2018 US OPEN

kanepi!

raonic/isner inevitably going 5, tho no tiebreaks yet (pity anyone misguided enough to have bet "Will there be a tiebreak played? Yes -5000, if it doesnt come in) o_o

roger down 2 sets to 1, looks off in every way

yeah hes putting it into the net a ton

Mysteriously* waking up at 5:51am to find Millman at MP: maybe I just had to be there for the end of Fed’s career :(

(* not really, GF’s alarm goes off at 5:50)

10 double faults? Served at 6-3 5-4 40/15? Sounds like a disaster tbh.

What’s the longest ever gap between Slams? For Delpo it would be 9 years...

thiem pushing this to 5 is impressive

Goddammit. Missed smash on MP.

great match

After Fed’s fall I was really hoping for a last four with none of the old guard. Del Potro-Thiem/Nishikori-Millman would have been ideal.

Nadal only won seven points in that first set.

well, millman made him work a bit

I'm worried Serena doesn't have any real friends, because a real friend would have talked to her about that dress

serena has transcended all these things

stoked for Osaka, hopefully it's a great final!

I loved the dress. It's like when Usain Bolt turns and smiles at the camera before he crosses the finish line.

delpo chokin away a service game for the first set

So what's the feeling? I'd like Serena to get another slam but can't help feeling that I'd like Osaka to do it as well.

Delpo to win on Sunday would be sweet, but he's never beaten Djoko in a slam and I can see heartbreak.

uk ppl what's the stream you are using for this if any?

*whispers* cric hd dot com

scroll down the list of channels until you find one that'll be showing the tennis, probably eurosport idk

Its on amazon prime in the uk (they got the rights from sky/eurosport)...don't know if that's gonna do it.

Anything to detract from Margaret Court's legacy is a win.

Only seeing this thing through tweets but Osaka is dominating and has won the first set.

Listening on the radio. Epic game 4, Serena breaks!!

What happened with the coaching thing! I missed it!

This is bullshit!

Dude. Serena IS the game. The first thing I thought of was McEnroe getting away with years of this bullshit.

She received a warning for coaching, she denied she was being coached, but the replay showed Mouratoglou was in fact giving some kind of instruction.

Fucking fine the coach.

That happened in the second game of set 2, and she’s been unravelling ever since. Osaka got under her skin big time (with her fantastic playing, I should add)

xp Yes, the game fine is weird

I would burn that place down. With all the shit they put on Serena, especially this year.

Osaka win is totally deserved though

Both of these things can be true.

This was extraordinary. Osaka was ice cool throughout to wrap it up. What a player!!

I need to find out what happened before. we tuned in way late.

The umpire was wrong but Serena was weirdly channelling McEnroe to get herself going against an opponent who had all the answers.

Never forget the Serena rant against Ramos (its hard to believe he will ever umpire a slam final again).

Yeah, that umpire is done. Especially if all other coaches are coaching every single point in his matches.

That was very emotional. We are so teary here. She has had to get through so much shit recently ( I mean her entire life).

This is by far the most upsetting match I have ever seen. And this awards ceremony. We are crying.

this is all very crazy and amazing

Holy shit, if every single coach is out there making hand gestures or talking to themselves or whatever, remove the coaches from the court.

I get that but there is something entitled about her behaviour (lol "we'll get through this"). The umpire made a mistake but there was such a loss of control here.

Williams was getting beaten by a better player on the day, and now hearing Osaka she can't even enjoy it. I hope she will in time.

Poor Osaka. That umpire is an ass.

Yeah, but they have been after Serena for awhile (she gets treated like shit). No one can withstand that forever. How dare they imply that she has to cheat. I would tear shit up.

And yeah, Osaka. I was like the stupid interviewer needs to just move along. Osaka can't even feel good about anything that just happened. And fuck Chris Everett too. She came off like trash.

It was upsetting. Those rules are stupid to begin with, are obviously discretionary and inconsistently applied, and it appears violations may not be well communicated to the players during the match. To employ them in this way at this time was BS. He was not only unfair to Serena, he took a big dump on Osaka's achievement and her moment.
And yeah, why did the interviewer ask that question about how the reality compared to the dream.

And of course all the anti-Colin Kap racists are so gleeful everywhere right now. What a shitshow. Osaka apologizing for winning. Christ.

holy cow

Yeah, Serena's racist haters are so happy about this outcome and to blame Serena and praise the umpire. Ugh.

Congrats to Osaka. To beat Williams in front of a parochial home crowd is a stunning achievement. Some really embarrassing behaviour from Williams tonight.

jesus lord, nearly 20 min game here. another bp saved.

Djoko holds a 20 min game...he went up to the umpire to ask about the ball change and engaged Del Potro in that...interesting, is all I'll say.

Fairly easy hold Delpo: 5-4

getting a sinking feeling about the tie-break

4-4, my heart can't take this

FH error from Delpo, 2 serves for the 2nd Djoko

2 SPs Djoko :-(

yup, I was right

he had what 7 BPs in that epic game? god fuck this.

He "only" had 3 BPs in that game (8 deuces). 95min, 99pts, what an insane set of tennis. Oh well, it's bed for me. Hope I wake up to an extraordinary story.

alas. Not sure why Del Potro played in a Brazil shirt anyway.