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Josh Lyman posted:Notably, the tournament used Hawkeye instead of line judges for all courts which worked great and helped speed up matches since there were no challenges, but they're bringing back line judges for the 2 showcourts during the US Open because... reasons? Probably because the tournament director is siphoning from the funds used to pay the line judges. I'm conflicted on this one, I liked the mild drama around challenges and also line judges having jobs, but the automatic linecalls do work really well. And players just accept them. Like a call goes against them but there's nothing they can do about it so they instantly just move on. Anyway I'm watching the Vondrousova match to start with. The absolutely dead atmosphere is a bummer, but oh well. On the bright side EurosportPlayer is now at 60fps? A pleasant surprise. (edit: maybe not 60... not sure, but clearly higher/smoother than it used to be in any case) I hope Clijsters can do something here. I watched her comeback match earlier this year (where she lost to Muguruza) and was instantly reminded of how beautiful her game is. Sway Grunt fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Aug 31, 2020 |
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Josh Lyman posted:There’s definitely a 50-year-old ball boy on one of the outer courts. Think I just spotted him. Schwartzman/Norrie match, right? First-week court-hopping is always lots of fun. edit: The added crowd noise on the show courts sucks. I'd rather have no atmosphere than fake atmosphere. Sway Grunt fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Aug 31, 2020 |
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Zverev is hopeless. I don't like him but it's kind of sad to watch someone drop the ball this dramatically on such a big opportunity. I hope this ends in straights cause I'm staying up for the Medvedev/Thiem match and I'd like to maybe get at least some sleep afterwards.Sodium Chloride posted:Serena is going to be stuck on 23 forever. Probably, but to be fair she doesn't actually need 24 to be greater than Court.
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Yeah that was gross and soured me on Thiem. Hopefully Medvedev wins this thing.
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Osaka just completely absent in that first set. I hope she shows up for the second.
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Oof, that was a great hold from Osaka from 0-40 down.
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This might be the worst 5-setter I've ever seen.
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Sodium Chloride posted:Guess you didn't watch Zverev/PCB. That was loving awful. I did watch it but I've already forgotten everything about it. Maybe you're right. I want to say Zverev/Coric was even worse but that was only four sets.
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