Coach Calv of Muller. “Great hands, shot-maker, can be very flakey. No massive weapons, no weaknesses, outrageously good-looking.”
I’d like a business card with “shot-maker” on it. Or “outrageously good-looking”, I’m not picky or precious.
Tennis.Tennis. Hopefully that changes – I’ve got both on in the hope – but until that happens, I can only watch two matches, so as my second I’ll go for Hijikata v Dimitrov (9).
Townsend, though, is one of few serve-volleyers on tour, and that alone makes her tricky to play. If she’s at it today, expect her to be a problem.
On Armstrong, Badosa and Townsend are knocking up. The former is in good nick having won in Washington and made the semis in Cincy, but she’s more than capable of losing matches she shouldn’t – never mind when still not properly settled after a back injury.
The way the telly works, we’ll have to be satisfied with whatever is showing on the two Sky channels, then I’ll pick the best of the rest.
So which matches to watch?
First things first: my colleague Luke McLaughlin alerts me to this piece of joy from the official US Open account.
Hey there Dudes and welcome to the US Open 2024 – day three!
And again, there’s so much ridiculous tennis it’s hard to know where to begin. We’ve got Madison Keys and Francis Tiafoe on Ashe while, on Armstrong, it’s Paula Badosa – her match against Taylor Townsend could be a goodun – followed by Alexander Zverev, yet again seeking a first Grand Slam title, and Aryna Sabalenka, this blog’s favourite for the women’s crown.
But as we reminded ourselves yesterday, at this stage of a tournament the best matches are likely to come away from the two main show courts, and we’ve got quite the selection. We’ll see Barbora Krejcikova, the Wimbledon champ; Ben Shelton v Roberto Bautista Agut; Casper Ruud v Gael Monfils; and Elina Svitolina v Anhelina Kalinina.
Is that it? Nope! There’s also Griggzy Dimitrov, Lorenzo Musetti, Andrey Rublev, Daria Kasatkina and the surging Alexei Popyrin; Harriet Dart v Marta Kostyuk, a potential belter between Brandon Nakashima and Arthur Cazaux, a Facundo Cerundolo v Tomas Etcheverry Argentinian derby and Donna Vekic v Geet Minnen. Awesome!
Play: 11am local, 4pm BST
Source: theguardian.com
