When you consider how many great matches we were able to see there is no question it was a great tournament! When you look at the men's draw and the way the scheduling was made during the event, you may ask yourself, was it really a great US Open?

As lover of the game and ultimately a fair person, I do not want to detract from the great merit and achievement of Roger Federer that is indeed a very talented individual and certainly not responsible for certain obvious flaws in the system. Which can not stop me from looking at the lopsided way the order of play, the times of play, the courts chosen and even unusually long rest periods between matches that should have everyone else with big question marks on their foreheads. Starting at the top of the mens draw, if you take a serious look at it your jaws will drop low:

Roger Federer
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Tennis instruction:" Hit the ball away from your opponent into the gaps and not to him unless you mean it as a surprise. You achieve this largely by hitting for the lines. Learn to put the ball where you aim it."  Mr. Harry Hopman (The best tennis Coach of all time!)

This quote at first seems to be over simplistic but, once you start watching match play specially at pro level you start to see how meaningful it is!

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