Unfortunately I think Roger will lose tonight

[joeybee12]

He and Rafroid have never played at the US Open and I think the gates have willed that it stays that way

[TubbersUK]

1. When does the match start? n/t

[dhill926]

2. getting ready to respond to this....

I almost failed to mute that goddamn Kars for Kids commercial....they should use it as torture. Anyhoo, respectfully disagree unless Fed's back really acts up. Delpo has terrific heart, but he has to be depleted after his virus and 5 setter. But....that's why they play. Pumped for this one...

[Docreed2003]

3. "K...a..r...S....Kars for kids"

Sorry, couldn't resist

[dhill926]

4. Damn you!

runs screaming into the night....

[Docreed2003]

5. ...

[TDale313]

6. I think he'll pull it out.

DelPo's tough. Even though I'm a huge Fed Fan, I like him a lot. I was nervous the first couple matches, but Roger seems to be moving and playing a lot better.

[Jim__]

7. Looks like it will be a good match!

[a kennedy]

8. Love them both, but I want Del Porto to win.......

and shut up New York "fans"..... I want Juan to win it all for the men.

[joeybee12]

9. I was right. I didn't watch, had a dream I went to espn.com to check scores

And their site hadn't been updated, but it had Juan Martin winning the first set in a tiebreaker, and it was tied 1-1in the second. T he n someone told.me Roger came back to win and I woke up. My dreams are always in reverse so I knew he lost and sure enough he did.

He was in the zone he was most of the year. He needed to get that back and didn't. I'll be happy with anyone winning except Rafroid, as all decent people will!

[MuseRider]

10. Sadly you were right.

I was working symphony auditions, 8 hours of auditions...........gah! Being the room monitor I was able to watch live scores with my phone sitting on a music stand . I knew he was probably going to have a hard time with this. I am happy for Delpo, I really like him. Like we agreed before, we usually want him to win unless it is against Fed.

From watching just the scores go by it looked like a typical Fed match where he is either is not feeling quite perfect or he loses his concentration. Whatever, he did a damned good job this year. For a guy his age to take 2 is pretty awesome.

I imagine Del Potro was on in spite of how he felt. I hope he goes to the end and wins it again. I might even shed a tear over that, he has really paid his dues.

[joeybee12]

11. Yup. When Roger is on he wins the close points and close sets

I hope this means Juan Martin is in the zone and creams Rafroid

[JonLP24]

12. Again I don't know tennis but I saw a stat on ESPn

that says if he goes 5 sets or 4 or more or something like that in the first round he doesn't win the tournament.

[joeybee12]

13. After Roger won his first round match in five seta, I also saw those

Stats. They said he'd only gotten to the quarters and he repeated that this year.