US Open 2009 Flushing Meadows

[Alex]

It was great to see that, good to see Novak redeem himself in front of the fans at Flushing Meadows after what happened last year.

 

[Laphroaig]

Time confuses me. Are there any matches on NOW?

In fact, what time zone is the US Open in? Is it the ninth or eighth there right now?

 

[Alex]

It's 852 currently, Serena just won, and there is a dandy coming up at Arthur Ashe, Monfils v Nadal

 

[Laphroaig]

Ah, nice.

 

[Alex]

I'm watching it on the Dos, ask jveezy he watches all the matches via stream

 

[jveezy]

Atdhe 7920 is a good stream. Check their main page for more links if that goes down.

Edit: I believe ESPN360 has it as well.

 

[Laphroaig]

Cheers!

 

[jveezy]

Nadal is just powering shots towards the back, but Monfils holds 2-1.

 

[Laphroaig]

How's Nadal's health? Is he fit again or is his knee still troublesome?

And what did Djokovic do last year?

 

[jveezy]

How's Nadal's health? Is he fit again or is his knee still troublesome?

And what did Djokovic do last year?

Nadal's not perfectly fit but I don't see any signs yet.

Djokovic made some comments about Roddick that were overblown.

Monfils making Nadal work.

 

[Decotron]

Monfils - Nadal looking like a cracker already, Monfils has just broken Nadal in the first set

 

[kietotheworld]

Some great rallies in this Nadal match.

 

[jveezy]

Abdominal strains are nasty as feck. I can't think of any type of tennis stroke where the pain from that wouldn't be crippling.

I simply had sore abs once after a day of heavy lifting and a simple sneeze had me falling to the floor in the middle of the supermarket aisle.

 

[jveezy]

Masterful return game from Nadal to break back.

 

[pillory]

Wow. Didn't see Nadal breaking back.

 

[jveezy]

Tiebreak!

Nadal serves first.

 

[Alex]

Monfils seems a bit of a spastic

 

[Alex]

Powerslam by Nadal

 

[jveezy]

Absolute smoker of an ace from Monfils.

 

[Decotron]

monfils takes the first set. epic stuff

 

[jveezy]

Set to Gael Monfils. 53 minutes for that set.

 

[Alex]

Monfils wins the first set, celebrates as if he won. Very much improved though, I believe he beat Nadal on hard court earlier this year as well, but it does seem that Nadal is the kind of the five setters

 

[pillory]

Monfils celebrates like he's won. Is he always like that?

 

[Alex]

Phelps looks slum as a motherfecker

 

[Alex]

Stunning rally

 

[Alex]

This could be one of those 5 set classics

 

[jveezy]

feckin umpire telling them to speed it up. Considering how fast they're going during the point, they deserve to take all the rest they need between points.

 

[Alex]

Unbelievable shot by Nadal there

 

[Alex]

Monfils broken, Nadal celebrates with a fist pump

 

[Anderson Searl]

*Tunes in*

 

[Anderson Searl]

WHAT A RALLY TO TUNE INTO !!!!!

That was brilliant, the atmosphere is epic

 

[pillory]

Jesus, what a rally.

 

[jveezy]

Monfils breaks back.

 

[pillory]

It's 4:30 here. I need this game to become boring soon.

 

[jveezy]

It's 4:30 here. I need this game to become boring soon.

Now you know how I feel when I watch the Australian.

 

[jveezy]

What a diving save by Nadal.

 

[kietotheworld]

Some of these rallies are ridiculous...they're routinely making shots they have no right to be even thinking about.

 

[pillory]

Stop those fecking rallies, feckers.

 

[pillory]

Three breaks in a row. Woha.

 

[jveezy]

This is quickly turning into a battle of wills.

And Nadal is winning.