[Grand Slam] US Open - Vencedor: Rafael Nadal

[Lleyton]

Eighteen months after undergoing radical foot surgery, Lleyton Hewitt admitted that he had surprised even himself with his five-set US Open win yesterday over 2009 champion Juan Martin Del Potro.

 

The 32-year-old's 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 second-round victory against the Argentine sixth seed recalled his golden days, when the Australian was number one in the world and collected the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon titles.

 

"It's an amazing feeling. For me, just going back in the locker room afterwards, I sort of had to pinch myself," said Hewitt, now down at 66th in the world.

 

"Yeah, I keep going back to it, but a year and a half ago I got told I would probably wouldn't play again with the surgery I had."

 

That surgery in February 2012 meant undergoing a radical operation which required bone being cut from the big toe of his left foot and two screws and a metal plate permanently locked in.

 

"I must have seen seven, eight different surgeons worldwide. At least six of them told me to retire if you have it done. I'm very thankful that I found the guy that I believed in.

 

"We went in there and were optimistic about it. We thought I might be able to play doubles, but we weren't 100% sure whether I would be able to come back and play singles."

 

Friday's triumph on the Arthur Ashe Stadium Court, where he beat Pete Sampras for the 2001 title, was his 32nd career five-set victory and gave him a third round match-up with Russia's Evgeny Donskoy, the world number 102.

 

"It's amazing. I was really pumped up after I won my first match because I knew I would have a chance to play on Ashe," said Hewitt after his four-hour, three-minute win.

 

"I don't know how many years I have left to play and I was hankering to get out on this court again and put on a show. This is why I play tennis, for moments like these."

 

Hewitt, playing in his 13th US Open after having made his debut in 1999, hit 42 winners, one more than del Potro, who committed 70 unforced errors, a bleak statistic which eased the impact of the Australian only converting eight of 18 break point chances.

 

"Physically I feel fine out there. If I can take guys to five sets, I know it's slightly in my favor sometimes," added Hewitt.

 

"Especially against some of these bigger, stronger guys who can go out there and try and hit me off the court in three straight sets."

 

"I felt comfortable going into the fifth. And, you know, the way my body has been, I've been able to do a lot more training and a lot of other stuff, which I couldn't do a couple years ago because I was in too much pain."

 

Hewitt, whose last prior win over a top-10 player at the US Open was the night he beat Sampras in 2001, broke in the second game of the opener on his way to the first set.

 

The former world number one then squandered two set points in the 10th game of the second, which would have piled the pressure on Del Potro, who has never come back from two sets to love down.

 

But the big Argentine held his nerve to level the tie before breezing through the third as Hewitt appeared to be wilting.

 

In a roller-coaster fourth set, the Australian, who had defeated Del Potro in their most recent meeting in the Queen's quarterfinals in June, broke for 5-3 but then cracked when he served for the set in the ninth game.

 

Calling on that famed fighting spirit, he romped through the tie-breaker to take the match into a final-set decider.

 

In what was Hewitt's 40th five-set match at the majors, he claimed breaks in the third and fifth games before Del Potro, who had needed over four hours to win his first-round match, surrendered with his eighth double fault.

 

"He's a great champion and a great fighter," said Del Potro, who said that his troublesome wrist was still causing problems.

 

"Lleyton has the chance to go far in the tournament and I wish him well. We have a good relationship." - AFP, August 31, 2013.

 

Esse dedo deixou de mexer depois da operação.

[Descartes]

Hewitt :prayer:

 

Del Potro :facepalm:

[Bynum Lover]

Lleyton :heart:

 

Lleyton vs Haas na 4ª ronda e Lleyton vs Nole nos oitavos era lindo :prayer:

Editado 31 Agosto 2013 por Bynum Lover

[Lleyton]

Lleyton :heart:

 

Lleyton vs Haas na 4ª ronda e Lleyton vs Nole nos oitavos era lindo :prayer:

O Djokovic e o Haas estão a jogar pares? E vão jogar contra o Hewitt sozinho? :mrgreen:

[Joao Pereira]

O Djokovic e o Haas estão a jogar pares? E vão jogar contra o Hewitt sozinho? :mrgreen:

LOL

[Klebergol]

Senhoras

 

3rd round:

[1] Serena Williams (USA) d Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) | 6-3 | 6-1

[15] Sloane Stephens (USA) d [23] Jamie Hampton (USA) | 6-1 | 6-3

[18] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d Jie Zheng (CHN) | 6-2 | 6-4

[8] Angelique Kerber (GER) d [25] Kaia Kanepi (EST) | 6-0 | 6-4

 

[3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d [32] A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) | 6-4 | 7-6(1)

[24] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d [16] Sabine Lisicki (GER) | 6-4 | 7-5

[9] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d Kurumi Nara (JPN) | 6-4 | 7-6(5)

[5] Na Li (CHN) d [30] Laura Robson (GBR) | 6-2 | 7-5

 

[6] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) v Camila Giorgi (ITA)

Karin Knapp (ITA) v Roberta [10] Vinci (ITA)

[14] Maria Kirilenko (RUS) v [21] Simona Halep (ROU)

[27] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

 

[7] Petra Kvitova (CZE) v Alison Riske (USA)

Julia Glushko (ISR) v Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)

[13] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) v Christina McHale (USA)

[26] Alize Cornet (FRA) v [2] Victoria Azarenka (BLR)

 

4th round:

[1] Serena Williams (USA) v [15] Sloane Stephens (USA)

[18] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) v [8] Angelique Kerber (GER)

[3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) v [24] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)

[9] Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v [5] Na Li (CHN)

 

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[Marlo Stanfield]

Kirilenko e Kvitova arrumaram.

[Hugo Jr.]

Tareia da Halep na Kirilenko. E a A. Cornet ainda sacou um set a Azarenka.

[Lleyton]

Feliciano López ‏@feliciano_lopez 55 min

 

Congrats to @milosraonic. No fue mi mejor día. Toca volver a casa, entrenar duro y dejarse la piel en la gira asiática!!!

judy murray ‏@judmoo 38 min

 

@feliciano_lopez u were the better looking player. Its all that matters :-)

 

A Judy Murray deve gostar pouco deve :funny:

Editado 31 Agosto 2013 por Lleyton

[Lip McBoatface]

Isner, que branca foi essa?

[Jone Sampaoli]

Isner agora :lol: fds ca burro

afinal a Kirilenko não andava tanto bem assim. Carrega Halep!!

[Bynum Lover]

O Djokovic e o Haas estão a jogar pares? E vão jogar contra o Hewitt sozinho? :mrgreen:

Queria dizer Quartos :mrgreen: Foi a ansiedade de ver um momento desses que me influenciou o raciocínio :prayer:

[Descartes]

O Fred Silva que, na minha opinião, está incompreensivelmente no US Open, defronta na 1ª ronda o norte-americano Luca Corinteli.

[Jone Sampaoli]

Esta Giorgi também é um belo naco.

[paladino77]

Desde o jogo Isner vs Andy Roddick do US Open de 2010 senão estou em erro que fiquei fã e acompanhei a carreira dele. Este ano infelizmente só agora vou começar a seguir o US Open, o que aconteceu com ele para o referirem aqui ? :mrgreen:

[Hugo Jr.]

Esta Giorgi também é um belo naco.

 

Nem por isso :lol:

Nao ta a jogar assim tao mal por acaso, pena os imensos erros

[Jone Sampaoli]

em 99 fotos boas, foste ver a foto má :mrgreen:

[Grillo]

em 99 fotos boas, foste ver a foto má :mrgreen:

Mesmo, fdx :funny:

 

[Cra]

A Carol ainda vai perder isto :estrelas:

 

E perdeu mesmo :lol:

Editado 1 Setembro 2013 por Cra

[Grillo]

Woz como sempre a dar o choke, ao menos é consistente

Editado 1 Setembro 2013 por Grilo06

[Marlo Stanfield]

Vitoria suadíssima do Robredo em que Evans podia ter levado o jogo para 5º set e esta vitoria da Giorgi foi muito boa...

 

Que jogo vai ser agora no ashe stadium ?

[Descartes]

Federer vs Mannarino

[joao86]

Vitoria suadíssima do Robredo em que Evans podia ter levado o jogo para 5º set e esta vitoria da Giorgi foi muito boa...

 

Que jogo vai ser agora no ashe stadium ?

Federer! vs Mannarino

[Marlo Stanfield]

Obrigado aos 2. Já sintonizei na Eurosport :D

[Descartes]

US OPEN

 

3ª RONDA

 

DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB [1] vs. SOUSA, João POR

SMYCZEK, Tim USA [WC] vs. GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP

HAAS, Tommy GER [12] vs. YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS [21]

DONSKOY, Evgeny RUS vs. HEWITT, Lleyton AUS

 

MURRAY, Andy GBR [3] vs. MAYER, Florian GER

SEPPI, Andreas ITA [20] vs. ISTOMIN, Denis UZB

WAWRINKA, Stanislas SUI [9] vs. BAGHDATIS, Marcos CYP

BENNETEAU, Julien FRA [31] vs. BERDYCH, Tomas CZE [5]

 

GASQUET, Richard FRA [8] d. TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS [32] | 63 26 64 42 ret

RAONIC, Milos CAN [10] d. LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP [23] | 67 64 63 64

TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB [18] d. SOCK, Jack USA | 36 76 61 62

FERRER, David ESP [4] d. KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ [Q] | 64 63 46 64

 

FEDERER, Roger SUI [7] vs. MANNARINO, Adrian FRA

ROBREDO, Tommy ESP [19] d. EVANS, Daniel GBR [Q] | 76 61 46 75

KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [22] d. ISNER, John USA [13] | 64 36 75 76

NADAL, Rafael ESP [2] d. DODIG, Ivan CRO | 64 63 63

 

 

4ª RONDA

 

vs.

vs.

vs.

vs.

 

GASQUET, Richard FRA [8] vs. RAONIC, Milos CAN [10]

TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB [18] vs. FERRER, David ESP [4]

vs. ROBREDO, Tommy ESP [19]

KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER [22] vs. NADAL, Rafael ESP [2]

 

 

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Hoje no Arthur Ashe Stadium o Rafael Nadal igualou o número de vitórias na carreira do... Arthur Ashe! Partilham agora o 15º lugar dos jogadores mais vitoriosos da Era Open.