US OPEN - Main thread - 29th Aug- 11th Sept 2011

JMDP and Sod might meet in R4 according to someone on Twitter.

Do w know anything about Berdych or Tsonga?

Gulp! USO Radio just said del Potro in Andy's quarter and that it is a "packed quarter".
Given Andy's early losses in the last two years, those round 16 and QF opponents are as important as later on, if he gets there, as I am not sure the top four are going to all be in the SF and I just hope Andy can have a run.
PS POssible 16 match Tsonga and Fish.

From what I could see on the seeds draw Deliciano may be the first seed he meets. Judy will be happy.

And Baggy is also in Andy's quarter.

Potential winner of Fish Tsonga gets Federer... that would be interesting.

I'll say it now... would be amazed to see Soderling ANdy especially as Soderling did not play the two Masters. Sure that Andy is more likely to get del Potro or, hopefully, somebody making a good run.

Andy's quarter is by far the most loaded but each quarter has some dangerous floaters around that could make things interesting.

Edit: Sophie- Berdych is in Djok's quarter

Will edit as I pick up information ..........

Lots of players who have beaten Andy in Andy's quarter

Ooh Stan the Man... if he and Andy play there will be lots of nerves around!!

Hurricane Irene is predicted to hit NY on Sunday , things might get postponed

Admin wrote:From Stu Fraser on twitter....... getting a bit ahead but you get the idea!!

Andy Murray's poss route to NY glory:
R1: Devvarman
R2: Haase/Machado
R3: Lopez
R4: Wawrinka
QF: Soderling/Del Potro
SF: Nadal
F: Djokovic

Piece a cake then..........

Well, when he wins it no-one can say he had it easy! To me Nadal has the easiest quarter.

I'm so excited, but I hope Andy doesn't get too much hype after he won Cincy.

Personally hoping his first match is Monday when I'm not in work. Could it be Sunday? That would be ok too. Second thoughts - better - Mr P playing golf Sunday and we've got the kids coming round Monday.

@bgtennisnation Brad Gilbert

Isner quote: walking off the court - first thing he asks me, "who do I play first round?". Guess he had a feeling.

SINGLES DRAW - also added to the first post.

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) - Qualifier
Pere Riba-Madrid (ESP) - Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Potito Starace (ITA) - Michael Berrer (GER)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) - [32] Ivan Dodig (CRO)
[22] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) - Frederico Gil (POR)
Kei Nishikori (JPN) - Flavio Cipolla (ITA)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) - Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) - [13] Richard Gasquet (FRA)

[9] Tomas Berdych (CZE) - Qualifier
Fabio Fognini (ITA) - Horacio Zeballos (ARG)
Philipp Petzschner (GER) - Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
Qualifier - [20] Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
[31] Marcel Granollers (ESP) - Xavier Malisse (BEL)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) - Albert Montanes (ESP)
Pablo Andujar (ESP) - Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) - [7] Gael Monfils (FRA)

[3] Roger Federer (SUI) - Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Dudi Sela (ISR) - Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
Qualifier - Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Ryan Harrison (USA) - [27] Marin Cilic (CRO)
[23] Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Juan Monaco (ARG) - Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Tommy Haas (GER) - Qualifier
Alejandro Falla (COL) - [15] Viktor Troicki (SRB)

[11] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) - Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) - Qualifier
Qualifier - Qualifier
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) - [19] Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
[29] Michael Llodra (FRA) - Victor Hanescu (ROU)
Kevin Anderson (RSA) - Qualifier
Qualifier - Thiemo de Bakker (NED)
Tobias Kamke (GER) - [8] Mardy Fish (USA)

[6] Robin Soderling (SWE) - Qualifier
Alex Jr. Bogomolov (USA) - Steve Johnson (USA)
Robby Ginepri (USA) - Qualifier
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) - [28] John Isner (USA)
[18] Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) - Filippo Volandri (ITA)
Diego Junqueira (ARG) - Karol Beck (SVK)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) - Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Ricardo Mello (BRA) - [12] Gilles Simon (FRA)

[14] Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) - Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)
Donald Young (USA) - Qualifier
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) - Steve Darcis (BEL)
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) - [24] Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
[25] Feliciano Lopez (ESP) - Tatsuma Ito (JPN)
Qualifier - Lukas Rosol (CZE)
Rui Machado (POR) - Robin Haase (NED)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) - [4] Andy Murray (GBR)

[5] David Ferrer (ESP) - Igor Andreev (RUS)
James Blake (USA) - Qualifier
Olivier Rochus (BEL) - Qualifier
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) - [26] Florian Mayer (GER)
[21] Andy Roddick (USA) - Michael Russell (USA)
Jack Sock (USA) - Marc Gicquel (FRA)
Denis Istomin (UZB) - Ryan Sweeting (USA)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) - [10] Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

[16] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) - Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) - Gilles Muller (LUX)
Matthias Bachinger (GER) - Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Eric Prodon (FRA) - [17] Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
[30] Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) - Blaz Kavcic (SLO)
Bobby Reynolds (USA) - David Nalbandian (ARG)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) - Qualifier
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) - [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Pleased with the draw. Andy has a chance to get back at Stan for last year. Soderling and delpo aren't playing as well as they can. And I think it's better to be in Rafa's half at the mo than Nole's.
Watch out for Haase though.

Maza1987 wrote:Pleased with the draw. Andy has a chance to get back at Stan for last year. Soderling and delpo aren't playing as well as they can. And I think it's better to be in Rafa's half at the mo than Nole's.
Watch out for Haase though.

Andy lost to Haase in R1 of the Rotterdam500 in 2009 ..... that was the year that none of the 8 seeds made it past R2.

Hello Maza!!!

NorthernLights wrote:I'm so excited, but I hope Andy doesn't get too much hype after he won Cincy.

I agree - I get very uncomfortable when the journos talk up Andy's chances - I'd much rather he came in under the radar. Although after Cinci I don't suppose there's much hope of that.

Looks like a pretty fair spread for all the top 4 IMHO. Fingers crossed. I still prefer Andy's chances against anyone over 5 sets than over 3, even though he hasn't made the most of that advantage in his 3 finals.

pabbers wrote:Looks like a pretty fair spread for all the top 4 IMHO. Fingers crossed. I still prefer Andy's chances against anyone over 5 sets than over 3, even though he hasn't made the most of that advantage in his 3 finals.

IF ONLY HE HAD GOT THE NOLE ROM DUNDAY AT THE AUS OPEN INSTEAD OF THE TERMINATOR VERSION HE HAD BACK THEN

pabbers wrote:Personally hoping his first match is Monday when I'm not in work. Could it be Sunday? That would be ok too. Second thoughts - better - Mr P playing golf Sunday and we've got the kids coming round Monday.

According to http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/schedule/eventschedule.html?promo=subnav

First Round only begins on Monday.

PS I am pretty sure Andy will not get much hype. From what I have read, most journalists were underwhelmed with Cinncinnati as a tournament (one journalist wondering why there still was a Master's there as it is clear that the oppressive conditions make it very hard to produce top-quality matches without them taking their toll on the players) and I must admit I never expected Andy would win a Master's event, which I saw as a pinnacle to climb, so easily (except perhaps Paris which normally has the unpredictability of "who is left standing at this stage of the year". Don't get me wrong. Andy played reasonably well and very well in periods, but did not have to play lights-out tennis for two or three close matches.
Most of the press seem to talk about the top three rather than top four, given Nole's form this year and Rafa and Roger's GS record, and I am quite pleased about that as frankly all being well he should go under the radar all the way to the SF, unless Rafa gets knocked out earlier on.