USO Day 9 Order of Play and Discussion
 

Schedule for Day 9: Tuesday, 2 September 2008


Arthur Ashe 11.00 AM
1. Women's Singles - Qtr. Finals
Elena Dementieva (RUS)[5] v. Patty Schnyder (SUI)[15]
2. Men's Singles - 4th Rnd.
Tommy Robredo (ESP)[15] v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3]
Not Before 2:30 PM
3. Men's Singles - 4th Rnd.
Igor Andreev (RUS)[23] v. Roger Federer (SUI)[2]
Arthur Ashe 7.00 PM
1. Women's Singles - Qtr. Finals
Sybille Bammer (AUT)[29] v. Jelena Jankovic (SRB)[2]
2. Men's Singles - 4th Rnd.
Andy Roddick (USA)[8] v. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)[11]

Armstrong
Not Before 1:30 PM
3. Men's Singles - 4th Rnd.
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)[5] v. Gilles Muller (LUX)

The winners of those two women's quarterfinals will get quite a break before the semifinals on Friday.

If there were to be an upset, which one is more likely?

Bammer over Jankovic. That would SHOCK me... There's nothing special about Bammer's game. She beat marion with two sets of consistency, with a set of horrendous inconsistency between them.

But Schnyder over Dementieva would be a big upset, just not as big, I think.

Gonzo over Roddick.

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Although it's probably a 50-50 match to begin with...

I passed on Roddick's match against Seppi, so I don't know how well he played... Beating Seppi in straights suggests he's still playing solid. He was really sharp against Gulbis, though... Unfortunately.

Saw Gonzo's match against Nieminen. And Gonzo definitely had moments of Gonzoesque proportions...

Anyway, I'd put the odds at about 70/30 for Roddick... Hope I'm wrong, though. http://www.talkabouttennis.com/forum...ies/cheesy.gif

I was actually thinking the opposite. Dementieva and Schnyder have a close H2H, but Dementieva has won their last few matches easily, and is playing much better this year overall.

Jankovic-Bammer met here in the 4R last year and went three sets then - when Jelena was playing better tennis than she's playing now. And Bammer seems to have found her form on the hardcourts this summer. Just given Jankovic's state of mind, I think this could be closer than most are predicting.

Fun to think about it: Tommy takes over Djoko? Or Muller in QF?

Valid argument!

But as wacky as Wacky Patty is, she can play good ball when she wants to. Bammer is, well, limited.

Did everyone discuss Bammer's comments yesterday on court after beating Bartoli? It was one of my favorite moments from my 2008 U.S. Open experience.

No. What did she say?

Do you remember Bammer - Jankovic here last year? Jelena isn't really playing better now.

I'd like it to be Gonzo over Roddick, but I think both Schnyder over Dementieva and Bammer over Jankovic are more likely. At least Dementieva has been strong in her earlier rounds.


Edit: Jack said it first!

agreed. But neither will happen

But didn't the original question ask about the two women's matches?

And hasn't Bammer been more unbammeresque so far this year than jelena has been unjankovicesque?

My original question? It referred to all matches. Bammer was pretty Bammeresque after being bageled by Marion, no? I'm not saying it'll happen, I guess I've just been waiting for JJ to lose in every one of her matches.

Oh, okay. I thought someone else had asked about just the women's matches.

I just checked yesterday's thread. Apparently no one saw the post-match interview on court with Bammer, who brought her daughter on court. Adorable kid. After asking the kid a few question, MalVai Washington asked her something along the lines of, "Sybille, with all of the injury timeouts from Bartoli, and being bageled in the second set, how did you handle all of that?"

Sybille's response, not a quote, was basically, and in charmingly broken English, "Well, you must be ready for that with her because she do that every time."

Dozens of us stood up and clapped for about a full minute. It was a total riot. Sybille hit that nail on the head.

LOL. Good for her. And unfortunately very true.

Robredo = No chance
Muller definitely has a chance with that left cannon he has. If he serves well and Kolya's nerves act up...I'm concerned. That Ljubicic match at the FO still stings.

I desperately want Kolya to get it done, but I'm definitely worried

I think Gonzo over Roddick is the most likely because Gonzo has a lot of confidence from the Olympics and can catch fire at any time. Roddick has played surprisingly well so far, but he hasn't had a great summer and he basically lucked out in the 2nd round. Also, this tournament means a lot to him, and I think it'll help him play well and win, but there's also a chance that he'll pop and not play well at all.

After that would be Schnyder over Dementieva. Patty had a lot more winners than errors in her R16, while Dementieva didn't, and she's beaten her plenty of times on hard courts before. Plus Elena has to get tired at some point. She's also crumbled in a slam QF earlier this year, and if anyone has a chance at making her flip out, it's the Wackster.

I would be stunned if Jankovic lost. I call her the cockroach.

http://www.talkabouttennis.com/forum...ilies/hyst.gif at the cockroach. I play pretty much exactly like her too, I shouldn't laugh.

yeah, Patty and Elena might be deceptively competitive. Obviously Elena's accomplished more this year and is coming in hotter, but their record is almost even. Everything about Patty Schnyder's game is off-putting and Elena really needs to be at her best. I still think Elena's gonna win in a tough set and an easy set, in that order. When it comes right down to it, Elena's just a better fighter (which probably says more about Patty than Elena). I'm fully expecting that match to be a stinker, though.