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Nadal and Federer are seeded 1 and 2, respectively. Though they won the first 2 slams of the year, as they did in 2017, Djokovic won Wimbledon and the last big warm up tournament in Cincinnati, and in doing so became the first man to win all 9 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. However, since Djokovic is coming back from injury, he doesn't have that many ranking points so he's seeded 6th. On the women's side, who knows. Serena hasn't been a little disappointing since having a baby, and the slam winners from this year, Wozniacki, Halep, and Kerber are inconsistent. LOL at this poo poo logo.  http://www.usopen.org/index.html TV coverage is on ESPN/ESPN2/WatchESPN. The US Open also has complete radio coverage available on their website and app. Draws     Top 8 Men's Betting Favorites Novak Djokovic 5/2 Rafael Nadal 5/2 Roger Federer 11/2 Alexander Zverev 10/1 Juan Martin Del Potro 16/1 Marin Cilic 18/1 Andy Murray 33/1 Kevin Anderson 33/1 Nick Kyrgios 33/1 Stan Wawrinka 33/1 Top 8 Women's Betting Favorites Simona Halep 6/1 Serena Williams 13/2 Angelique Kerber 15/2 Sloane Stephens 17/2 Petra Kvitová 14/1 Madison Keys 16/1 Elina Svitolina 18/1 Gabrine Muguruza 20/1 Kiki Bertens 20/1
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Puckish Rogue posted:i hate this thread title, op
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Sodium Chloride posted:C'mon Naomi, you can do this.
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This is literally the most insane thing I've ever seen in a tennis match, much less a grand slam final. "This has happened to me too many times." 
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PostNouveau posted:Ump gave her a penalty early because her coach gave her a thumbs-up after winning a great rally, and he said she was "getting coaching". Serena was super pissed because he's basically accusing her of cheating, and she doesn't even take the coaching breaks she's allowed to take. So when she smashed her racquet she got a second warning and a point penalty, which I think is when she realized the first warning actually counted against her. So she told the ump off for stealing points from her and he gave her a third warning which is a game penalty. Serena assumed it was about her asking for coaching but it doesn't matter. The player always gets the penalty even if the coach acts alone. The second violation is pretty obvious for smashing a racquet. The third violation is not specifically about calling the umpire a thief. It's because she WOULD NOT SHUT UP about it and kept berating the umpire even 2 games later.
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Dutchy posted:so it was basically a prolonged tantrum?
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Bardeh posted:gently caress the crowd, though, seriously. How loving classless can you get? Completely spoiled the moment for Osaka. Also, whether or not the warning was justified (kinda seems like it was, seeing as the coach admitted to coaching...) Williams didn't act professionally at all and brought everything after the initial warning on herself.
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Sodium Chloride posted:Going at the umpire for the entire changeover will probably get some sort of penalty in any sport. Puckish Rogue posted:I like tennis again. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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Jack's Flow posted:Osaka was better and on her way to winning anyway. Serena is still awesome and the GOAT. On her being perceived as some sort of classless bully: people are celebrating John McEnroe, „such a character!“, to this day, a guy who abused umpires and linesmen too many times to count. What happened yesterday absolutely had to do with her being a woman talking poo poo to the ref. But a piece like the one by Sally Jenkins in the Washington Post goes too far when she concludes that we will never know whether or not Osaka could have won without the incident. I strongly disagree with that.
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Everyone saying male players say worse are missing the point. They do it, get a warning, and stop. You don't have to call the umpire a loving cocksucker to draw a verbal abuse code violation. It was her 3rd violation, and the 3rd violation is a game penalty. Serena knows the rules but thinks they don't apply to her.
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I feel like I'm in crazytown with the Washington Post and USA Today columns. The USA Today columnist is especially bad: "Ramos penalized Williams for an absurd infraction involving her coach “coaching,” which for reasons no one can really understand, is somehow not allowed in tennis. Just imagine the Golden State Warriors being penalized for Coach Steve Kerr daring to coach his team during a game."
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Veskit posted:I don't think anyone is arguing the rule but rather the enforcement?
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