[Qynvtlur]

Schedule for Day 8: Monday, 7 September 2009-
Ashe Stadium and Armstrong Stadium - Pro Singles Only
Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Women's Singles - 4th Round
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
2. Women's Singles - 4th Round
Melanie Oudin (USA) v. Nadia Petrova (RUS)[13]
Not Before:14:30
3. Men's Singles - 4th Round
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Tommy Robredo (ESP)[14]
Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00 Start Time
1. Women's Singles - 4th Round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)[9] v. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)[6]
2. Men's Singles - 4th Round
Novak Djokovic (SRB)[4] v. Radek Stepanek (CZE)[15]

Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 Start Time

1. Men's Singles - 4th Round
Robin Soderling (SWE)[12] v. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[8]
2. Women's Singles - 4th Round
Petra Kvitova (CZE) v. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Not Before:15:00
3. Men's Singles - 4th Round
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)[10] v. John Isner (USA)

[cemDrymnVem]

And now I get to wait until tomorrow morning to see whether my "local" CBS station (located 120 miles away) will actually show the US Open as shown in all the tv guides -- or will it, as it did last year, show up with the Jerrry Lewis telethon instead. Will it be or ?

[insightmike]

I know this is the wrong thread but whatever... I've been really busy the last couple of days but managed to watch most of the Soderling-Querrey match. Don't know if you guys have already talked about it, but to me, Soderling looked like a major threat again. He was playing really smartly and very consistently. Also, Roger looked pretty sloppy against Hewitt; hope he can pick it up in the next few matches. Watched the last set of the Zheng-Petrova match and was pretty impressed with Petrova. I've a feeling Oudin's run ends here and that Nadia could make good use of the opened up draw. Finally, Dinara I love Serena, but it's so disgusting to hear the press go on and on about Dinara as if she doesn't know how to hold a racquet.

[Qynvtlur]

Sharapova vs Oudin was a big match for both women for very different reasons. I think the same holds for Oudin vs Petrova.

Maria is not there now to mess with Petrova's head. Oudin is in unchartered waters this deep in a major. It's really a very intriguing match.

[attackDoold]

I know this is the wrong thread but whatever... I've been really busy the last couple of days but managed to watch most of the Soderling-Querrey match. Don't know if you guys have already talked about it, but to me, Soderling looked like a major threat again. He was playing really smartly and very consistently. Also, Roger looked pretty sloppy against Hewitt; hope he can pick it up in the next few matches. Watched the last set of the Zheng-Petrova match and was pretty impressed with Petrova. I've a feeling Oudin's run ends here and that Nadia could make good use of the opened up draw. Finally, Dinara I love Serena, but it's so disgusting to hear the press go on and on about Dinara as if she doesn't know how to hold a racquet.

Sharapova vs Oudin was a big match for both women for very different reasons. I think the same holds for Oudin vs Petrova.

Maria is not there now to mess with Petrova's head. Oudin is in unchartered waters this deep in a major. It's really a very intriguing match.

Soderling/Davydenko is a really interesting match. I do hope that the winner can upset Federer to make the USO interesting. I'll be rooting hard for Nikolay, but I'm happy for either.

I'm confident that Petrova will beat Oudin in two straightforward sets. Nadia can definitely be rattled, but I think her good serving will be too hard to handle. Oudin won't be able to break her as many times as Dementieva or Sharapova. I think she actually has a reasonable shot at the finals.

I think the best thing for Safina to do is get fit and focused again, and drop a spot or two in the rankings. She's going nuts. I also think she needs a new coach, but I doubt that will happen.

[attackDoold]

Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v. Gisela Dulko (ARG)
Petra Kvitova (CZE) v. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)

These matches are each for the quarterfinals! It's still blowing my mind. And one of them will be blown away in the semis.
...
I think whoever wins the Kuznetsova/Wozniacki match will be a big favorite for the finals. I wonder if either of them will realize it and feel pressure.

[insightmike]

Soderling/Davydenko is a really interesting match. I do hope that the winner can upset Federer to make the USO interesting. I'll be rooting hard for Nikolay, but I'm happy for either.

Well, let's not go that far...

BTW, is Kolya the only seed not to have lost a set so far?

[attackDoold]

Well, let's not go that far...

BTW, is Kolya the only seed not to have lost a set so far?

Federer hasn't looked great to me so far this tournament. Also, it seems like the press has pencilled him into the finals already. I believe he's mentioned that he has a shot at winning all four slams in a row because now all he needs are the two HC ones. Basically, I think he may be overconfident and not playing his best, so an upset is possible. Davydenko and Soderling are two of the few players with the talent to do it.

[allvideO]

Federer hasn't looked great to me so far this tournament. Also, it seems like the press has pencilled him into the finals already. I believe he's mentioned that he has a shot at winning all four slams in a row because now all he needs are the two HC ones. Basically, I think he may be overconfident and not playing his best, so an upset is possible. Davydenko and Soderling are two of the few players with the talent to do it.

Federer said this ?

[attackDoold]

Well, let's not go that far...

BTW, is Kolya the only seed not to have lost a set so far?

I checked. Tsonga and Monfils haven't lost a set either.

[allvideO]

I know this is the wrong thread but whatever... I've been really busy the last couple of days but managed to watch most of the Soderling-Querrey match. Don't know if you guys have already talked about it, but to me, Soderling looked like a major threat again. He was playing really smartly and very consistently. Also, Roger looked pretty sloppy against Hewitt; hope he can pick it up in the next few matches. Watched the last set of the Zheng-Petrova match and was pretty impressed with Petrova. I've a feeling Oudin's run ends here and that Nadia could make good use of the opened up draw. Finally, Dinara I love Serena, but it's so disgusting to hear the press go on and on about Dinara as if she doesn't know how to hold a racquet.

Federer played well until 4-2 40-love then his mind went away. He played well in the 4th set

[Qynvtlur]

This was posted elsewhere re Fed's record against the seeds in his half of the draw.

Fed is 12-0 against Davydenko, 11-0 against Soderling, 10-0 against Youzhny, 8-0 against Robredo, 6-0 against Rochus, and 4-0 against Mathieu, Chela, and Starace.

[allvideO]

Sharapova vs Oudin was a big match for both women for very different reasons. I think the same holds for Oudin vs Petrova.

Maria is not there now to mess with Petrova's head. Oudin is in unchartered waters this deep in a major. It's really a very intriguing match.

Oudin can do it. I think it will be more mental. She was there with Radwanska in the Wimbledon 4th round

[allvideO]

This was posted elsewhere re Fed's record against the seeds in his half of the draw.

Fed is 12-0 against Davydenko, 11-0 against Soderling, 10-0 against Youzhny, 8-0 against Robredo, 6-0 against Rochus, and 4-0 against Mathieu, Chela, and Starace.

8-4 against Djokovic, 19-2 against Roddick , 1-0 Isner

[bobibnoxx]

So, what we've learned is that Federer has a pretty great record against guys not named Nadal or Murray.


Oudin-Petrova will be my only time on Ashe tomorrow

[insightmike]

Federer hasn't looked great to me so far this tournament. Also, it seems like the press has pencilled him into the finals already. I believe he's mentioned that he has a shot at winning all four slams in a row because now all he needs are the two HC ones. Basically, I think he may be overconfident and not playing his best, so an upset is possible. Davydenko and Soderling are two of the few players with the talent to do it.

Oh, I completely agree that Davydenko and Soderling can take out Federer and that Federer isn't looking like he is in his top form yet. I don't think though that an upset can happen because of overconfidence. Roger has been the overwhelming favorite in slams lots and lots of times; if he was to be upset in a slam due to complacency, he'd have been in 05 or 06. But he can totally be outplayed by a hard-hitting Soderling or Davydenko.

[skupaemauto]

Oh, I completely agree that Davydenko and Soderling can take out Federer and that Federer isn't looking like he is in his top form yet. I don't think though that an upset can happen because of overconfidence. Roger has been the overwhelming favorite in slams lots and lots of times; if he was to be upset in a slam due to complacency, he'd have been in 05 or 06. But he can totally be outplayed by a hard-hitting Soderling or Davydenko.

If Davydenko was capable of outplaying Federer, you'd think he'd have done it by now. He's 0-12 against Fed.

[insightmike]

If Davydenko was capable of outplaying Federer, you'd think he'd have done it by now. He's 0-12 against Fed.

Some of those matches were close, and Kolya usually makes Roger play a messy match. Not saying that an upset is likely to happen (and I'm really hoping it won't ), but just saying even that is more likely to happen than Roger giving away the match due to overconfidence, in my opinion.

[skupaemauto]

Some of those matches were close, and Kolya usually makes Roger play a messy match. Not saying that an upset is likely to happen (and I'm really hoping it won't ), but just saying even that is more likely to happen than Roger giving away the match due to overconfidence, in my opinion.

Well, I agree with the likelihood. I don't think Roger would ever lose from overconfidence.

[bobibnoxx]

If Davydenko was capable of outplaying Federer, you'd think he'd have done it by now. He's 0-12 against Fed.

He's totally capable of outplaying Federer, and it's happened in a couple of matches. He's just not capable of beating Federer.