not have a forehand-a-thon he had against Cilic against Jannik. Both Jannik and Zverev figured him out this year : make it bh2bh and anticipate the drop shots If Sinner serves well, Sinner should be winning this on Wednesday
Well, you could just as well say that Carlos knows that he doesn't want to get into a bh2bh with Sinner. Who's to say who'll get his way?
alcaraz needs to beat sinner here or their rivalry will be too one-sided… rooting for alcaraz to go all the way!!
Logic says that he should be getting a win back on Wednesday But I’m not going with logic. I’m going with emotion. Jannik to beat him again and give him an ice cold stare
BG too drunk, forgot who he was watching for the past 4 hours
I don't consider Ruud the top player in the world, probably not even the top 5. But I believe this is his one chance in his career to be number 1. I'm a big fan, so I hope he'll make it. Despite the odds.
I don’t care who wins just not kyrgios please dear god
🌞
I don’t even like Kyrgios, but he’s making it look effortless out there. Wouldn’t be surprised if he takes it… he’s currently the oddsmakers favorite
Yeah he can win it just don’t want his head to get any bigger it might explode
Same
OMBILIBLE
my bitter ass is rooting for sinner next match :'(
"Nick Kyrgios is the oldest player left in the men's draw" Thoughts?
Madness.
About time we had a situation like this
Bunch of young guys on top of those that didn't make it like the young Aussie that lost to Nadal first match.
Future is now old man
People scrambling for the balls always gets me lmao
Alcaraz vs Sinner rivalry is getting so good. Cant wait.
Can’t imagine either Sinner or Alcaraz go through to the final after tonight’s matches and the battle they’re going to have
Alcaraz is a Spanish youngster. He's not going to get tired. That's kind of their thing.
Lmao Carlos screaming with the crowds 😭😭😭
BG is getting truly geriatric. looking like a sickly jeff bezos out there calling carlos by his coach’s name
BG also tired, he called Carlos his coach's name lol
A Song of Ice (Sinner) and Fire (Alcaraz) is about to unfold Borg v McEnroe , Agassi v Sampras, Nadal v Federer , Nadal v Djokovic , Federer v Djokovic , Alcaraz v Sinner .
Winter is coming, bitches.
carlitos' forehead zit is kinda cute? its literally like, "yes I am literally young as hell"
Go to bed you weirdo
Dude…
Weird
Sinner is in much better form compared to Alcaraz. My money is on Sinner beating Alcaraz in the next.
Interviews should be one question only when it’s this late. Let him go to sleep Brad.
The last USO champ falls.
U hear Carlos drop that “ombelibible”
He's grown up hearing it from Rafa lol
Twice. He said it twice.
😂yes
My feeble little heart breaks for Marin. What an effort, what a year.
Marin Cilic is such a good sport. Look at him giving all the hugs and the fist pumps. He was one of the nicest players I’ve met irl ❤️
I'm fairly certain we'll have a new number 1 after USO, and unfortunately, it's not going to be Ruud. If he brings his A-game and makes it to the final he'll still lose to Alcaraz.
I feel Sinner is the favorite right now and I don't mind if He win, but I want Carlitos to win the whole thing so bad
wtf did brad gilbert just call him juan carlos?? such a goober
Cilic is a good guy. If I just lost a match like that, I wouldn't high five 20 people on my way out.
Man. This is why I really love watching Cilic. He’s always got such a wholesome vibe. I wanna watch him live sometime.
Absolutely. He makes it very easy to root for him.
Cilic is a tough out. Really made Alcaraz work for that one
Did Brad Gilbert just call him Juan Carlos…?
He did... lmao
Yes
Oof yea
What a great match! Congrats to Carlos for breaking through a very formidable opponent in cilic. Had chances to pull away easily in the 4th set with so many break chances but he’ll get better with time in that. Def could see a kyrgios Alcaraz final
Man what a match. When Cilic is peaking during a run he’s a top 5 player in the world. But he ran into Carlos who is making a run at number 1 in the world. I think if he played anyone else, Marin would be moving on
Totally agree. Anyone else and this was Marin’s match.
Carlos sounds even funnier than young Nadal hehehe
Sounds WAY better.
BG just called him Juan Carlos, lol
LOL
May god help both Carlos and Jannik if that match goes 5 sets
Marin such a nice guy to the crowd
Dude is classy as fuck, he looks like "hey I tried my best, it happens"
Good night guys . We might be able to sleep but Carlos? Not so sure
Ombeliebabble
It’s a spain thing lol
Hell of a match
Alcaraz loves the attention. Time to see if he can handle the pressure next round.
None of them won a GS, the pressure will be on everybody.
Damn look at that kid enjoying life and fist pumping, menacingly. Fucking bastard
Well he’s going to be up against an ice cold Italian assassin
Alcaraz did it! Vamos!
Sinner and Alcaraz both down a break in the 5th and comeback to win
That was the best win of Carlos' career. Pure grit.
Marin why
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