90 minutes away

1 hour.

Ricky thinks Federer is going to draw Riba in the first round. :D

Djoker will fall in Fed's Half .. LOL

and Soderling should fall in Feds quarter and Nalby should get in Soderling's quarter..

I've no doubt that Nadal is going to end up with Murray.

Federer will end up with Davydenko in his quarter for the zillionth time.

Murray will be in Nadal's half

Even Roddick should be praying to get in Verdasco's side(1/16)..or Davydenko but not in any of the Fab 4..

Yup. Djoko in Fed's half and Roddicks quarter no doubt.

I hope Djoker will fall in Nadal's half and avoid semis with Roger.

Verdasco or Davy will be in Fed's quarter

Soderling will be in Nadal's

Hahaha so much for "the luck of the draw"

i want Djokovic and Nadal in the same half. Its about time Fed gets Murray instead.

yep, also roddick in a diff quarter other than Nole..

HERE WE GO!!!!

Yes, that too. ANYONE else, even Soderling, would be welcome for a change.

where is the live commentary ??

where is the live commentary ??

Just doing the women right now.

Quote of the day from smr...

i was about to say that.

Ha ha ... realized what I'd written after posting. Lol.

Is there a format then, so if we know the ranking we can predict the draw?

No deuce - that's what keeps us tuning in!

deuce - u kidding?

how long is the draw?! i thought its just a 20 min thing..

i KNEW it. djokovic gets fed AGAIN. BRILLIANT.

Rafa draws Ivan Ljubicic, Fernando Verdasco and David Ferrer in his quarter, with Andy M his projected semi-final opponent. I can certainly live with that; more to the point, My Guy can!

VAMOS!!!

oooh some interesting quarters! fed-sod and berdych-murray should be very thrilling methinks.

Nole's quarter tricky, but he gets Davydenko as his "other seed"

roddick!!! baghdatis!!!!

when's the australian open?

what about nalby ????

Djoker will take care of baghdatis(Exhausted , similar to verdasco in French open)..

The draw probably does take only 20 minutes but the ads take up 40 minutes!

Nalby in Rafa's quarter

the problem for Nalby is he cant beat Rafa in best of 5.(Not just nalby many players who can beat him in best of 3 cant beat him in best of 5)lets see..

Rafa should get to the semis, then trouble

haha champ, why don't you just say it bluntly that you want Rafa to lose at the first round, my goodness!

I'm forgetting the grand slam is in 5. Rafa will handle Nalby for sure.

The draw at a superficial first look seems ok but every year there's something in the draw which seems to defy the laws of probability.Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.Instead of going through the charade of a public random draw every year,the organizers should have a transparent predetermined draw which remains the same every year with reference to rankings. The people who occupy the rankings would change but the draw's composition with reference to rankings would remain unchanged.The organizers have taken the mystery out of determining seedings.They should do the same for the draws.

Thanks Cheryl. Well, I've printed out the draw ... is that too nerdy? ... and can hardly wait for the matches to start. I guess there is still something going on in New Haven.

Ricky@7.02 Rafa in the semis is a Rafa who has quietly and confidently played himself into form, without too much difficulty, I'd say, practised his serve, honed his back hand etc. He will be a formidable Rafa.

Nadal is the easiest draw.

Roger, third round. Hewitt.QF.Soderling.
Tough as such draw

Murray is the most tough draw.
Djoko..

Severity of Murray's draw
Possibility that Murray doesn't win through. that it is large

remove your blinkers tennisnba a.k.a. Rogerlove a.k.a. maxi: you always talk the other way around, Murray has the easiest draw. Look outside the window, STAND UP infront of that sculped Roger's lifesize icon where you were kneeling 24/7.

Rooting for Murrayeh? HYPOCRITE!

ha? sigh..

Don't worry raindrops, in tennisnba's mind, Fed has fallen so low that he couldn't even deal with Hewitt and Sod, in Fed's favorite slam, the USO. Poor Fed!

[U.S. Open men's preview: Federer's road to redemption is bumpy]

Nadal gets as favorable a quarter as he'll ever see at an Open. On his side, he gets three seeded Spaniards (David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco), none of whom are built for the hard courts of New York. David Nalbandian, who started the month at No. 117 but is now No. 31 seed at the Open, lurks on the bottom half of the quadrant and could provide an interesting quarterfinal test for nadal.

On the other half of Nadal's side, Andy Murray must be breathing a huge sigh of relief that he doesn't see Mardy Fish anywhere near him on the bracket. (Fish has defeated Murray three times this year on hard courts.) Not that paths to the semis are ever clear in a Grand Slam, but Murray doesn't have too many potential roadblocks in his way.


The same can't be said on the other half of the draw for No. 6 seed Nikolay Davydenko. The Russian could potentially face Richard Gasquet in the second round and a recharged Andy Roddick in the fourth. If Marcos Baghdatis can still stand after playing 19 matches in the last 30 days, he could see Mardy Fish in a marquee third round tilt. Novak Djokovic rounds out the quarter.

Roger Federer's rout to the semifinals could go through Lleyton Hewitt (third round), Jurgen Melzer (fourth round) and Robin Soderling (quarterfinal). It would be the first Grand Slam semifinal for Federer since the Australian Open.

ttp://sports.yahoo.com/tennis/blog/busted_racquet/post/U-S-Op en-men-s-preview-Federer-s-road-to-redem?urn=ten-265402

i wish, Roger win the 6th us champion.

You see, you see, you seee?????? The true color of this hypocrite revealed.

I think Nalby is a little bit over rated. He's been dining out on beating Rafa and Roger on his way to winning some indoor tournament, and that is his claim to fame. If he was that good and scary to play he would have won more than 11 titles in his entire career, which is made up of two indoor Masters and one Masters Cup, no GS, just one slam final appearance.

When Nalby gets the results, he can be put on a pedestal. No amount of ifs, buts and well wishing will earn him the trophies, he has to win them.

Let's show a bit more respect for the players who have brought home the bacon, and stop denegrating them in favour of Nalbandian.

@vij, 8/26/10 7:14 PM

Excellent idea!!!

It is obvious that the draw is not due to chance. No wonder someone has won it 6 out of 7 times.