US open

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Well, it's up to him, obviously.

 

Me personally, I'd rather the Ashes than the 2006 World Cup.

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Quote:

1968 ~soul~ said:
1. Tottenham Hotspur
2. England cricket team
3. USA Soccer team
4. Motherwell
5. Man Utd
6= Cambridge United
6= St Albans City
8. San Antonio Spurs basketball
9. Canvey Island
10. England football team

Fella, are you tempted to do Cambridge v Canvey on New Year's Eve?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Not in the slightest.

 

Besides, we're playing the barcodes on NYE!

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That could be quite lively.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

How?

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Back to the tennis:

Andy Murray beat the Dudi Sela 6-4 6-4 and will now play Paolo Lorenzi who is 263 in the world and not on the best form but has reached a couple of challenger quarters in recent months.

Johnathon Murray turned the form book and my prediction upside down by beating 5th seed Thierry Ascoine 4-6 6-3 6-2 and will now play Thiago Alves who won his last challenger event in Ecuador and rose 25 places to 170, this fellow has been treading the courts since 1999 and has mainly played challenger and futures events, this current ranking is his highest ever, he can't of made any money I'd give up although he had won 4 tournements this year and been finalist in 2 others, following Murrays last win I think he may have a chance here.

I was right about Hilton he went out in straight sets to Julien Benneteau 6-4 7-5

 

Greg has a difficult start against James Blake who was seen as the USA's next big thing for a while but a series of injurys has seen his form and ranking drop this will be a tough start but Greg's recent form should see him ok, I wouldn't of said this last year. Looking at the draw for Greg it's pretty good with wild cards and qualifers littering the first couple of rounds (Andy Murray could be one of these qualifers) but he could be up against number 2 seed Nadal in the 3rd round, Nadal is seen as a clay court specialist so can be beaten, in fact Greg's half see's a lot of clay court specalists with only Agassi in the quarters and Roddick in the semi's possibly, a last 16 meeting with Thomas Johansson is also a possibilty. It could of been a lot worse.

 

Tim on the other hand starts against world 48 Verdasco which he could of done without especially as he was a beaten finalist in Austria on his last tournment beating some good players en-route, a start contrast in form to Tim, if he does get through then Marat Safin in the last 16 could be his first real test although he may meet last years Wimblesdon conquer Ancic in the 3rd, Federer is in this half of the draw but they wouldn't meet until the semi's but he'd be long gone by then!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

And for gertcha Mello kicks off against Jaun Monaco, he's in Greg's part of the draw so could meet in the quarters!