Smartass' Peter Bodo's comment on the men's draw ;D LMAO
Men’s Top Quarter:If, unlike me, you put a lot of emphasis on the easy/draw, tough/draw criteria for judging someone’s performance in a tournament, Roger Federer has the kind of draw in New York that anti-Rafael Nadal KADs accused the Jet Boy of having at Wimbledon.
Can you spell C-A-K-E-W-A-L-K?
Taipei’s Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Wang Tzuoo Clan?) is the first-rounder, after which The Mighty Fed gets the winner of yet another installment of the Battle of Britain (by now, it seems as hoary as Masterpiece Theater) between Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski. And that’s to play Jonas “It’s Roger’s planet, I’m just renting space in this event” Bjorkman. The lower half of that quarter has Tomas Berdych, blogging superstar Dmitry Tursunov, and the rapidly unraveling James Blake.
Roger will have plenty of time in the first week to go shopping for cool shirts, which is just what he was doing yesterday, if the New York Post’s Page 6 report today is accurate.
Feel the touch. Feel the forehand in your face, fellas! LMAO ;D
Men’s Second Quarter:Okay, your life depends on one of these guys to win a big tennis match: race-car driver and spare-tire carrier David Nalbandian, love machine Tommy Haas, fireman (“spray” rhymes with “play”, no?) Fernando Gonzalez, or Nikolay “Get me Safin!” Davydenko.
What do you do? I say you apply cold barrel of revolver to the temple of choice and get it over, quick. ;D ;D LMAO
The guy most likely to emerge from this quarter is Andy Murray, although the hale-if-not-entirely-hearty Scotsman’s track record for grinding on a daily basis is questionable. Robby Ginepri is in that quarter too, and needing a little love these days. I’m liking Olivier Rochus, to tell you the truth. . .
Men’s Third Quarter:This is the premium quarter, which is Andre Agassi’s misfortune: Pavel to play (probably) Baghdatis and (improbably) Sebastian Grosjean? You may not have to stay up late too many nights during this Open, Andre fans. Also in this quarter: Andy Roddick (fourth round vs. Baghdatis, if he can get past grinders like Alberto Martin, Fernando Verdasco and Mariano Zabaleta).
What is this, Roland Garros? Throw a former Australian Open champ (Tomas Johannson) into the mix for good measure, and that’s just the top half of the quarter!
In the bottom, you have Lleyton Hewitt, Novak Djokovic, Ree-shard Gasquet and Croatia’s premier Rodney Dangerfield channeler, Ivan Ljubicic. So we’re looking at, like, Hewitt (if his knee holds up) vs. Gasquet or Jiffy Ljub in the fourth round, for the privilege of playing Baghdatis or Roddick in the quarters.
Men’s Fourth Quarter:If Luis Horna wants to make the move up to the Big Time, this is his potential moment of reckoning. All he has to do is get by Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Rafael Nadal, Gael Monfils, Jarkko Niemenen and – bingo – he’s got a made-for-TV quarterfinal with – get this! – Tommy Robredo or even fashion plate Dominik Hrbaty.
Go Luis!
The more conventional way to look at this is: Rafael Nadal runs amok and loses a total of six games enroute to his semifinal with Marcos Baghdatis. I have an idea. How about Jet Boy and TMF going shopping together during Week 1, while Mirka and Xisca have pedicures back at the hotel, then all of them going out for sushi together? ROTFLMAO ;D