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U.S. Open: Week One Wrap Up

by Long John Silver (Senior Writer)

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August 30, 2008


These past two days have been about many things: A Rockstar, A Flexing Scotsman, Monfils "funkin' it up," and good old thunderbolts from Andy.

 

A Rockstar

Rafa Nadal...yeah, he is now officially "the Rockstar" in NY, as in he is the face of the open this year. His match against Troicki was vintage Rafa today; he practically "chased" Troicki to submission.

I couldn’t help wonder at a point, if Troicki hit a forehand smash into stratosphere, Rafa would have still chased it down using a rocket ship and hit back a backhand cross screamer. (The point in this clip at 1.36 embodies my perspective.)

Chiseled, ruthless and insanely efficient...it will take a dream day for either Federer or De-Joker to stop Rafa from his third slam for this year. Others can only watch him chase them to submission. I love the red and white fiery outfit, too.

 

The Flexing Scotsman

Is it me or everyone, every time I see Murray, I remember the ship in Pirates of the Caribbean: "The Flying Dutchman." Andy was on the brink today, two points away from going down in straight sets against Melzer and he managed to turn in around. He played with a lot of fire and passion, and he stringed together some brilliant shots at times.

He was on Louis Armstrong (Court One) today, and the crowd took to him like he was a vintage New Yorker. Try as they might to convince me otherwise, I actually think New York suits him better than the serenity of Wimbledon. He is marginally brash, he has a very off -the-cuff, undertoned, subtle, yet brilliant, sense of humor, and he lets the crowd know what he is thinking...oh yeah, and the New York crowd loves him.

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  1. Ricky O'Neal 10 months ago

    Murray looks in good form, it's got to be him and rafa in the final!

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  2. aditi anshu 10 months ago

    first week was so so many top seeds were crashed out in us open 2008. it would be tough for nadal and murry to crash in semifinal as Del petro is also in same group. i would love to see roddick and federer in semifinal of us open 2008

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    • Long John Silver 10 months ago

      aditi

      ROD - De-Joker before should be a firecracker ?

      two blokes with tons of personality-

      check back in about two hours, i have a game that am gonna post -

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  3. aditi anshu 10 months ago

    yeah for roddick it is also tough as in 4th round he had to face Fernando Gonzalez and in quater novak.
    but nobody knows what happen may be SAM query put some surprise today.

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  4. Andrew McNair 10 months ago

    I know Roddick is playing well Long:) I occasionally look beyond Murray haha

    Great read mate. Keep it up.

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