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It's not any different to how it would be at any other GS. They can't shift the match to Arthur Ashe - not only because it would eat into the night session, but also because people have paid to see the match on Grandstand. How would you like it if you shelled out for a middle-weekend ticket to Hisense and they shifted one of the 2 singles matches to Rod Laver?

Doubles gets priority because it was the match scheduled first.
 
Caesar said:
It's not any different to how it would be at any other GS. They can't shift the match to Arthur Ashe - not only because it would eat into the night session, but also because people have paid to see the match on Grandstand. How would you like it if you shelled out for a middle-weekend ticket to Hisense and they shifted one of the 2 singles matches to Rod Laver?

Doubles gets priority because it was the match scheduled first.
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Note: Grandstand does not have it's own tickets like Hisense. You can just enter Grandstand with a General Admin ticket.
 

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Caesar said:
Hisense you have to pay extra for these days? What a rort.
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Not really, the years when ground pass could get into Hisense if there was a heatwave/ rain delay, getting into Hisense would be impossible as so many people would line up, I would honestly rather shell out a little extra for a guarnteed seat in there anyway. Although there hasn't been a heatwave or rain delay (apart from the first monday last year) since it has been introduced.

And no way doubles should of got priority, the Young match wasn't finished on Grandstand when Sam's match was called off Ashe and singles should always get prioity especially when it was originally scheduled on a "higher" court. The only reason I can see is that maybe they wanted it closer to the Vera/Sabine match.

Great start from Sam, hopefully she can keep it up.
 
Match was also originally scheduled to Arthur Ashe, not grand stand.
Stosur did win the first set, but now going to get broken in the opening game of the second.... What's new
 
I've gotta stop folliwng Stosur, she's rather infuriating...

EDIT: Just saw that unfortunately Luke Saville lost in 1r juniors, to Petra Kvitova's boyfriend actually.
 

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Again, crazy mental strength from Sam, who knew Sam could become a mental giant at a slam like the US Open. Maria picked her game up in the 2nd, seemed to approach the net a lot more and Sam couldn't hit a passing shot to save her life. The TB was ridciolous, both players should of won it 3 or 4 times. But the main thing Sam was able to stay with Kirilenko early in the 3rd and go out and get the break. From there Sam closed out the match nicely.

Thankfully Vera was able to beat Lisicki, I saw Sam play Lisicki in Stanford and well Sam was actually playing decent but just got beat, mind you Lisicki didn't show that form tonight. I'll expect a night match, could go either way, Sam will have the upper head with the H2H
 
I have no idea why people thought Lisicki was going to beat Zvonareva. She never has, and the Russian is playing quite well at the moment.

In fact, Zvonareva has now knocked her out of 3 of the last 5 Slams. That's bunny territory right there.
 
matt_897 said:
Again, crazy mental strength from Sam, who knew Sam could become a mental giant at a slam like the US Open. Maria picked her game up in the 2nd, seemed to approach the net a lot more and Sam couldn't hit a passing shot to save her life. The TB was ridciolous, both players should of won it 3 or 4 times. But the main thing Sam was able to stay with Kirilenko early in the 3rd and go out and get the break. From there Sam closed out the match nicely.

Thankfully Vera was able to beat Lisicki, I saw Sam play Lisicki in Stanford and well Sam was actually playing decent but just got beat, mind you Lisicki didn't show that form tonight. I'll expect a night match, could go either way, Sam will have the upper head with the H2H
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You said it, an insane tiebreak with an insane amount of choking, both players had the chance to end it way, way earlier than it eventually did. I'm very happy with the win, but there's no way it should've gone to a 3rd.
 
Dr Awkward said:
I think that's a bit harsh, there was definately some nervous shots but Sam was very stiff on about 4 of those match points. Just a very good quality match all round imo.
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Well, I reckon there were about 4 or 5 points in a row that ended from UE, especially Kirilenko who dumped about 3 into the net. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it, it was a great TB, but each player blew so many chances.

What's with the US Open's scheduling?? Why is Federer/Monaco (most one-sided 4R ever?) the night session ahead of Fish/Tsonga? :confused: That means that the best 4R match by a mile will start at like 6am our time. :eek:
 

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