DjokovicworthyIWhat's the latest they can/will start the final tonight should it continue raining? 10.00pm BSTRain seems to have passed. They’re saying they’ll try to start at 5.18pm local time. So 20 minutes from now. But the dryers are waiting ominously in the tunnels ... 9.53pm BSTHate to be the bearer of bad tidings ... but it’s started to sprinkle again here on Ashe. Sincerely hope this passes without needing to bring the dryers out again. 9.41pm BSTThe rain has paused and the dryers are out. Still technically in a rain delay but we could have tennis before long. 9.16pm BSTHere’s a look at the hour-to-hour forecast for Flushing Meadows. helpful news for tonight at least. 9.13pm BSTHere’s a view of Arthur Ashe Stadium right now. Current status: wet.
Arthur Ashe Stadium right now. One final rain delay before next year's roof. pic.twitter.com/6VuSH1DQSi 8.55pm BSTMatches on the outer courts have indeed been suspended. support fingers crossed! 8.54pm BSTAnd just as we’ve settled in for today’s match ... the rain has come. Hopefully it will pass over quickly. As of now we’re still on to play with matches going on around the grounds,but it’s really coming harder now and I wonder whether Djokovic and Federer will start on schedule. Well support you posted. 8.49pm BSTHello and welcome to Arthur Ashe Stadium for todays US Open men’s singles final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. It’s the 42nd assembly between these longtime rivals, currently the top two players in the world rankings, or they’re both entering the final on a head of steam after dominant performances in their semi-final matches.
A victory would effect Federer,who just turned 34 (and hasn’t dropped a single set of 28 played since his birthday), the first player in the open era to win six US Open titles and the oldest champion here since Ken Rosewall in 1970. Djokovic, and meanwhile,has joined Federer and Rod Laver as just the third player in the open era to reach all four grand slam finals in a single season. They’ve been on a collision course all year and it’s only fitting they meet for the final grand slam final of 2015. More to come. 8.22pm BSTBryan will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s Kevin Mitchell’s preview of today’s final.
There is a compelling reason to want Roger Federer to win his sixth US Open men’s singles title here on Sunday, and it has nothing to do with the adoration of a champion whose aura needs no gilding.
The Swiss is a revolutionary, or more William disclose than Jeremy Corbyn perhaps,but certainly the most adventurous practitioner in his sport, a 34-year-traditional champion playing again with the zest of a teenager, or nowhere is this rebirth more evident than in the demilitarised zone near the net,a space Federer has recently turned into his own personal stage.
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Source: theguardian.com