There was a really odd energy while watching Roddick/Tomic. It felt like the crowd wanted to get into it, but couldn't. I would have actually changed to a different match if I could have. It almost seemed like Tomic was trying to make Roddick look especially good.

US Open Day 5 OoP & Discussion
 

Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Varvara Lepchenko (USA)[31] vs. Samantha Stosur (AUS)[7]
Not Before:1:00 PM
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[2]
Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Maria Sharapova (RUS)[3] vs. Mallory Burdette (USA)
Arthur Ashe Stadium 7:00 PM
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Andy Roddick (USA)[20] vs. Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Victoria Azarenka (BLR)[1] vs. Jie Zheng (CHN)[28]

Louis Armstrong Stadium 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Na Li (CHN)[9] vs. Laura Robson (GBR)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)[7] vs. Ryan Harrison (USA)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) vs. John Isner (USA)[9]
Not Before:3:30 PM This match may be moved to Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik(POL)[15] /Kristina Mladenovic(FRA)[15]
or Sofia Arvidsson(SWE) /Johanna Larsson(SWE)
vs. Serena Williams (USA) /Venus Williams(USA)

Grandstand 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Igor Sijsling (NED) vs. David Ferrer (ESP)[4]
Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) vs. Petra Kvitova (CZE)[5]
Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Nadia Petrova (RUS)[19] vs. Lucie Safarova (CZE)[15]
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)[8] vs. Brian Baker (USA)

Court 17 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - 2nd Round
Eric Butorac (USA) /Paul Hanley(AUS) vs. Bob Bryan (USA)[2] /Mike Bryan(USA)[2]
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Richard Gasquet (FRA)[13] vs. Bradley Klahn (USA)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR)[14] vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Irina Falconi (USA) /Steve Johnson(USA) vs. Kim Clijsters (BEL) /Bob Bryan(USA)

Court 13 11:00 AM

Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Steve Johnson (USA) vs. Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Steve Darcis (BEL) vs. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)[18]
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)[19] vs. Benoit Paire (FRA)

Court 11 11:00 AM

Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Marion Bartoli (FRA)[11] vs. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Gilles Muller (LUX) vs. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Julien Benneteau (FRA)[31] vs. Dennis Novikov (USA)
Women's Singles - 3rd Round
Mandy Minella (LUX) vs. Anna Tatishvili (GEO)


Court 4 11:00 AM

Men's Doubles - 2nd Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky(UKR) /Viktor Troicki(SRB) vs. Julian Knowle(AUT) /Filip Polasek(SVK)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Leonardo Mayer(ARG) vs. Tommy Robredo(ESP)
Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Vania King(USA)[5] /Yaroslava Shvedova(KAZ)[5] vs. Nina Bratchikova(RUS) /Alexandra Panova(RUS)
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Liezel Huber(USA)[1] /Max Mirnyi(BLR)[1] vs. Grace Min(USA) /Bradley Klahn(USA)

Court 6 12:30 PM

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Liezel Huber(USA)[1] /Lisa Raymond(USA)[1] vs. Jarmila Gajdosova(AUS) /Alicja Rosolska(POL)
Women's Doubles - 2nd RoundNot Before:2:00 PM
Jill Craybas(USA) /Chanelle Scheepers(RSA) vs .Sara Errani(ITA)[2] /Roberta Vinci(ITA)[2]
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Ekaterina Makarova(RUS) /Bruno Soares(BRA) vs. Lisa Raymond(USA)[2] /Mike Bryan(USA)[2]
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Abigail Spears(USA) /Scott Lipsky(USA) vs. Iveta Benesova(CZE) /Jurgen Melzer(AUT)

Court 7 11:00 AM

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Renata Voracova(CZE) /Klara Zakopalova(CZE) vs. Julia Goerges(GER)[11] /Kveta Peschke(CZE)[11]
Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Madison Keys(USA) /Jessica Pegula(USA) vs. Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)[6] /Elena Vesnina(RUS)[6]
Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Andrea Hlavackova(CZE)[3] /Lucie Hradecka(CZE)[3] vs. Mona Barthel(GER) /Tatjana Malek(GER)
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Fabio Fognini(ITA) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez(ESP)

Court 8 11:00 AM

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE) /Shuai Zhang(CHN) vs. Eva Birnerova(CZE) /Romina Oprandi(SUI)
Men's Doubles - 2nd Round
Jonathan Marray(GBR)[11] /Frederik Nielsen(DEN)[11] vs. Jesse Levine(USA) /Marinko Matosevic(AUS)
Women's Doubles - 2nd RoundNot Before:2:00 PM
TBD vs. Raquel Kops-Jones(USA)[9] /Abigail Spears(USA)[9]
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Grega Zemlja(SLO) vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe(GER)

Court 10 12:30 PM

Men's Doubles - 2nd Round
Thomaz Bellucci(BRA) /Joao Souza(BRA)vs. Leander Paes(IND)[5] /Radek Stepanek(CZE)[5]
Women's Doubles - 2nd RoundNot Before:2:00 PM
Iveta Benesova(CZE)[10] /Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE)[10] vs. Angelique Kerber(GER) /Tamira Paszek(AUT)
Men's Doubles - 2nd Round
Lukasz Kubot(POL) /Mikhail Youzhny(RUS) vs. Marcel Granollers(ESP)[6] /Marc Lopez(ESP)[6]
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(CZE) /Filip Polasek(SVK) vs. Galina Voskoboeva(KAZ) /Daniele Bracciali(ITA)

Court 14 2:00 PM

Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
TBD vs. Sabine Lisicki(GER) /Shuai Peng(CHN)
Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
Vera Dushevina(RUS) /Tamarine Tanasugarn(THA) vs. Su-Wei Hsieh(TPE)[16] /Anabel Medina Garrigues(ESP)[16]
Mixed Doubles - 1st Round
Nicole Melichar(USA) /Brian Battistone(USA) vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives(ESP) /David Marrero(ESP)

A bit surprised Djokovic was placed on Ashe over DelPo-Harrison. Pretty good day to be on Armstrong, though!

One of the writers over at Tennis.com just called Fernando Verdasco "budget Rafa" http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...ilies/wink.png
So true.

Robson takes the first set over Li Na. This tournament could be a big one for the Brit!

It's theoretically possible for Robson to win the title beating grand slam champs in every round after the first. Talk about a beastly draw.

Clijsters - Li - Stosur - Azarenka - Kvitova/Sharapova - Williams/Ivanovic

I'm more and more impressed with Laura. Perhaps 4m8 is right http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/smile.png

I corrected your sentence, it had some typos.

http://www.talkabouttennis.com/forum...lies/laugh.gif

Louise Engzell isn't an umpire I have a lot of faith in. A couple of dubious calls there. Seems to have fired up Laura more.

Totally random: I really dislike how the name Laura is pronounced in English...

Wow, what a breakthrough tournament for Laura Robson! I knew that Li was overhyped coming into this tournament, but I wouldn't have expected this result.

It's better than watching an American try to pronounce 'Lara'

I new someone named that and she kept calling herself 'Lada'

Maria Sharapova is promoting sugar? Really?

Umph, umph, umph.

Speaking of young guns I'm watching Harrison play Delpo and he really needs to get a better forehand. It has a lot of topspin but virtually no pop to speak of.

Harrison took a set while I was away watching Pova/Burdette. I think Delpo has his groove back though.

What did she say/write?

Wow, just noticed this storyline. Sharpova's 3rd round opponent was Mallory Burdette, a senior at Stanford. Career earnings: 41k, 3rd round loser's check: 64k! That should make for a fun year back at school http://forum.talkabouttennis.com/ima...lies/smile.png
She won a couple of ITF's this summer too. Has she been flagged as a top prospect?

That Laura will win slams.

If she is still in school then she must be an amateur and won't win anything. I saw few fragments of the match and didn't see any above average ability in Burdette. There are many more promising young players...