2022 US Open

Nadal will most likely win this one, but it's sad to see a large proportion of his fans gloating that Djokovic won't be there, wouldn't they rather Nadal beat him in the final ? to really cement his place as the GOAT?

Or do they know he would have little chance v Djokovic on hard ?

Poor Raducanu, the expectation laid on her is nuts, BBC and the British tabloids have destroyed her.

on TTW,

Nadal hasn't beaten Djokovic in 19 meetings on hard court ..

last time he bet him on hard was 2013...

Sorry, 9 yeah.

Nadal has been lucky if I'm honest, he had an easy draw in AO and FO, and Medvedev had him in the final and completely bottled it (btw that has broken him and in my opinion he'll never win a grandslam again)

FO is his garden and for sure GOAT on clay ...

US he seems to have yet another easy draw - but anyway, it's done, he will be 2 ahead of Djokovic in the slam race, there is a glimmer if Djokovic can win AO and Wimby next year of course, but Nadal has easily 2/3 more French opens in him.

a pity

Ah but with the British sports media it’s either the expectation keeps building like it did with henman and Murray or like like raducanu she wins early and the pressure is there. I don’t have an issue with raducanu as she seems like a nice person and very grounded for age. But yeah Alize Cornet is a rough draw for her.

alcarez Vs Norrie in the mens draw was a pairing I was drawn to straight away.

Hope Raducanu can at least get over the first round, but, she's gotten a very awkward draw. She's facing a huge drop in the rankings, she could be down around the 80's if she loses in the first round. It's probably a fairer reflection of where she is really at, her current ranking is completely inflated by winning last year. The only positive is she has very little points to defend over the next year, so can rise up the rankings again at a more steady pace.

Indeed! , presumably Amazon have it again this year ? I[ve been watching the masters 1000 on amazon ... nice coverage

And we are off and running. Murray broke in the first game.

Murray battling and playing pretty well.

A set and 3-0 up in the second, lovely stuff.

Murray through really nice to see.

Edmund down a set and now a break.

People getting outraged on behalf of someone who clearly isnt outraged by it at all.

"The permanently outraged will always find a reason to be permanently outraged."

I watched some of it....bloody hell he was awful...looked to be something up with his arm?

He did have treatment on his right arm during the match so I would guess it was a factor, he just seemed way off, shame really.

Alcaraz is two sets up on Sebastian Beaz who is now having a medical time out for some lower leg issue.

Baez better hope the issue with his leg is more than cramp as he can’t push off on his serve and isn’t moving around the court as well.

I see this as a blessing in disguise and actually puts her where she should be in terms of her tennis career. Hopefully she will be out of limelight now and she can focus on building up her game, fitness and the team around her. Once she gets that all correct and then starts getting a few wins at lower tournaments and build up her ranking then she will be back. Even though Raducanu won the US Open, I think Fernandez got the better deal, she has been quietly playing away with no focus on her.

We're into the brit players here are we? Murray is must watch, I'll say that much!