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US Open contest 2021
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Women
Barty v. Bencic
Pliskova v. Sakkari
Svitolina v. Kerber (Osaka)
Krejcikova v. Sabalenka
Barty v. Pliskova
Kerber v. Sabalenka
Barty d. Kerber
BL: Andresscu
Men
Djokovic v. Hurkacz
Zverev v. Korda
Rublev v. Humbert
Schwartzman (Ruud) v. Medvedev
Djokovic v. Zverev
Rublev v. Medvedev
Zverev d. Medvedev
BL: Tsitsipas
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MEN
Quarterfinals
Djokovic over Ivashka (Berrettini)
Zverev over Khachanov
Tsitsipas over Rublev
Medvedev over Schwartzman
Semis
Djokovic over Zverev
Medvedev over Tsitsipas
Final
Djokovic over Medvedev 6-4, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1
BL: de Minaur
WOMEN
Quarterfinals
Barty over Bencic (Pegula)
Pliskova over Sakkari
Osaka over Halep
Krejcikova over Sabalenka
Semifinals
Barty over Pliskova
Krejcikova over Osaka
Final
Barty over Krejcikova 7-5, 6-3
BL: Brady
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You have an excellent chance to win this time.
Zverev played at a higher level in the Olympics and Cincinnati than Djokovic did in winning the first three slams. If he can replicate that form at a slam for the first time--a big if--the people who think this is all in Djokovic's hands will be proven wrong. I'm betting his game will drop and the double faults will return, but it's not certain by any means.
However, I don't take Kerber seriously on a hard court anymore. I hope I'm wrong because I love her game, but I would not be shocked if she loses in the first round to Yastremska, who hits a huge ball but usually gets flustered and falls apart. Yastremska might get too big a lead to get flustered this time. And even if Kerber wins that one, I don't see her getting past the third round.
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Today's matches will determine the winner.
We have the same number of quarterfinalists (you have 5 women and 4 men to my 6 women and 3 men), I have one more semifinalist (Sabalenka), and you have 2 points for de Minaur as the biggest loser (PCB was the biggest loser on the men's side while Barty was on the women's side). It all comes down to the Djokovic v. Zverev match. Zverev was not good against Harris, so we'll see if he plays well today.
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You again proved to be the Hingis to my Kournikova. Though I can take some consolation in fact that Medvedev won. While I acknowledge Djokovic's greatness, I have just never warmed to him as a player.
That said, it was a wild, wild tournament on the women's side. Who had Raducanu d. Fernandez in their bracket? Not even di-10s, I would say.
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