I want to watch.:shock::twisted:
Murray being completely screwed by USO schedulers
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I want to watch.:shock::twisted:
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Errrr...quite the opposite. Federer gets scheduled to play last VERY often.
Homeboy Hotel
Hall of Fame
Murray's match will be straight after Del Potro's match which is expected to resume soon on Ashe. Serena Williams' match is cancelled.
Thanks for the update bud.
obsessedtennisfandisorder
Professional
I am first off going to say I have some respect for USTA now because
they got rid of super saturday..hallelujia!
so cut them some slack people...that was a great move...and murray's
problems now are not big at all because the final is on monday now.
Imagine if this had happened given the old schedule..then murray has to play his 7 matches over 11 days.
I'm not going to criticise them anymore...this is just bad luck this time round..and it's not that bad anyway since they have moved the final to monday....so no biggie.
Thankgod supersaturday has finished.
If you want to see players getting screwed over in the schedule big time
check out ferrero's 2003 US Open campaign.
they got rid of super saturday..hallelujia!
so cut them some slack people...that was a great move...and murray's
problems now are not big at all because the final is on monday now.
Imagine if this had happened given the old schedule..then murray has to play his 7 matches over 11 days.
I'm not going to criticise them anymore...this is just bad luck this time round..and it's not that bad anyway since they have moved the final to monday....so no biggie.
Thankgod supersaturday has finished.
If you want to see players getting screwed over in the schedule big time
check out ferrero's 2003 US Open campaign.
PSNELKE
Legend
Well yeah it is, but it won't have the effect of screwing the second SF winner with the final moved to Monday.
obsessedtennisfandisorder
Professional
That was one issue with SS, but it wasn't the main one.
The main issue was that if they got rain (not much, but at wrong times) then
one side of the draw would be heavily disadvantaged...the tournamnet
was "cutting it fine" so to speak.
Forexample, in 1999 agassi played escude in wednesday night quarter
on the thursday martin played dosedel thurs night.
had the rain come 7pm and game washed out....
martin would have to play q, semi and final on consecutive
days...where as agassi could put his feet up and play 3 over 5 days.
(agassi beat martin in the 1999 final (underated IMHO))
This actually really started happening in 2003...ferrero had to play his last 3 matches consecutively and his 4th was played late too..whereas agassi and roddick had had breaks during the second wekk.
Other tournamnets don't cut it so fine...french open they have all mens q completed by wednesday
PSNELKE
Legend
I get your point. Still this was a potential scenario which occured like twice.
Screwing the winner of the second SF occured every single year. I know that I would be pi§§ed off as hell if they made me play the second semifinal on SS.
obsessedtennisfandisorder
Professional
too true....from a certain angle...eg recovery time..your points is very valid
in 2002 sampras played creampuff schalken, where as agassi had to play an EPIC hewitt (1) in other semi. (not a slight a pete BTW, he had rusedski, haas and roddick in earlier rounds, tougher than agassi's opponents)
My main point is this...the USTA have shown a willingness to change and I give a pat on the back for them for doing a change...up until recently it was like a "talk to the hand" attitude.
In a perfect world/ or if i was scheduler...I would bring the whole draw one day forward and play first two round over 2 days. I don't buy the whole "labour day argument". previously, and now, the last men's 4th round match is played on the tuesday night (assuming no rain etc). If you brought the draw forward..you would still have the same number of matches of 4th round men.
in 2002 sampras played creampuff schalken, where as agassi had to play an EPIC hewitt (1) in other semi. (not a slight a pete BTW, he had rusedski, haas and roddick in earlier rounds, tougher than agassi's opponents)
My main point is this...the USTA have shown a willingness to change and I give a pat on the back for them for doing a change...up until recently it was like a "talk to the hand" attitude.
In a perfect world/ or if i was scheduler...I would bring the whole draw one day forward and play first two round over 2 days. I don't buy the whole "labour day argument". previously, and now, the last men's 4th round match is played on the tuesday night (assuming no rain etc). If you brought the draw forward..you would still have the same number of matches of 4th round men.
I think it is absolutely insulting to Murray, a defending champion to schedule it like this. If I am not mistaken it is nine at night and he is still not playing. It appears to me that USTA can't do anything right from their own development to insulting defending champs year in and year out. Somehow Sock, Kudla, Duval all played but not Murray???
And, amazingly, they used to screw him even more, since Super Saturday used to be, men's semifinal, women's final, men's semifinal. Thank goodness they moved the women's final to prime time when the Williams sisters started playing in Slam finals and boosting the TV ratings for the Open.
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They don't deserve the compliment. Any changes they make are inspired from greed, not to help the sport in any way.
mcenroefan
Hall of Fame
Nole has been regularly screwed by the organizers, both in the draw and scheduling. It seems now Murray is getting similar treatment.
Fed and Nadal get treated with kid gloves.
Fed and Nadal get treated with kid gloves.
10is
Professional
Which is why 6 times out 8 times Federer has been ended up playing the second semi final on Super Saturday. Yep, sounds like favorable scheduling to me.
Especially refer to Federer's 2005 US Open campaign for an example of how the organizers/weather "favored"
rolleyes him.
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guitarplayer
Guest
What a bunch of whiners......it's life...deal with it.
Seriously. USOpen has the worst scheduling of any GS. This year it's DelPo and Murray, previous years its been different players. USOpen is all about $$$$, and the players are second fiddle. Shoot, the USOpen is the only GS, where folks say scheduling determines the winner.
Praetorian
Professional
Yes, it's all one big conspiracy. I'll go ahead and inform the Department of Homeland Security, and we'll get this straightened right out.
Feña14
G.O.A.T.
Wouldn't say it's a conspiracy, the people who run the US Open seem to just be generally incompetent in alot of areas.
Shame the defending champion finished his first match approaching Thursday morning. Maybe they can turn it into a week long tournament? That's usually what happens with the scheduling/weather anyway
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
The reality is that most private decision making looks conspiratorial when it affects the public and the public has no say.
Feña14
G.O.A.T.
He used to get criticised for doing the opposite
back in the day he used to collect Masters titles with ease.
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