2009 U.S. Open

[Sanjeev-P]

Hi...

Those of u who want to go to the US OPEN this year.... I guess it is a good deal....

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1. Click http://www.ticketmaster.com [ticketmaster.com]
2. Select U.S. open games in Arthur Ashe Stadium
3. Select number of tickets you want to purchase from the Promotions and Special Offers section
4. Enter WFANDANGO in special offer code or password section
5. Click look for tickets

[gbelday]

Guys, anyone from SI going? I bought some ground passes a few weeks ago for the opening day (Aug 31). Let me know if anyone from SI is going to be there. Hoping to get a glimpse of Nadal, my son's idol.

[deepak]

i will be there Thu/Fri first week, and middle sunday. first time with an infant, so it will be interesting.
--Deepak.

[vparam]

Just saw that Rajeev Ram received a maindraw wildcard into this year's U.S. Open. Also, the current NCAA champ, Devin Britton gets a wildcard into the main draw. I believe this is the first time since 2003 when Amer Delic was the champion that the NCAA champ is getting a maindraw WC. Of course, except for this year, the last 5 winners have all been non-Americans. As we all know, Somdev couldn't even get a WC into qualifying last year.

[Omkara]

if Davin Britton is an American, I don't have any issues.

[wrestlinglife]

if Davin Britton is an American, I don't have any issues.

Seems like it:
http://www.devinbritton.com/

[Raja Desale]

Any Information for Q round?

[jayakris]

No draw info yet. Qualifying starts tomorrow. The draw should be out later today. Jay

[sanjay8886]

Draw is out:

P Amritraj vs Alejandro Fella(31)
S Devverman vs Alex Bogomolov Jr(16)

[Varma]

Oh, boy! Somdev's potential R2 opponent is Guillermo Canas. The guy was ranked as high as No.8 in 2005. He was the one who beat Federer twice in succession around this time last year (Indian Wells & Miami...IIRC). Anyway, it's a reality check and Buji has to beat these guys to move high up in the ladder and compete with the big boys. If he can beat an in-form Cilic, he can definitely beat a fading Canas. Being young and also having never played in a slam, Buji should be hungrier than Canas.

I think I am getting too carried away. He got to beat a seeded player in Bogomolov Jr first. Just for records, Buji got better of him in LA last month (7-5, 6-2).

Good luck, Somdev & Prakash!

- Varma

[PKBasu]

Very tough match-up for Somdev against Canas in Q2. Canas is not the typical Argentine: he is comfortable on all surfaces including grass (has done very well at s'Hertogenbosch almost every year, made R4 at Wimbledon). Before those two successive Masters series victories over Federer in 2007, he had been suspended from the tour for a dope offense. The past year has been a very inconsistent one for him (hence the ranking of 175), but Canas was ranked in the top-20 just two years ago, and will be a formidable opponent. Somdev needs to remember that he beat a current top-20 player last month, so what is a former top-20 player?!

[cricketics]

No qualifying draw for Mens doubles???

Are we going to see Somdev in dobules with his south african partner or no?

[PKBasu]

Wimbledon is the only Slam that has qualifying rounds for doubles. The only way to get into the doubles draw for other Slams is through rankings (a mix of singles and doubles, I believe) plus the few wildcards on offer (which will go mainly to local-linked pairs).

[vparam]

Wimbledon is the only Slam that has qualifying rounds for doubles. The only way to get into the doubles draw for other Slams is through rankings (a mix of singles and doubles, I believe) plus the few wildcards on offer (which will go mainly to local-linked pairs).

I wish there was some consistency in the slams in terms of the number of qualifiers and also the format? I guess it's liking asking all baseball fields to be exactly alike in terms of dimensions.

[vparam]

Just noticed that Somdev, ranked 161, is the highest ranked player not seeded.