pegula won 1st round as top us seed. alex eala must wait until tues b4 playing. men’s wide open with sinner injured, alcarez rusty, and novak still attempting to break record of multiple slams.
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I’ve been identifying my favorites on the website to follow in the draw - Pegula (Roddick predicted her as winner and I say from his mouth to God’s ear!), Keys, Coco, Svitolina in the women’s dream; Fery, Monfils, Shelton, Fritz, Paul & Tiafoe in the men’s. I love that things seem wide open on both sides and how so many US players are doing well. I like Eala as well on the women’s side.
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I loved fan week last week with exhibition matches involving Federer and the mixed doubles (which I do have mixed feelings about since they are more entertainment than legit). The induction of Federer and Mary Carillo into the ITHoF last evening was also wonderful. I love how hardcourt season offers me a distraction from current events for 6 weeks or so.
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novak may have played his last match. hasn’t lost in the 1st round of a major in 20 yrs. mac said this would be an ideal opponent to start this tourney. he was def wrong
Not a fan of Djokovic, so not sad that he lost.
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mac being a snob is a tired act
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I love the US Open!! I am really enjoying Andy Roddick’s commentary. I too am not upset that Djokovic lost. Although I do wonder what is up with this recent tendency to wilt in the heat/humidity. My favorite player is Carlos Alcaraz, but I also like all the Americans (Pegula, Gauff, Keys, Shelton, Paul, Fritz, Tiafoe, Tien, Michelson, Zvadja, etc…) and Coboli, Monfils and Svitolina…
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McEnroe has often opened his mouth wide enough to insert his foot knee deep, IMO. I recall Chris Evert putting him in his place a few years back when he suggested that Djokovic’s dismissal for hitting a ball at a linesman/ballkid was unfair and unfortunate due to Djokovic’s prominenece and ability to draw fans. Pshawww…
I am also loving Roddick. I fell asleep as Shelton was closing out, but had watched most of the match thinking how good Roddick is. I also love Chris Eubanks. My first exposure to Eubanks was when he played Sinner on Armstrong in 2022 and my D and I wandered in. I’ve been a fan of his ever since.
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Now that we’re almost through the first round, I need to say there are some people with pretty ugly kits. Alcaraz is one (his shirt looks 2 sizes too big) and so is Sabalenka. They have lots of company though, IMO.
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andy is dressing too casually. he needs a blazer at least. eala and coco advance while sasha needs a 4th set. rain delays 1st round until tmrw
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I really enjoyed Monfils last night. So glad he gave such a good performance on his 40th birthday.
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I am looking forward the the monfils vs Tien match tomorrow. They played earlier in the summer (Tien won) and after the match Learner asked Mongils for his autograph. It was very sweet.
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Just switched on to actually watch for the first time this tournament …I guess Alcaraz got tired of looking like a little boy!
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I think Carlos looks incredible. The brown really looks good on him.
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Oh, I think he looks much better. Just needs a sweatband instead of an Alice band to do the full 70s/early 80s throwback thing, lol. I liked the brown, not so sure about the sleeveless part.
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tank tops are a little too casual but to each his own
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I have no problem with the brown kit’s color, but I am put off by the revealing nature of the tank top. I follow an Instagram account that focuses on tennis fashion and the young woman (a former ball kid at Wimbledon who is having lots of success with this) asked for opinions. I generally don’t read the comments, but did this time. I am astonished at how many people enjoy seeing Alcaraz’s nipples. I guess I am even older mentally than my chronological age as I don’t appreciate this distraction 
I saw Madison Keys commenting on his hair this year as opposed to last year and I’m with her - big improvement this year over last year’s accidental buzz cut. He really has beautiful hair, imo.
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Oh, he’s wearing another one under the loose one today.
(Quiet work day so decided to move my laptop to the family room…)
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I think the addition of the white undershirt is a great improvement! Speaking of working in your family room, I’m always reminded of when I was “gifted” with a second monitor in my office and my excitement was entirely based on being able to grade assignments on one monitor while watching the Open on the other 
Probably not what my college had in mind when they made the expenditure for a second monitor!
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Ok they just got excited cutting to footage of Carlos playing with no shirt on the practice court
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