Volleying U.S. Open (Tennis!) Thread...

tie-breaks in first and third sets .. long points .. great match... outstanding performance by Ferrer, incredible display of guts by Nadal.

 

Plus the injury timeout.

Sometimes matches just take a while.

 

By the way, I think it's a pretty cool touch that USA has on-court interviews that even the on-site can hear after each match.

 

4 sets, 3 hours, 28 minutes ...
not uncommon when guys are not playing serve-volley.

 

Clay courters always seem to take longer too . . .

 

Just seems when I think of matches that went that long, they were five-set marathons, ala Jimmy Conners 15 years ago, etc.

 

two tie-break sets took more than an hour each, doc.

 

Will this become Scoop's Reason No. 26 why tennis is better than college football?

 

Damn ...

 

Last set, 6-2, took 40 minutes

 

With all due respect, please google the Henin-Capriati semifinal from 3 or 4 years ago.

Two points from defeat several times, cramping, had to be helped off the court after somehow hanging in there (and winning), spent the next day on IV fluids so she could play the final that night against Clijsters (which she won).

One "no mas" moment shouldn't stain an entire career. Especially when her opponent tonight has pulled the "I'm losing, er, hurting" schtick many times.

 

Come on! What's being a fangirl without irrationally hating somebody? Tennis needs a villian, dammit!