Last Exit Flushing Meadows - USOpen 07

[maratqui]

whoa ferrer and carlos getting through, not thoroughly expected (esp. the ferrer part) but WOOT! go carlos!

and this is a little late, but marat's post match interview sure was brilliant lol

[davis]

silvitza said:

if he didn't have this willpower, he'd be out of top 10 for sure...

It would be pretty cool if willpower alone could bring a player to the No. 3 position in the rankings...

[hellanvodka]

watched Ferrer VS Nadal over afternoon tea....Fer played super well...Looks to me Nadal is in pain....C'om Nush, help ya hubby lol...sorry to say this, but i think Nadal needs to change his shorts for a comfy one (no offense)

[hellanvodka]

Still follow US open!
I am so impressed that Carlos is doing super good...So as my fellow St Petersburgian Svetlana Kunzzie!!!!!!!!!
My best wishes to them both!
Vamos Carlos and Davai Svet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[jenhatter06]

Nikolay keeps on rollin': 63 63 64 .... only man still to have not dropped a set


as a side note -- his press conference was fun .... he was loose, smiling, laughing a little, animated, generally in a good mood (there were a couple requisite Sopot questions , but other than that, it stayed light) .... and I'm glad they set a date to talk to him about stuff after this and DC -- I think it lifted a weight off, allowed him to focus on the tourney, and he's been doing awesome

[jenhatter06]

oop - Thursday

Ashe:
NB 12:30pm - Chela v Ferrer
7pm - Moya v Djokovic (yay they get the night match, figured they would -- woot!)

[Luciana]

hellanvodka said:

watched Ferrer VS Nadal over afternoon tea....Fer played super well...Looks to me Nadal is in pain....C'om Nush, help ya hubby lol...sorry to say this, but i think Nadal needs to change his shorts for a comfy one (no offense)

Lol i also thinks he needs a change of shorts!!!!
Anyway im reaaaaaaly glad for Ferrer (sorry Nushy ) and for Chakvetadze!!!! im her new fan lol ;D

[Mrs. Fabregas]

jenhatter06 said:

oop - Thursday

Ashe:

7pm - Moya v Djokovic (yay they get the night match, figured they would -- woot!)

Thank God!!!! I have to work till late, so was already a bit worried that they would schedule them in the day session, and not in the night! If they were in the day schedule, I couldn't see it ....

But, it's the night session, so ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ..... Will be half-dead on friday morning, but who cares

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Roger Federer cruised through to the semi's as well:

R. Fed def. A. Ruddick : 76(5) 76(4) 62

1st semi: Roger vs. Kolya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Davai Nicolay ..... BEAT THE SMURF ;D ;D!!!!!!!!!!

[hellanvodka]

[glow=red,2,300]Russian women glide into the semis[/glow]

NEW YORK -- A Russian woman will be in the U.S. Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year -- two of them, in fact, as No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova and No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze made quick work of their opponents Wednesday and will face each other Friday. [glow=red,2,300]No other country can claim that distinction[/glow][/font
Svetlana Kuznetsova has faced a special type of pressure at this year's United States Open. She knows that her side of the draw has not had many of the game's top players, including Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic and the Williams sisters. And after a third-round upset, it did not have Maria Sharapova, either.

But Kuznetsova, the fourth-seeded Russian who has sometimes battled her nerves since winning the 2004 Open, did not waver. In dominating fashion Wednesday, she defeated unseeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary, 6-4, 6-1, to advance to the semifinals, where she will play a fellow Russian, Anna Chakvetadze, who defeated Shahar Peer of Israel in an earlier match.

Kuznetsova won 61 points to Szavay's 43 in a match that ran one hour and seven minutes. It did not figure to be so easy coming in: Kuznetsova struggled with Szavay in the final of the Pilot Pen Championship last month in New Haven. Szavay won the first set, 6-4, before falling behind by 0-3 in the second and retiring with back spasms.

Kuznetsova learned from that match.

"It helped me to play her, because I knew her game," she said on court after the ma
This time, Szavay was broken in her first service game and could never recover. Kuznetsova broke her again to go up by 5-1 with a forehand winner. She closed out the first set in 26 minutes.

Kuznetsova also broke Szavay in the first game of the second set and did not face a break point the rest of the way.

Earlier, as Chakvetadze and Peer took the court for their quarterfinal, there were plenty of empty seats at Ashe Stadium. And those fans in attendance seemed to be experiencing a post-late-night Rafael Nadal upset hangover.

They did not get another upset. Chakvetadze, the sixth-seed, advanced to the semifinals with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over the No. 18 Peer.

Both players were going for their first Grand Slam semifinal, but Chakvetadze used her superior angles to throw off Peer's power baseline game in the one-hour, 22-minute match

Peer woke the crowd up with a break to go up in the first set, 3-2. She held at love before giving the break back.

The players exchanged groundstrokes and held serves until Peer served at 4-5. She fell behind, 15-40, when she hit a backhand long. She challenged the call, but the replay showed it was out. Peer hit a weak forehand into the net to lose the set.

The late-arriving crowd was solidly behind Peer, but fans were silenced when she squandered a game after earning a break in the first game of the second set. She would not hold her serve in the set.

Chakvetadze closed it out with a forehand winner that clipped the sideline. Peer challenged the call, but the replay showed it was good. It was the second call that was challenged on match point in recent days. James Blake unsuccessfully challenged an ace by Tommy Haas in their fourth-round match on Monday.

Venus Williams will play Jelena Jankovic in another quarterfinal tonight. The winner will face Justine Henin, who defeated Serena Williams last night.
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Davai Svet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C'om my fellow ST Petersburg gal!!!!!!!

[justsafin]

luccims said:

Lol i also thinks he needs a change of shorts!!!!
Anyway im reaaaaaaly glad for Ferrer (sorry Nushy ) and for Chakvetadze!!!! im her new fan lol ;D

My fav female player is justine, but I am a new fan of Anna too!!

Moya was in a great shape, serving and moving well in Cincinnati and I enjoyed every match he played there!!

VAMOS CARLOS! DAVAI Kolya, Anna, and Kuzzie!!!!!!!!! Woo, so many Russians cruised into semis...I am so so happy !!
Wish Marat was among them....Yes, best moments are yet to come for Marat ! Seeing Carlos, I truly believe there's something to expect from Marat!!

[Anne]

I don't really mind who's going to win women's title.. I just hope it's someone else than Henin.. just like I hope that Federer won't win this one. Not that I don't like them.. I'd just like to see someone else win!!

[Mrs. Fabregas]

All settled in front of the PC for THE match... Carlos - vs. Nole ......

Let's hope it will be a good one.... I'm counting on them for this, since i'll be lack of sleep because of it .....

If not... my bed is close

[Addie]

frensje said:

Roger Federer cruised through to the semi's as well:

R. Fed def. A. Ruddick : 76(5) 76(4) 62

1st semi: Roger vs. Kolya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Davai Nicolay ..... BEAT THE SMURF ;D ;D!!!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't exactly call two sets decided by tiebreaks "cruisin."

[jenhatter06]

Ferrer d Chela 62 63 75 (woot!)

Djokovic d Moya 64 76 61 (bummer for Carlos .... 2nd set - oh so close for Carlos ... just hope that Novak doesn't run short of gas this weekend ...)

.... and the network people are getting Novak to do impressions after his on-court interview for the crowd (must be because they have extra time, it's actually an early night tonight) ;D