The US Open 2014 thread

[nuraman00]

Nishikori had love-40 on Raonic's serve, and broke him after 15-40.

He's up a break, 5-4.

 

[nuraman00]

Love -30 Nishikori serve.

 

[nuraman00]

Nishikori misses an awkward lunge volley.

Love-40.

 

[bksballer89]

What kind of pass or ticket did you have?

Ground Admission (every court except Ashe on first come/first serve rules). My mistake. Ground admission for labor day monday is useless because only 2 courts actually has singles matches which are Ashe & Armstrong. It only makes sense if you're into seeing doubles/junior matches. So basically I was in Armstrong most of the day (which wasn't a bad thing except the wait for Nole) but now I learned my lesson. If I go on labor day either my tickets to Ashe or my Armstrong reserve seating.

I'm just glad I was able to see the entire match for the best match of the day which was Wawrinka & Robredo. Those first 3 sets were damn good but Robredo had a major letdown after dropping the 3rd set after having 2 set points and had nothing left in the 4th.

This match right now is damn good also.

Break after Break in this match right now

 

[nuraman00]

Damn. Nishikori can't put a backhand in.

Broken.

5 all.

 

[nuraman00]

Ground Admission (every court except Ashe on first come/first serve rules). My mistake. Ground admission for labor day monday is useless because only 2 courts actually has singles matches which are Ashe & Armstrong. It only makes sense if you're into seeing doubles/junior matches. So basically I was in Armstrong most of the day (which wasn't a bad thing except the wait for Nole) but now I learned my lesson. If I go on labor day either my tickets to Ashe or my Armstrong reserve seating.

I'm just glad I was able to see the entire match for the best match of the day which was Wawrinka & Robredo. Those first 3 sets were damn good but Robredo had a major letdown after dropping the 3rd set after having 2 set points and had nothing left in the 4th.

This match right now is damn good also.

Break after Break in this match right now

So Ashe and Armstrong have two kind of tickets, reserved seating and grounds pass?

Your pass let you get into Armstrong, but you had to wait for an open seat?

 

[nuraman00]

Tiebreak.

 

[nuraman00]

Nishikori has nice natural speed.

 

[nuraman00]

Nishikori wins the set.

Hits to one side of the court, then hits a winner to the other open side.

 

[bksballer89]

So Ashe and Armstrong have two kind of tickets, reserved seating and grounds pass?

Your pass let you get into Armstrong, but you had to wait for an open seat?

There are 3 different tickets. If you get Ashe tickets, you getaccess to Ashe for either the day or night session and all the other courts as general admission I believe. They have the Armstrong reserved seating which you give you a guaranteed seat at Armstrong and access to every court except Ashe. Finally they have the grounds admission which give you access to every court except Ashe but your seats are not reserved. It is general admission so basically first come first serve.

Last year when I went the lines were never this long for Armstrong but when you have the #1 men's player in the world playing on Armstrong which he rarely plays at everyone with grounds admission and even those with Ashe tickets will be trying to get into Armstrong to see it which was the case today. After the Nole match it was back to typical Armstrong where you can just walk into the stadium with no line as I did for the Bouchard match. I walked around the grounds, had lunch, and watched Murray/Tsonga outside of Ashe on the big screen for a bit after the Nole match before I went back to Armstrong for the 2nd set of the Bouchard match. The only other time Armstrong got really packed was during the 2nd and 3rd set of the Wawrinka/Robredo match because that was the only match going as the day session at Ashe had concluded but didn't bother me because I already had my seat since Bouchard match.

All in all it was a good day excluding the wait for the Nole match which was actually my fault as well. My original plan was to get there by 11 and watch the Bryan Brothers in Armstrong and stay there because I had a feeling the line would be crazy for Novak but I ended up getting there a little before 1 and Novak match had just started.

 

[bksballer89]

This match is looking like the best match of the day. It is also looking like the latest night of the tournament. No way barring a player quitting due to injury is this match ending before 1 AM EST

 

[nuraman00]

There are 3 different tickets. If you get Ashe tickets, you getaccess to Ashe for either the day or night session and all the other courts as general admission I believe. They have the Armstrong reserved seating which you give you a guaranteed seat at Armstrong and access to every court except Ashe. Finally they have the grounds admission which give you access to every court except Ashe but your seats are not reserved. It is general admission so basically first come first serve.

Last year when I went the lines were never this long for Armstrong but when you have the #1 men's player in the world playing on Armstrong which he rarely plays at everyone with grounds admission and even those with Ashe tickets will be trying to get into Armstrong to see it which was the case today. After the Nole match it was back to typical Armstrong where you can just walk into the stadium with no line as I did for the Bouchard match. I walked around the grounds, had lunch, and watched Murray/Tsonga outside of Ashe on the big screen for a bit after the Nole match before I went back to Armstrong for the 2nd set of the Bouchard match. The only other time Armstrong got really packed was during the 2nd and 3rd set of the Wawrinka/Robredo match because that was the only match going as the day session at Ashe had concluded but didn't bother me because I already had my seat since Bouchard match.

All in all it was a good day excluding the wait for the Nole match which was actually my fault as well. My original plan was to get there by 11 and watch the Bryan Brothers in Armstrong and stay there because I had a feeling the line would be crazy for Novak but I ended up getting there a little before 1 and Novak match had just started.

Thanks.

 

[nuraman00]

Do they have to show NFL DirecTV commercials during a tennis match?

 

[bksballer89]

You think any of these guys can beat Stan to make the SF?

 

[nuraman00]

Why did Nishikori hit that backhand way out?

 

[nuraman00]

You think any of these guys can beat Stan to make the SF?

Nishikori, only because he can hang with Stan on the baseline potentially.

 

[nuraman00]

Nishikori with another wide shot.

He has cut those out.

 

[bksballer89]

On serve in the first 7 games of the 3rd

 

[nuraman00]

What is going on, Nishikori's returns seem worse.

 

[nuraman00]

30 all, Raonic's serve.