Tournament begins today. New roof over Ashe Stadium and a new grandstand are some of the updates in Flushing Meadows. Last year of Louis Armstrong stadium as well before its torn down and a new stadium is built in its place.
My best friend is at the Open for a couple days. Says the improvements are dramatically better and looks awesome in person.Tournament begins today. New roof over Ashe Stadium and a new grandstand are some of the updates in Flushing Meadows. Last year of Louis Armstrong stadium as well before its torn down and a new stadium is built in its place.
My best friend is at the Open for a couple days. Says the improvements are dramatically better and looks awesome in person.
Local product out of Rhode Island as well.19 year old American Jared Donaldson takes out #12 Goffin in four sets.
FWIW, Troicki was unseeded - you couldn't be forced to play two seeds in your first two rounds. Still, great story.But in the end Del Potro did get a wild card, which did in fact bounce a young American to the qualifiers. That young American was 19 year old Jared Donaldson, who won three qualifying matches, then beat #12 Goffin in 4 sets in the first round and today took out #32 Troicki in straight sets, so now he's in the third round. He has a brutal draw, #21 Karlovic next, then potentially Nishikori and then Murray, but pretty funny how that worked out, with Del Potro and Donaldson both still in it.
He's also incredibly chillNishikori is blazing fast. Dude is fun to watch.