The upset of the day was #4 seed Jelena Jankovic struggling in the high winds of Arthur Ashe Stadium, and getting out muscled by the hard hitting 31st seed Kaia Kanepi. Jankovic just couldn't find a rhythm or put pace on the ball in the winds. And if she cannot play her game, she is shot mentally, which equaled a straight set win for Kanepi. Jankovic was my pick to win this tournament, and I have to laugh at myself for picking such a mental midget to win. Especially over another cluts like Victoria Azarenka. What the hell was I thinking?
The best match of the day was Mardy Fish vs. Arnaud Clement. Clement the fit Frenchman gave Fish all he could handle, but Fish was just good enough to escape with a 5 set win.
America's next teenage hopeful, Beatrice Capra got taken to the woodshed by Maria Sharapova. It was total and utter destruction. Reginald Denny taking a brick off the face thought it was ugly. Sharapova outclassed Capra 6-0, 6-0. Time to put your collective boners away ESPN, this isn't the great American hope you wished for.
Now lets get to the rest of the routine boring results:
Federer schooled Mathieu in straight sets.
Djokovic sent Blake home withought much trouble.
Kuznetsova was able to beat Kirilenko in 2 sets
Soderling outpowered De Bakker in yet another match that ended in straight sets.
Wozniacki continued her dominance over Asians, beating Yung-Jan Chan 6-1, 6-0.
Vera Zvonareva was a straight set winner over Alexandra Dulgheru
Gael "monchichi" Monfils beat a gimpy Janko Tipsarevic in 4 sets.
Yanina Wickmayer was pushed to a 3rd set tiebreaker by Patty Schnyder, but still got the win.
Jurgen Melzer had little difficulty dispatching Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Albert Montanes won when Kei Nishikori hurt his hamstring in the 2nd set, and had to retire.
Richard Gasquet outmuscled Kevin Anderson in straight sets
Andrea Petkovic won by walkover when Shuai Peng pulled out of the tournament.
Dominka Cibulkova dominated Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Preview and Picks for Sunday:
Arthur Ashe Stadium court-
#2 seed Kim Clijsters vs. Ana Ivanovic
Ivanovic is playing much better than she has been of late, but Clijsters is too good. Clijsters in 3 sets.
#3 Venus Williams vs. #16 Shahar Peer
I haven't been impressed by Venus, but Shahar Peer doesn't have the game to give Venus much trouble. Unfortunately, Venus moves on in straight sets.
#1 Rafael Nadal vs. Gilles Simon
Rafa normally struggles against the big hitters who hit a flat ball. Well Gilles is more crafty than strong, and Rafa eats them guys for lunch. Rafa rolls over Simon in 3 sets.
#12 Mikhail Youzhny vs. #18 John Isner
This is the first night match on Ashe. Flip a coin on this one. If the focused Youzhny shows up he can easily beat Isner. But his game is as flakey as John Isner is big. It all depends on what kind of Youzhny you get, and my guess is a not so great one comes to play. Isner wins in a 4.
#5 Samantha Stosur vs. #12 Elena Dementieva
Two players who haven't been playing at their best the last few weeks. I think the winds will still be around and that should wreak havoc on Dementieva's weak serving. Stosur will win a good 3 set match.
Louis Armstrong Stadium-
#6 Francesca Schiavone vs. #20 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
This will be a fun match to watch. Pavlyuchenkova is solid and young, Schiavone has been finding her form and will put on a show. I like the French Open Champion, Schiavone to win a tough 3 set battle.
#20 Sam Querrey vs. #14 Nicolas Almagro
Sam Querrey normally bitches out in grand slams. So getting to the 3rd round is pretty good for him. His clock has just hit midnight, Almagro wins in 4.
#4 Andy Murray vs. #25 Stanislas Wawrinka
Murray kicks Stan the man's ass all over the court.
Grandstand-
#31 David Nalbandian vs. #8 Fernando Verdasco
Verdasco would rather chase skirts and model underwear than win tennis matches. Nalbandian is back in form and wants to get back to where he once was. Nalbandian wins this one in 5.
#23 Feliciano Lopez vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky
Lopez is probably the worst #23 seed in the history of the U.S. Open. I'll be nice and give him one set, probably in a tiebreaker, but Stakhovsky takes this one in 4.
Tommy Robredo vs. Michael Llodra
2 scrubs right here. I'm going to take Llodra just based on his serve and volley style.
Court 11-
#10 David Ferrer vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Somebody tell me how in the hell does Ferrer get put out on court 11? Hell the team of Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova can play on Louis Armstrong, yet the 10th seeded male is out on some shit court? What a bunch of garbage. Hopefully Daveeeeeeed is as worked up about this as I am and takes his aggressions out on Gimeno-Traver, then the Nalbandian-Verdasco winner, and then in primetime at night beats the piss out of that squirrelly bastard Rafa Nadal...Lets not get ahead of ourselves now. Ferrer will beat his on/off doubles partner Gimeno-Traver in straight sets.
No ESPN coverage for the weekend, but they still suck nuts.
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