Your "dark-horses" for the US Open?

Federer and Del Potro said:
The serious answer is that's just kind of the way TTW is. If it was a serious place I could be serious.

To put a modern day twist on an old Fedpo TTW meme:

I'm @Federer and Del Potro , and this is my TTW shop. I work here with Superman, @Poisoned Slice and Jimmy Olsen, @paranoidandroid . Everything on this forum has a story and a meme. One thing I've learned after 9 years – you never know WHAT is gonna be posted on TTW.
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I actually still try to take this place somewhat seriously as generally speaking I post my real opinions though I do clown about sometimes. Though I'm a frequent poster I've only been here for a couple years and am not part of any of the inner circle groups of long time TTWers that seem to have good discussions in PMs or however else so unfortunately this is the best medium for me to talk tennis. I have some tennis fan friends but none big enough to have the types of discussions we have on here. Compared to you though I'm still a TTW infant so there's time for me to roll over and become a meme too.

Also, if it makes you feel any better among my first 5 posts are me arguing with Mainad about Murray (of course haha) and how a comparison of Murray and Zverev isn't that bad (ew) and me predicting Coric to have a better career than actually not totally useless players like Zverev and Tsitsipas among others (oof)
 
The Guru said:
I actually still try to take this place somewhat seriously as generally speaking I post my real opinions though I do clown about sometimes. Though I'm a frequent poster I've only been here for a couple years and am not part of any of the inner circle groups of long time TTWers that seem to have good discussions in PMs or however else so unfortunately this is the best medium for me to talk tennis. I have some tennis fan friends but none big enough to have the types of discussions we have on here. Compared to you though I'm still a TTW infant so there's time for me to roll over and become a meme too.

Also, if it makes you feel any better among my first 5 posts are me arguing with Mainad about Murray (of course haha) and how a comparison of Murray and Zverev isn't that bad (ew) and me predicting Coric to have a better career than actually not totally useless players like Zverev and Tsitsipas among others (oof)
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I think it's a TTW rite of passage to come in here and be belittled in some way when you first join.
 
Federer and Del Potro said:
The serious answer is that's just kind of the way TTW is. If it was a serious place I could be serious.

To put a modern day twist on an old Fedpo TTW meme:

I'm @Federer and Del Potro , and this is my TTW shop. I work here with Superman, @Poisoned Slice and Jimmy Olsen, @paranoidandroid . Everything on this forum has a story and a meme. One thing I've learned after 9 years – you never know WHAT is gonna be posted on TTW.
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And I'm still loyal to Cristiano.

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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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Hi, Matt.
 
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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And that was how the legend was born.
 
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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That poor innocent soul had no idea what he was getting himself into. You either leave TTW a hero or you stay long enough to see yourself sh*tposting.
 
I believe I took that screenshot because I liked that my name was green. And it was only green for the first 50-100 poasts or so. As you can see Pete has 100 and is blue.
 
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