Your "dark-horses" for the US Open?

Federer and Del Potro said:
Hey guys, just wanted to take a second to introduce myself before making this thread being as that this is my first post and I am excited to be here.

My name is Matt, and by my username you can see my two favorite players on tour :).

Just wanted to say hi and that I thought this looked like a great forum as an observer. Lots of intelligent tennis fans here, I expect to learn a lot about my favorite sport!

I was wondering who you guys would list as your dark-horses or x-factors for the upcoming US Open.

I've been paying attention to a lot of players, and while I don't expect one of these guys to actually go all the way and win a major, it's neat to think about if any one of these guys can spring a huge upset. Of course, an upset is a lot harder to attain in the best of five set format.

But here are some guys I have an eye on, feel free to agree, disagree, or add your own.

Tommy Haas: Since beating Roger Federer prior to Wimbledon, Tommy has been playing some high-octane tennis. Took Djokovic to 3 sets in Toronto, fell to Monaco in another final (pretty closely contested). Dropped a tough one to Juan Martin Del Potro :)twisted:) yesterday.

Juan Martin Del Potro: Was gutted when he lost at the Olympics, albeit to my other favorite player, but have liked overall his form and how it has progressed since the devastating wrist injury suffered at the 2009 AO against Gilles Simon. Has a tough match today against Viktor Troicki, will be interesting to see if he can contend for the title at Flushing Meadows again. I would think he would like to avoid Roger, who has owned him since the 2009 loss to him at the USO Final.

Juan Monaco: Now you guys will have to help me out with this one. I've been watching this guy play and am pretty impressed. I am not sure, though, what his best surface is (someone told me clay, is this true)? Recently just cracked the top ten and won his first big tournament over Tommy Haas (his celebration was priceless by the way, went to his box and embraced everyone excitedly).

Of course you also have guys like:

John Isner: Can his serve be enough? Can he salvage enough of a defense and a return game to stun the worlds top guns? We have seen it before (beating Federer at Davis Cup, beating Djokovic earlier in the year as well). Big John always gives the American fan-base a semblance of local hope.

Ivo Karlovic: Last seen/heard accusing the lines-man at Wimbledon of favoring home town favorite Andy Murray, not much has been heard of Ivo since. Was slated to play in the Olympics but dropped out with an injury, where he would have possibly had a showdown with the Swiss Maestro.

The American Hopefuls: What can Sam Querry, Donald Young, Ryan Harrison, Andy Roddick do? Can any of them make any kind of noise?
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Pleased to meet you, Matt.
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
19 yr old Fedpo was a sweet summer child. I also had only 3-4 yrs of tennis watching under my belt at the time.

Inb4 Isner wins Wimbledon 2018.
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Was being sarcastic, bc everyone keeps dumping on the poor guy and now he's finally showing results.

Federer and Del Potro said:
I remember being attacked for my green text, and emailing the moderators if it was against forum rules. @paranoidandroid @Poisoned Slice

In hindsight I see how obnoxious it was. In my one defense I had just come from a forum with a much darker color combination so green text actually looked good on that forum.
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I also had some cringe-worthy threads at the beginning. One removed by m o d s for "trolling". I was scared to death I'd be banned.
 
EloQuent said:
Was being sarcastic, bc everyone keeps dumping on the poor guy and now he's finally showing results.


I also had some cringe-worthy threads at the beginning. One removed by m o d s for "trolling". I was scared to death I'd be banned.
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Well I think at the time I thought TTW was a place for serious tennis discussion (LMAO). My brother had lurked it and always enjoyed the trollery it brought.

Eventually I learned all of the little inside jokes and memes. And here I am. The biggest meme of all.
 
Rago said:
LMAO. I remember you mentioning annoying people with this on the Odds & Ends section's 2017 Awards thread last year.
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Lmao it almost made me sad enough to leave the forum entirely.

tenor.gif


"Everyone hates me" I thought.

Now I hate myself, so it's okay if they hate me. @Red Rick
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
Hey guys, just wanted to take a second to introduce myself before making this thread being as that this is my first post and I am excited to be here.

My name is Matt, and by my username you can see my two favorite players on tour :).

Just wanted to say hi and that I thought this looked like a great forum as an observer. Lots of intelligent tennis fans here, I expect to learn a lot about my favorite sport!

I was wondering who you guys would list as your dark-horses or x-factors for the upcoming US Open.

I've been paying attention to a lot of players, and while I don't expect one of these guys to actually go all the way and win a major, it's neat to think about if any one of these guys can spring a huge upset. Of course, an upset is a lot harder to attain in the best of five set format.

But here are some guys I have an eye on, feel free to agree, disagree, or add your own.

Tommy Haas: Since beating Roger Federer prior to Wimbledon, Tommy has been playing some high-octane tennis. Took Djokovic to 3 sets in Toronto, fell to Monaco in another final (pretty closely contested). Dropped a tough one to Juan Martin Del Potro :)twisted:) yesterday.

Juan Martin Del Potro: Was gutted when he lost at the Olympics, albeit to my other favorite player, but have liked overall his form and how it has progressed since the devastating wrist injury suffered at the 2009 AO against Gilles Simon. Has a tough match today against Viktor Troicki, will be interesting to see if he can contend for the title at Flushing Meadows again. I would think he would like to avoid Roger, who has owned him since the 2009 loss to him at the USO Final.

Juan Monaco: Now you guys will have to help me out with this one. I've been watching this guy play and am pretty impressed. I am not sure, though, what his best surface is (someone told me clay, is this true)? Recently just cracked the top ten and won his first big tournament over Tommy Haas (his celebration was priceless by the way, went to his box and embraced everyone excitedly).

Of course you also have guys like:

John Isner: Can his serve be enough? Can he salvage enough of a defense and a return game to stun the worlds top guns? We have seen it before (beating Federer at Davis Cup, beating Djokovic earlier in the year as well). Big John always gives the American fan-base a semblance of local hope.

Ivo Karlovic: Last seen/heard accusing the lines-man at Wimbledon of favoring home town favorite Andy Murray, not much has been heard of Ivo since. Was slated to play in the Olympics but dropped out with an injury, where he would have possibly had a showdown with the Swiss Maestro.

The American Hopefuls: What can Sam Querry, Donald Young, Ryan Harrison, Andy Roddick do? Can any of them make any kind of noise?
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I see that despite the memes you've actually gotten less annoying over the years on TTW

I'm not even Matt, that's amazing
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
Well I think at the time I thought TTW was a place for serious tennis discussion (LMAO).
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Where's that gif with Jordan laughing?

My brother had lurked it and always enjoyed the trollery it brought.

Eventually I learned all of the little inside jokes and memes. And here I am. The biggest meme of all.
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I've never put anyone on ignore in the short time that I've spent at TTW for this very reason even though I used to get triggered often enough last year (this year has been a lot of fun though; don't think I get rustled as frequently).

The site is legit hilarious.
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
Don't let this game distract you from the fact that at the end of Spiderman 2, Mary Jane told Peter Parker that she is "always in his doorway" thus confirming the unsettling notion that she is actually a psycho stalker.
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Rago said:
"I know how you feel, no?" :oops:

P.S. Why is Tobey McGuire crying in almost every second or third scene in the Spider-Man movies?
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Federer and Del Potro said:
Hey guys, just wanted to take a second to introduce myself before making this thread being as that this is my first post and I am excited to be here.

My name is Matt, and by my username you can see my two favorite players on tour :).

Just wanted to say hi and that I thought this looked like a great forum as an observer. Lots of intelligent tennis fans here, I expect to learn a lot about my favorite sport!

I was wondering who you guys would list as your dark-horses or x-factors for the upcoming US Open.

I've been paying attention to a lot of players, and while I don't expect one of these guys to actually go all the way and win a major, it's neat to think about if any one of these guys can spring a huge upset. Of course, an upset is a lot harder to attain in the best of five set format.

But here are some guys I have an eye on, feel free to agree, disagree, or add your own.

Tommy Haas: Since beating Roger Federer prior to Wimbledon, Tommy has been playing some high-octane tennis. Took Djokovic to 3 sets in Toronto, fell to Monaco in another final (pretty closely contested). Dropped a tough one to Juan Martin Del Potro :)twisted:) yesterday.

Juan Martin Del Potro: Was gutted when he lost at the Olympics, albeit to my other favorite player, but have liked overall his form and how it has progressed since the devastating wrist injury suffered at the 2009 AO against Gilles Simon. Has a tough match today against Viktor Troicki, will be interesting to see if he can contend for the title at Flushing Meadows again. I would think he would like to avoid Roger, who has owned him since the 2009 loss to him at the USO Final.

Juan Monaco: Now you guys will have to help me out with this one. I've been watching this guy play and am pretty impressed. I am not sure, though, what his best surface is (someone told me clay, is this true)? Recently just cracked the top ten and won his first big tournament over Tommy Haas (his celebration was priceless by the way, went to his box and embraced everyone excitedly).

Of course you also have guys like:

John Isner: Can his serve be enough? Can he salvage enough of a defense and a return game to stun the worlds top guns? We have seen it before (beating Federer at Davis Cup, beating Djokovic earlier in the year as well). Big John always gives the American fan-base a semblance of local hope.

Ivo Karlovic: Last seen/heard accusing the lines-man at Wimbledon of favoring home town favorite Andy Murray, not much has been heard of Ivo since. Was slated to play in the Olympics but dropped out with an injury, where he would have possibly had a showdown with the Swiss Maestro.

The American Hopefuls: What can Sam Querry, Donald Young, Ryan Harrison, Andy Roddick do? Can any of them make any kind of noise?
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Welcome
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
Hey guys, just wanted to take a second to introduce myself before making this thread being as that this is my first post and I am excited to be here.

My name is Matt, and by my username you can see my two favorite players on tour :).

Just wanted to say hi and that I thought this looked like a great forum as an observer. Lots of intelligent tennis fans here, I expect to learn a lot about my favorite sport!

I was wondering who you guys would list as your dark-horses or x-factors for the upcoming US Open.

I've been paying attention to a lot of players, and while I don't expect one of these guys to actually go all the way and win a major, it's neat to think about if any one of these guys can spring a huge upset. Of course, an upset is a lot harder to attain in the best of five set format.

But here are some guys I have an eye on, feel free to agree, disagree, or add your own.

Tommy Haas: Since beating Roger Federer prior to Wimbledon, Tommy has been playing some high-octane tennis. Took Djokovic to 3 sets in Toronto, fell to Monaco in another final (pretty closely contested). Dropped a tough one to Juan Martin Del Potro :)twisted:) yesterday.

Juan Martin Del Potro: Was gutted when he lost at the Olympics, albeit to my other favorite player, but have liked overall his form and how it has progressed since the devastating wrist injury suffered at the 2009 AO against Gilles Simon. Has a tough match today against Viktor Troicki, will be interesting to see if he can contend for the title at Flushing Meadows again. I would think he would like to avoid Roger, who has owned him since the 2009 loss to him at the USO Final.

Juan Monaco: Now you guys will have to help me out with this one. I've been watching this guy play and am pretty impressed. I am not sure, though, what his best surface is (someone told me clay, is this true)? Recently just cracked the top ten and won his first big tournament over Tommy Haas (his celebration was priceless by the way, went to his box and embraced everyone excitedly).

Of course you also have guys like:

John Isner: Can his serve be enough? Can he salvage enough of a defense and a return game to stun the worlds top guns? We have seen it before (beating Federer at Davis Cup, beating Djokovic earlier in the year as well). Big John always gives the American fan-base a semblance of local hope.

Ivo Karlovic: Last seen/heard accusing the lines-man at Wimbledon of favoring home town favorite Andy Murray, not much has been heard of Ivo since. Was slated to play in the Olympics but dropped out with an injury, where he would have possibly had a showdown with the Swiss Maestro.

The American Hopefuls: What can Sam Querry, Donald Young, Ryan Harrison, Andy Roddick do? Can any of them make any kind of noise?
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the green color is Federer’s fault
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
Hey guys, just wanted to take a second to introduce myself before making this thread being as that this is my first post and I am excited to be here.

My name is Matt, and by my username you can see my two favorite players on tour :).

Just wanted to say hi and that I thought this looked like a great forum as an observer. Lots of intelligent tennis fans here, I expect to learn a lot about my favorite sport!

I was wondering who you guys would list as your dark-horses or x-factors for the upcoming US Open.

I've been paying attention to a lot of players, and while I don't expect one of these guys to actually go all the way and win a major, it's neat to think about if any one of these guys can spring a huge upset. Of course, an upset is a lot harder to attain in the best of five set format.

But here are some guys I have an eye on, feel free to agree, disagree, or add your own.

Tommy Haas: Since beating Roger Federer prior to Wimbledon, Tommy has been playing some high-octane tennis. Took Djokovic to 3 sets in Toronto, fell to Monaco in another final (pretty closely contested). Dropped a tough one to Juan Martin Del Potro :)twisted:) yesterday.

Juan Martin Del Potro: Was gutted when he lost at the Olympics, albeit to my other favorite player, but have liked overall his form and how it has progressed since the devastating wrist injury suffered at the 2009 AO against Gilles Simon. Has a tough match today against Viktor Troicki, will be interesting to see if he can contend for the title at Flushing Meadows again. I would think he would like to avoid Roger, who has owned him since the 2009 loss to him at the USO Final.

Juan Monaco: Now you guys will have to help me out with this one. I've been watching this guy play and am pretty impressed. I am not sure, though, what his best surface is (someone told me clay, is this true)? Recently just cracked the top ten and won his first big tournament over Tommy Haas (his celebration was priceless by the way, went to his box and embraced everyone excitedly).

Of course you also have guys like:

John Isner: Can his serve be enough? Can he salvage enough of a defense and a return game to stun the worlds top guns? We have seen it before (beating Federer at Davis Cup, beating Djokovic earlier in the year as well). Big John always gives the American fan-base a semblance of local hope.

Ivo Karlovic: Last seen/heard accusing the lines-man at Wimbledon of favoring home town favorite Andy Murray, not much has been heard of Ivo since. Was slated to play in the Olympics but dropped out with an injury, where he would have possibly had a showdown with the Swiss Maestro.

The American Hopefuls: What can Sam Querry, Donald Young, Ryan Harrison, Andy Roddick do? Can any of them make any kind of noise?
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Federer and Del Potro said:
HAHA. While I wouldn't put Roger as my top favorite with guys like a newly revitalized Andy Murray (in terms of supreme confidence) and an always game Novak Djokovic in the fold, I don't really consider a guy with 17 majors a "dark-horse". But the term is ambiguous so I won't/can't fault you for looking at it that way.

JMDP is certainly of the dark-horse + under-dog caliber though.
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Federer and Del Potro said:
I appreciate the honesty Joeri, though it does not have to be in-depth discussion haha I'm fine with just keeping it simple. I do tend to rant though, so my apologies.

Haha Kragster, interesting.

Bauer- Ah yes, Kohlschreiber, could be a big one. Berdych despite his recent struggles is another solid pick.
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Federer and Del Potro said:
Ah yes, Ferrer. That is one of the big questions. It looked like in his match with Nishikori at the Olympics, he hurt himself. Has not looked the same since Wimbledon, hopefully he is physically 100 percent.
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Federer and Del Potro said:
Honestly, no. I don't even know if he got hurt. I know he played Cincy yesterday after pulling out of Toronto. He played Wawrinka (I don't know if I'm allowed to post the result of that match here, so I won't).

He lost the first set to Nishikori 6-0 and looked to be laboring. However, he recovered well after that, so it may have just been a slow start.

If Ferrer avoids Federer, his chances go up by a lot. I think Federer is something like 13-0 all-time against him.
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this is where he got tired of it
 
Meles said:
So hold on, you were so goose stepping fraudulent in your first post that you don't even have Olympic champion Andy Murray as a contenderer?:-D:-D:-D
Didn't realize you were still in your teens.;)

I see this is dark horses. I'm not sure I can find my first post.:whistle:
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Mury isn't a dark horse. He was well established by 2012.

This thread reads like a Melesian tragedy so you should appreciate it.
 
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