No tennis on Tuesday
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Mustard
Bionic Poster
The New York weather forecast doesn't look good on Wednesday and Thursday either.
Winner_DownTheLine
Semi-Pro
put a go* dam* roof on armstrong atleast.
flymeng
Semi-Pro
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USNY0504?role=&role=&role=
Tuesday - 90% chance of rain.
Wednesday - 70% chance of rain.
I hope it won't rain at nite so I can watch some matches.
TennisFan3
Talk Tennis Guru
Come on now, Bud. We all now that it's becoming a US Open tradition that the second week of the tournament has countless rain delays
I'm most interested on whether we would have a Sunday or a Monday final. It always seems to get washed out.
Someone could end up having to play matches on 3 consecutive days or something..
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Well, at least the USO has plenty of practice squeezing 4 days of tennis into 2 and finishing on Monday.
With night play (and the ability to expand the number of matches at night if necessary), rain delays can easily be overcome during the first week. But, the second week, especially when they are playing night matches, rain can quickly wreak havoc.
Bud
Bionic Poster
Come on now, Bud. We all know that it's becoming a US Open tradition that the second week of the tournament has countless rain delays followed by a Monday final
Last year it gave Djokovic an extra day of rest .. which was good so nobody could blame his loss on fatigue
Apparently, there's a high pressure area over Long Island that is keeping the rain at bay, currently. Federer may be fortunate and get his match in tonight after all
Mustard
Bionic Poster
It makes you wonder why the hell the USTA built Arthur Ashe stadium in the first place, or at least the way it was designed. What was wrong with Louis Armstrong stadium when it still had the upper deck of 1978-1996? Arthur Ashe stadium is a nightmare in terms of building a roof.
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Absolutely. It's not that it's impossible, but it really would be easier to just build a new stadium with a roof rather than retrofit a roof onto Ashe, But Ashe is already so big, it would be weird for he second biggest court to be the one with the roof.
Also, do they have room at the tennis center for another stadium court? I guess they could tear down Louis Armstrong and the grandstand (two courts I like so much better than Ashe) and build it there.
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
Same old threads but in response to this
"What was wrong with Louis Armstrong stadium when it still had the upper deck of 1978-1996?"
What was "wrong" among other things was the absence of two giant levels of corporate suites and the money they bring in, which counting tickets and the food minimum probably exceeds the take on the entire promenade.
"What was wrong with Louis Armstrong stadium when it still had the upper deck of 1978-1996?"
What was "wrong" among other things was the absence of two giant levels of corporate suites and the money they bring in, which counting tickets and the food minimum probably exceeds the take on the entire promenade.
C
celoft
Guest
Nole is LOL at the moment.
Federer>Djokovic>Nadal
Banned
There is still a 10% chance.
NYKings
Legend
It was raining so much in the first two weeks of August in NY. It's rain. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. Just gotta deal with it.
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
lol Rafa. Vamos. :twisted:
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
Maximize viewers.
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
Now it is 100%. lol backend half of draw.
Sid_Vicious
G.O.A.T.
Yeah totally. I think the US Open officials are hard at work on manufacturing a gigantic umbrella that they will place over Arthur Ashe stadium tomorrow morning so that they can proceed with their scheduled matches.
Fedace
Banned
They have those new inflatable roof tops that they can put on. It is expensive but possible.
GOAT BAAH!!!
Professional
On the way to work in NYC....
the rain fail has already begun.
build a roof.
the rain fail has already begun.
build a roof.
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
Lets pray for good weather.
Nuke
Hall of Fame
Yeah, surely there must be an indoor 20,000-seat tennis stadium close by that all the ticket-holders can get to easily.
aphex
Banned
If only the globe were a bit more warm...
obsessedtennisfandisorder
Professional
usta *******s
usta arr so much ******* it's sick
fed's halfAlways before nadals...pathytic...could at least try and hide it
like the rigged draws,
nw i'm worried...bad weather now but fine weekend means
bottm half are f*&*&^%d like 2003...
fed or jker will play exhausted opponent...as they9organiser
0 them to play
days in a row if fine weekend...
lucky for fed...facing a fresh nadal in us open final and f course losing
would not look good...smart dudes usta.
usta arr so much ******* it's sick
fed's halfAlways before nadals...pathytic...could at least try and hide it
like the rigged draws,
nw i'm worried...bad weather now but fine weekend means
bottm half are f*&*&^%d like 2003...
fed or jker will play exhausted opponent...as they9organiser
0 them to play
days in a row if fine weekend...
lucky for fed...facing a fresh nadal in us open final and f course losing
would not look good...smart dudes usta.
Cormorant
Professional
No sightings of a giant makeshift rain shield being erected this morning. But even with delays expected, organisers are confident of getting in some play and are encouraging ticketholders to travel to the grounds for 10am as normal.
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/weather.html
chrischris
G.O.A.T.
I was checking the radar map on weather.com, and, assuming they have the courts covered (so as to not **** time away trying to dry them), they should be able to play later in the afternoon... I'm no meterologist, but it looks like the vast swath of the storm's current trajectory will be north of NYC
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Ralph
Hall of Fame
I think you meant nappies....
jaggy
Talk Tennis Guru
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
The USTA should reserve Madison Square Garden for the second week and lay down a hardcourt. MSG capacity for tennis could be pretty near what Ashe holds, though would probably come up a little short.
dirtballer
Professional
I just looked at the weather radar. There may be a window in a couple hours. The storm is making a big counterclockwise swirl which may go north of New York in the afternoon. There's still more coming up from the south but I think they can get several hours in today. If New York would be 100 miles to the west, the whole day would be a washout.
batz
G.O.A.T.
Good info mate - keep it coming.
LuvTheGame
Banned
All that money and still no plans for a roof on any of the courts? Why?
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Can't help the weather!
kanamit
Hall of Fame
True, but you can help not preparing for it when it is consistently very rain in early September. :neutral:
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