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Last week's Western & Southern Open, normally held in and referred to as Cincinnati, is a major tournament for both the men and women. It was moved to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterTM where the US Open is held so there would only have to have one bubble. Notably, the tournament used Hawkeye instead of line judges for all courts which worked great and helped speed up matches since there were no challenges, but they're bringing back line judges for the 2 showcourts during the US Open because... reasons? Probably because the tournament director is siphoning from the funds used to pay the line judges. On the men's side, Roger Federer is out recovering from knee surgery and Rafael Nadal isn't playing due to general coronavirus concerns, so Novak Djokovic is the presumptive favorite to win his 18th slam and close the gap to Federer's 20 and Nadal's 19. However, there's a theory that without Roger and Rafa to "clear out" their sections of the draw, Djokovic's counterpunching style could fall to an aggressive player that gains steam who would normally be knocked out by Roger or Rafa. On the women's side, 27 of the top 100 aren't playing including world #1 Ashleigh Barty, world #2 Simona Halep, and world #6 and defending champion Bianca Andreescu. Serena Williams continues her quest to win a 24th slam to tie Margaret Court and this is her best chance given the pathetic field. Naomi Osaka could stop her, but Osaka pulled out of the Cincinnati final on Saturday due to a tweaked hamstring. We'll have to hope her first few matches are quick victories so she can recover. Kim Clijsters has unretired so maybe she can pull something off, though she pulled out of Cincinnati with an ab strain.  https://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 Men: https://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/2020_MS_draw.pdf Women: https://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/2020_WS_draw.pdf Top 8 Men's Betting Favorites Novak Djokovic 4/5 Daniil Medvedev 6/1 Dominic Thiem 8/1 Stefanos Tsitsipas 8/1 Milos Raonic 16/1 Roberto Bautista-Agut 22/1 Alexander Zverev 25/1 Matteo Berrettini 33/1 Top 8 Women's Betting Favorites Naomi Osaka 11/2 Serena Williams 11/2 Karolina Pliskova 12/1 Sofia Kenin 16/1 Petra Kvitová 18/1 Aryna Sabalenka 20/1 Garbine Muguruza 20/1 Elise Mertens 22/1 Jennifer Brady 22/1 Johanna Konta 22/1 Madison Keys 22/1 Victoria Azarenka 22/1
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Aug 31, 2020 08:01
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There’s definitely a 50-year-old ball boy on one of the outer courts.
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Aug 31, 2020 16:24
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Kerber looked good in her win. Should’ve put money on her as my 3rd choice to win (after Osaka and Serena) to win instead of Pliskova, what a waste of money. Lol n/m Pliskova won the 2nd set 6-0 in 21 minutes. Kerber’s odds were 40-1 compared to 10-1 for Pliskova though. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Aug 31, 2020 |
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Aug 31, 2020 17:54
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So cool watching all the other players watching Murray Nishioka in the 5th.
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Sep 1, 2020 21:40
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Yesterday was absolutely devastating in the women's draw. #1 Pliskova lost 1 and 6, #11 Rybakina lost 5 and 1, #12 Vondrousova lost 1 and 2, #19 Yastremska lost 2 and 3. Meanwhile Osaka absolutely shitwrecked Giorgi 1 and 2. Serena still needs to play herself into form. Not much of an opponent tonight in Gasparyan but we'll see.
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Sep 3, 2020 17:52
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Djokovic did an interview after a match earlier this week where he said something along the lines of all we can do is prepare our best, the rest of up to God. Welp... I hate the articles saying he did it out of anger. It clearly seems like he’s hitting the ball back toward the ball kid. The linesman also overreacted, like she got shot. (I lost $100 I bet on him to win pre-tournament  )
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Sep 6, 2020 21:50
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Screama posted:It's normal for her. I think she was actually crying during the last set of her Aus Open win
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Sep 8, 2020 04:56
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Zverev looks like he’s gonna cry. Big 3 probably aren’t gonna let anyone else win another slam for like 3 more years
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Sep 14, 2020 01:22
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