2010 US Open: The Men
The 2010 US Open tennis tournament concluded last night with Rafael Nadal of Spain defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Final. With this year’s U.S. Open title, Nadal has now completed a career Grand Slam, becoming only the seventh man in history to do so.
As you can see below, it was an action-packed Open on the men’s side. If you missed yesterday’s blog post, check out it out for photos from the women’s tournament.
Roger Federer of Switzerland breezed through most of the tournament without dropping a set until he was eliminated by Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. The result was a Federer-less Finals for the first time since 2003. Federer won five straight US Open Championships before losing to Juan Martin del Potro in last year’s Finals.
Gael Monfils of France, a crowd favorite because of his athleticism and antics, made it to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Djokovic.
Monfils hugs Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia after eliminating him in the third round:
Monfils, whose second round victory over Igor Andreev of Russia came on his 24th birthday, “blows out candles on his cake” after the win:
Mardy Fish of the United States:
Paul-Henri Mathieu of France:
Unseeded Ryan Harrison of the United States celebrates his first round victory over 15th seed Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia. With the win, Harrison became the first American teenager to defeat a top 20 player at a Slam since Andy Roddick took down then No. 11 Alex Corretja at the 2001 US Open.
12th seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia made it all the way to the semifinals before being eliminated by Rafael Nadal, the eventual U.S. Open Champion.
25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland had a great tournament, becoming the lowest seed at this year’s Open to make it to the quarterfinals:
American Sam Querrey:
Jurgen Melzer of Austria:
5th seed Robin Soderling of Sweden:
Twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States celebrate their quarterfinal doubles victory on the way to winning their third U.S. Open doubles title:
Finals runner-up Novak Djokovic earlier in the tournament:
Rafael Nadal, seen here defeating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the second round, is this year’s U.S. Open Champion:
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Anyone have a more complete translation?
Great Photos! Candid and live shots of the action. I used to play a little tennis myself before back when I was still in my early school years.
Great shots! I was once a circuit-player (small-time!) and then became a tennis trainer travelling the globe with young ‘hopefuls’. We always used to take pics of the great players we would watch – our pics never came out like these though! Wonder why not?
Thanks for these photos – truly fantastic.
Yes, great and fantastic photos.
Fabulous! That shot of Djokovic is unreal. I had the pleasure of watching most of these guys at the Cincinnati ATP tournament a few weeks ago, and none of my iPhone pics look anything like these. ;)
Nice work!
Thanks! I have to give a whole lot of the credit to my equipment. I don’t think I could have taken those shots with an iPhone!
came here for searching wordpress technical but i cant wait to see a blog about tennis ,, the pics were awesome what camera did you use, if you dont use the camera with a large tumbler at their face:-)
Fabulous shots!
so sad nadal won :D but still he’s still really good
Sad Nadal won? oh that comment should be deleted! FAB photos! Loved Monfils!
You sound a bit totalitarian, my friend. But you are right about the photos =)
Oh come on, everyone likes an underdog! Yes, Monfils is awesome. If you’ve never seen him play in person, find a way to. He’s a pure joy to watch.
Thanks for those fantastic photos. its really good
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Amazing pictures! I love watching tennis, and playing tennis. Those two brothers chest-bumping is a funny shot. Congrats on getting Freshly Pressed! :D
Dude! I wish you would have done the same blog about the Women players as I don’t watch the men/havent since the likes of Monica Seles came on the scene with that sexy “grunting” and all the fashionistas like the Wms.Sisters! LOL You have the photogs eye.
I did! Check out yesterday’s post about the women: https://blog.avigerver.com/2010/09/13/2010-us-open-the-women/
Yes you DID!! Thank you for the Sharapova flicks ( she is my favorite) – and indeed ALL of them…how contorted a fine figure of a woman’s face can get during competition is what strikes me, LOL Bravo!
Nice work.
Is it safe to assume you get paid to do this?
Either way, that’s gotta be some real crazy glass you got to go along with the crazy skills.
Best
David
Thanks, yes, that’s a safe assumption. I’m a professional photographer based in New York City. Check out my website @ http://www.avigerver.com to see the wide range of people and places I shoot!
Wow! These are what you call GREAT photos. Honestly, at first I thought the photos are just lifted from a sports website. But then, I found out that you took all of it. Great job! I hope I can also be as good as you – you know I am just a starter. :)
Amazing shots! Love the way you’ve captured Novak Djokovich’s thigh muscles *grin*. Do you do Wimbledon by any chance?
Nope, I’ve never shot Wimbledon, but hopefully some day….
Nice article and nice images! i hope someone also get a shot of me playing tennis in my PS3, lol, anyway this is a good post! Cheers!
Great work. Avi.
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