US Open Day1

I am writing my blog about the US Open Tennis.  I am really interested in this and I hope other people will like my summary and thoughts.

26/8/13……………………..Day one

In the men’s draw

Rafa Nadal blew away Ryan Harrison is straight sets but it is too early to look at him as a contender. It did take him a while to warm up though as he won the first 6-4 but then you began to see his power as he got better in the last 2 sets.

 

 

Unseeded Brit Dan Evans pulled off one of the matches of his life to beat no 11 seed Kei Nishkori in straight sets.  This will do massive things to his confidence. I think that pulling a result out of the bag like this could put him up to a lot higher and knowing that he can beat much better players should change him and his game.

 

Burnard Tomic has had a massive scare as it took him all 5 sets to get past Alberto Ramos in the first round. I could not see him go very much farther than this at this stage.

James Blake’s decision to retire with a high ranking of number 4 is a big deal. He is very young to retire as a sportsman but I hope that he is content in it

 

 

On the women’s draw

Slone Stevens had to get herself out of a massive hole as 1-1 in sets and 6-6 in games. It looked like she could go out but she got the confidence to win the final tie break

Serena Williams appears to be the one to watch as she destroyed Francesca Schivone as Schivoni only picked up one service game in the whole match. Serena knows how to win and use little energy and she did both here

Brit Laura Robson put in a brilliant second half of her match winning 9 games in a row against Lordez Domenguez Lino of Spain. . But I do worry whether she could have this type of form against higher seeded opponents. If she gets the form she has here I believe she could go to the last 16.