yes, that is what I thought was intended by the question.
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Re: Grand Slam Random,random
Same slam. Sorry, did not read the whole thing.
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Re: Grand Slam Random,random
There a few others who win a different Slam or have gotten close (RU).
Notable active players who have won a junior Slam - Zverev, Rublev, Shapovalov, FAA, Fritz, Rune, Musetti, Fonseca; Svitolina, Jabeur, Bencic, Ostapenko, Kostyuk, Anisimova, Fernandez, Noskova.
Notable active players who have won a junior Slam - Zverev, Rublev, Shapovalov, FAA, Fritz, Rune, Musetti, Fonseca; Svitolina, Jabeur, Bencic, Ostapenko, Kostyuk, Anisimova, Fernandez, Noskova.
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I'm surprised that so many are saying both the men's and women's draws at the US Open are fixed. You don't usually see that.
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Really? I feel it's always like this, but it changes depending on who the person in particular thinks is always given a gift.
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When I was blogging I felt like a voice crying in the wilderness on this subject and got a lot of flak for it. Yes it's been around for a long time but the US Open seems to be the worst offender. One half of the draw is murderer's row and the other is a cakewalk. It used to be split between the bottom of the top and top o the bottom as an example. It's just so blatant now.skatingfan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:53 amReally? I feel it's always like this, but it changes depending on who the person in particular thinks is always given a gift.
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So they rigged the draw against Alcaraz for Sinner? Why would that be in anyone's interest?ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 9:25 amWhen I was blogging I felt like a voice crying in the wilderness on this subject and got a lot of flak for it. Yes it's been around for a long time but the US Open seems to be the worst offender. One half of the draw is murderer's row and the other is a cakewalk. It used to be split between the bottom of the top and top o the bottom as an example. It's just so blatant now.skatingfan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:53 amReally? I feel it's always like this, but it changes depending on who the person in particular thinks is always given a gift.
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Re: Grand Slam Random,random
The USO got what it deserved for the infamous 1996 draw. They did not rig the draw (how could that be done?) but moved Kafelnikov from #4 to #6 and moved Agassi UP to #4, so the wanted Sampras/Agassi QF would become a SF, shown by CBS (and its multimillion $$$ contract).FredX wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 11:58 amSo they rigged the draw against Alcaraz for Sinner? Why would that be in anyone's interest?ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 9:25 amWhen I was blogging I felt like a voice crying in the wilderness on this subject and got a lot of flak for it. Yes it's been around for a long time but the US Open seems to be the worst offender. One half of the draw is murderer's row and the other is a cakewalk. It used to be split between the bottom of the top and top o the bottom as an example. It's just so blatant now.skatingfan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 3:53 am
Really? I feel it's always like this, but it changes depending on who the person in particular thinks is always given a gift.
Ever since, this keeps coming up.
And indeed, why would anyone try to rig the draw to avoid a J/C meeting? Which other final has as much potential?
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Re: Grand Slam Random,random
More often than not, it seems one of the top seeds gets an easier path. Rarely does it predict a reasonable 30 seed in 4th 20 seed in round of 16, teens for quarters, and top ten for semis for the top 2 players. One seems to get the players rising and the other gets the players sinking.
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Re: Grand Slam Random,random
And that is why draws are done at random.
You can even see that sometimes, it is not that the draw is unbalanced, it is that some player that has a hand over another is in the same side. This year, Osta was in the path for Iga at RG. Sure, it did not happen, but initially it looked like somebody had planned it to be funny.
You can even see that sometimes, it is not that the draw is unbalanced, it is that some player that has a hand over another is in the same side. This year, Osta was in the path for Iga at RG. Sure, it did not happen, but initially it looked like somebody had planned it to be funny.
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