2017 US Open
As originally written by Tony Miller:
I'm kind of amazed that tennis' fourth major doesn't have a thread yet some 32 hours before it starts.
ESPN's press release on the matter: http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2017/08/183102/
Broadcast Schedule
Monday, Aug. 28 -- 1-6 p.m. on ESPN, 6-11 on ESPN2
Tuesday, Aug. 29 -- 1-11 p.m. on ESPN
Wednesday, Aug. 30 -- 1-6 p.m. on ESPN, 6-11 on ESPN2
Thursday, Aug. 31 -- 1-11 p.m. on ESPN2
Friday, Sept. 1 -- 1-6 p.m. on ESPN, 6-11 on ESPN2
Saturday, Sept. 2 -- 11 a.m.-11 p.m. on ESPN2
Sunday, Sept. 3 -- 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on ESPN, 7-11 p.m. on ESPN2
Monday, Sept. 4 -- 11 a.m.-11 p.m. on ESPN2
Tuesday, Sept. 5 -- Noon-6 p.m. and 7-11 on ESPN
Wednesday, Sept. 6 -- Noon-6 p.m. and 7-11 on ESPN
Thursday, Sept. 7 -- Women's semis, 7-11 p.m. on ESPN
Friday, Sept. 8 -- Men's doubles, noon-2 p.m. on ESPN2; men's semis, 4-11 on ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 9 -- Mixed doubles final, noon on ESPN3; women's final, 4-7 p.m. on ESPN
Sunday, Sept. 10 -- Women's doubles, 1 p.m. on ESPN2; men's final, 4-7 on ESPN; men's final (encore), 8:30 on ESPN2
ESPN3 has coverage of every ball on up to 12 courts -- it looks like courts 8, 9, 14 and 15 are the odd ones out -- as well as a media center feed. Coverage of the first two hours on the first five days is online-only, as is coverage of the mixed doubles final.
Commentators
Commentators include, based on their roles at Wimbledon (ordered by the number of matches worked in those roles):
Hosts: Chris McKendry, Trey Wingo
PBP: Chris Fowler (28), Jason Goodall (23), Cliff Drysdale (21), Tom Rinaldi (20), Patrick McEnroe (16)
Analysts: Chrissie Evert (21), Brad Gilbert (20), Mary Joe Fernandez (17), John McEnroe (15), Pam Shriver (12), Darren Cahill (11), Patrick Moratoglou (4)
(Shriver also did PBP 11 times; Goodall and Patrick McEnroe were analysts 7 and 6 times respectively.)
64 matches, 49 of them on televised courts, 9 of which ended before ESPN went to its first match at 1:23. That leaves 40 televisable matches.
Day 1 - Monday, August 28th
64 matches, 49 of them on televised courts, 9 of which ended before ESPN went to its first match at 1:23. That leaves 40 televisable matches.
1:00 - Sign-on -- Chris McKendry, John McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, Chrissie Evert
1:23 - 1 - Cilic/Sandgren (AA) -- Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill
1:33 - 2 - Johnson/Almagro (GS) -- end #1 ~1:36 -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
1:41 - 3 - Isner/Herbert (LA) -- Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
1:58 - Cilic/Sandgren
2:40 - 4 - Konta/Krunic (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
2:43 - Cilic/Sandgren
2:58 - Isner/Herbert
3:08 - 5 - Liu/Duan (10) -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver -- match ended off-camera, ~4:13
3:21 - Tournament update (McKendry)
3:23 - Cilic/Sandgren -- end #2 3:39
3:39 - Isner/Herbert -- end #3 3:43
3:49 - Tournament update (McKendry)
3:53 - Konta/Krunic -- end #4 4:14
4:19 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert
4:28 - 6 - V.Williams/Kuzmova (AA) -- Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez
4:45 - 7 - Stephens/Vinci (LA) -- Tom Rinaldi, Chrissie Evert
5:05 - V.Williams/Kuzmova
5:17 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Patrick McEnroe, Brad Gilbert with John Isner
5:23 - Stephens/Vinci -- end #5 5:24
5:29 - Tournament update (Wingo)
5:31 - V.Williams/Kuzmova -- end #6 5:47
5:56 - 8 - Querrey/Simon (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Patrick Moratoglou -- ESPN leaves live action at 5:59:50 with ESPN2 joining at 6:00:19
6:19 - Tournament update (Goodall)
6:20 - Querrey/Simon -- end #7 6:29
6:35 - Studio -- Wingo, Patrick McEnroe
6:45 - 9 - Sock/Thompson (LA) -- Tom Rinaldi, Brad Gilbert
7:02:13 - Primetime show open -- Chris McKendry, John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez
7:26 - Opening-night ceremony - Remarks from Billie Jean King, performance by Shania Twain, other non-tennis elements
7:51 - 10 - Halep/Sharapova (AA) - Chris Fowler, Chrissie Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez (courtside), Tom Rinaldi (pre-match) -- start 8:03
9:06 - Tournament update (Goodall/Gilbert) -- ends of Donaldson/Basilashvili, Sock/Thompson in fifth set
9:07 - Halep/Sharapova
9:45 - Sock/Thompson update (ended 9:44)
9:46 - Halep/Sharapova -- end #8 10:47, off court 10:58
11:00 - Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert
11:06 - 11 - A. Zverev/King (AA) -- Patrick McEnroe, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert (courtside), Tom Rinaldi (pre-match) -- start 11:14, end #9 2:04, sign-off 2:08.
Day 2 - Tuesday, August 29th
Good news and bad news.
The bad news, from a tournament perspective, is that it rained a lot on Tuesday. Only nine matches were completed, six of them on Ashe. Eleven more were started and suspended. That leaves 44 -- more than two-thirds of the slate -- that didn't even start. If we figure that about the average suspended match is about half over, we've got 49.5 matches left from Tuesday.
The good news is that there's a roof, otherwise we'd be talking about four matches that finished before the rain came at 1:45, which would leave some part of 60 matches left.
So then. Some part of 20 matches were played. Sixteen of those lasted into ESPN's on-air window, but play was suspended on the outer courts at 1:18, before the first live match action reached our screens at 1:24. In other words, once ESPN began showing live tennis, the only matches available to them were the four-plus on Ashe. (In addition to the scheduled stadium matches, one additional match was started outdoors and finished indoors.)
1:00 - sign-on -- Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert
1:24 - 1 - Kerber/Osaka -- Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver, Tom Rinaldi (post-match) -- end at 2:16, break to commercial 2:23
2:27 - Studio -- Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez
2:43 - 2 - Nadal/Lajovic -- Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert (including post-match), Pam Shriver -- starts 2:49, end at 5:07, break 5:15
At 3:39, McKendry relays the announcement that play on outer courts has been abandoned for the day.
5:18 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, joined at 5:23 by Patrick Moratoglou, Mary Joe Fernandez and Chrissie Evert
5:28 - 3 - Ostapenko/Arrubarrena (resuming, 3-1 in third) -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver -- resumed 5:30:31, end 5:38:08, break 5:39
5:43 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, joined at 5:48 by Patrick Moratoglou, Mary Joe Fernandez and Chrissie Evert
5:54 - tape of Sharapova/Halep from Monday
6:52 - Studio -- Wingo, Moratoglou -- break to commercial 6:57:30
With no match in progress, primetime show starts at 7:00 straight up
7:03 - Studio -- McKendry, John McEnroe, Darren Cahill, Chrissie Evert
7:16 - 4 - Keys/Mertens -- Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez, Pam Shriver -- start 7:20, end 8:50, break 8:53
8:57 - Studio -- Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Patrick Moratoglou, joined by Madison Keys at 9:00
9:11 - 5 - Federer/Tiafoe -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Darren Cahill (CSR), Tom Rinaldi (pre/post) -- start 9:14, end 11:52, toss to SportsCenter 11:54 where the first item was the post-match interview.
Day 3 - Wednesday, August 30th
1:00 - Sign-on
1:04 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Chrissie Evert, Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
Among matches completed: Thiem/de Minaur, Svitolina/Siniakova, Petkovic/Brady, Kanepi/Schiavone, Gibbs/Cepede Royg, Mladenovic/Niculescu, Young/Marterer, L.Mayer/Gasquet, Bouchard/Rodina.
1:17 - 1 - Berdych/Harrison (5) -- Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert -- end #1 1:18
1:23 - 2 - Dimitrov/Safranek (GS) -- Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert -- end #2 1:42
1:48 - 3 - Kyrgios/Millman (LA) -- Cliff Drysdale, Jason Goodall -- end #3 2:35
2:40 - 4 - Del Potro/Laaksonen (AA) -- Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert
2:50 - 5 - Fritz/Baghdatis (10) -- Chris Fowler, Brad Gilbert -- end #4 2:58
3:05 - 6 - Bellis/Hibino (16) -- Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert
3:29 -- split-screen with Del Potro/Laaksonen
3:31 -- Del Potro/Laaksonen exclusively
3:32 -- Bellis/Hibino -- end #5 3:35
3:37 -- Del Potro/Laaksonen -- end #6 3:48
3:54 - studio -- Trey Wingo, Darren Cahill, Patrick Moratoglou
4:09 - 7 - Sharapova/Babos (AA) -- Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, Tom Rinaldi (pre) -- start 4:14
4:33 - 8 - Vondrousova/Kuznetsova (GS) in split-screen -- Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert -- end #7 4:34
4:35 -- Sharapova/Babos
5:01 -- Vandeweghe/Riske update
5:18 - tournament update -- Trey Wingo
5:19 -- Sharapova/Babos
At 6:00, ESPN elected to stay with Sharapova/Babos until its conclusion. The match ended (#8) at 6:33. My DVR dutifully switched to ESPN2 and recorded ... SportsCenter.
7:00 - 9 - Isner/Chung (LA) -- Cliff Drysdale, John McEnroe -- end #9 7:09
7:12 - Primetime open - Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Darren Cahill. At 7:14, there were still 31 matches coming up or in progress.
7:15 - 10 - Pouille/Donaldson (17) -- Cliff Drysdale, John McEnroe
7:17 -- Querrey/Sela update
7:19 - 11 - A.Zverev/Coric (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
7:21 -- Pouille/Donaldson split-screen, end #10 7:22
7:23 -- A.Zverev/Coric -- to break at 7:33
7:37 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Darren Cahill
7:39 - 12 - V.Williams/Dodin (AA) -- Patrick McEnroe, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver (CSR/post) -- start 7:41
8:01 -- Kvitova/Cornet update
8:23 -- A.Zverev/Coric
8:41 -- V.Williams/Dodin -- end #11 9:08, to break 9:13
9:15 - 13 - Cibulkova/Stephens (10) - Tom Rinaldi, Patrick Moratoglou
9:25 -- A.Zverev/Coric (first split-screen, then full) -- end #12 9:44
9:27 -- M.Zverev/Paire update
9:31 -- Cilic/F.Mayer update
9:49 - 14 - Tsonga/Shapovalov (AA) -- Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert (post)
9:54 -- Edmund/Johnson update
10:10 -- Cibulkova/Stephens -- end #13 10:14, draw shows Sevastova/Kozlova still unfinished
10:19 -- Tournament update (Fowler) -- eight matches still on court
10:19 -- Tsonga/Shapovalov
10:36 -- Tournament update (Goodall/Shriver) -- Wozniacki/Makarova end first, Muguruza/Duan 4-3 in first
10:46 - 15 - Muguruza/Duan (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
10:51 -- Tsonga/Shapovalov
11:10 -- Muguruza/Duan -- end #14 11:12
11:12 - 16 - Wozniacki/Makarova (17) -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
11:13 -- Tsonga/Shapovalov
11:28 -- Wozniacki/Makarova
11:30 -- split-screen
11:37 -- Tsonga/Shapovalov -- end #15 11:48, to break 11:54
11:56 -- Wozniacki/Makarova -- end #16 12:11, sign off 12:12
Day 4 - Thursday, August 31st
1:00 - Open -- Chris McKendry,
1:01 -- Brady/Strycova, Cirstea/Ostapenko, Svitolina/Rodina all complete
1:03 - Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall
1:16 - 1 - Pliskova/Gibbs (AA) -- Pam Shriver, Mary Joe Fernandez, Tom Rinaldi (post)
1:49 -- Berdych/Dolgopolov update with Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill (end 1:49)
1:57 - 2 - Dimitrov/Rublev (LA) -- Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill
2:01 -- Pliskova/Gibbs
2:35 - Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall
2:38 -- Pliskova/Gibbs
2:45 -- Dimitrov/Rublev split-screen, periodically one match goes full screen for a couple of points until Dimitrov/Rublev second set ends
2:53 -- Pliskova/Gibbs full-screen -- end #1 2:57, to break 3:01
3:06 - 3 - Del Potro/Menendez-Maceiras (GS) -- Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill
3:17 - 4 - Federer/Youzhny (AA) -- Chris Fowler, Cliff Drysdale, Tom Rinaldi (pre), Darren Cahill (post) -- start 3:23
3:27 -- Del Potro/Menendez-Maceiras -- end #2 3:29
3:30 -- Dimitrov/Rublev -- end #3 3:35
3:36 -- Federer/Youzhny -- end #4 6:29, to break 6:33
4:33 -- Mannarino/Fratangelo update
6:16 -- Thiem/Fritz and Monfils/Young updates
6:36 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Patrick McEnroe
6:47 - 5 - Thiem/Fritz (LA) -- Tom Rinaldi, Patrick Moratoglou -- end #5 6:48
6:52 - 6 - Monfils/Young (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert -- end #6 7:08
7:11 - Primetime open -- Chris McKendry, John McEnroe, Darren Cahill
7:32 - 7 - Vandeweghe/Jabeur (AA) -- Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post)
7:42 - 8 - Keys/Maria (LA) -- Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert
7:44 -- Vandeweghe/Jabeur
7:58 -- Radwanska/Putintseva update
8:08 - 9 - Kuznetsova/Mara (GS) -- Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert
8:13 -- Vandeweghe/Jabeur
8:28 -- Keys/Maria -- end #7 8:34
8:36 -- Vandeweghe/Jabeur -- end #8 9:09, to break 9:14
9:18 - Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert with Coco Vandeweghe
9:30 - 10 - Nadal/Daniel -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert (CSR), Tom Rinaldi (pre/post) -- start 9:35, end #9 12:30, sign-off 12:38
9:40 -- Safarova/Hibino, Kuznetsova/Mara updates
Day 5 - Friday, September 1st
Chris Fowler is off the air Friday as he heads to his Saturday college football assignment. Chris McKendry Patrick Moratoglou, John McEnroe and Cliff Drysdale were all absent for the day session, which saw Darren Cahill on PBP for the first time since the Australian Open. (Moratoglou and Drysdale were also off Thursday night and McKendry did not appear during Wednesday's day session.) Tom Rinaldi was absent after about 4:00 with Pam Shriver pinch-hitting on his interview role in primetime. ESPN went to the bullpen for Mardy Fish as a match analyst and Bethanie Mattek-Sands on a couple studio segments.
At the time ESPN signed on, Kvitova/Garcia and Carreno Busta/Mahut were complete; Lorenzi/Fabbiano was about two games from ending in straight sets. Makarova/Suarez Navarro, Anderson/Coric and Sevastova/Vekic were never seen on TV; two other matches only appeared as updates.
1:00 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez
1:16 - 1 - Shapovalov/Edmund (AA) -- Darren Cahill, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert (CSR/post)
1:39 - 2 - Cilic/Schwartzman (GS) -- Darren Cahill, John McEnroe, unidentified US Open reporter (post) -- ESPN uses an ESPN mic flag to conduct interviews on Ashe, this was a US Open mic flag
1:44 -- Shapovalov/Edmund
1:47 -- Cilic/Schwartzman
1:56 - Studio - Trey Wingo, John McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez (Pam Shriver on tape with Coco Vandeweghe and Shelby Rogers)
2:06 - 3 - Stephens/Barty (LA) -- Tom Rinaldi, Pam Shriver
2:22 -- Cilic/Schwartzman
2:23 -- Shapovalov/Edmund
2:24 -- split-screen while Schwartzman serves for match and Shapovalov for set
2:27 -- Shapovalov/Edmund
2:33 -- Stephens/Barty
2:34 -- Cilic/Schwartzman
2:37 -- Stephens/Barty split-screen at triple match point (end #1 at 2:38)
2:38 -- Cilic/Schwartzman (end #2 at 2:39, 65 seconds after Stephens) -- to break 2:44
2:47 - tournament update -- Trey Wingo
2:49 -- Shapovalov/Edmund
3:15 - 4 - Muguruza/Rybarikova (LA) -- Tom Rinaldi, Chrissie Evert -- for about six seconds before...
3:15 -- Shapovalov/Edmund (end #3 by retirement at 3:15) -- to break 3:21
3:25 -- Muguruza/Rybarikova -- for real this time
3:51 - 5 - V.Williams/Sakkari (AA) -- Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, Pam Shriver (pre/CSR)
3:59 -- Muguruza/Rybarikova (end #4 at 3:59)
4:05 -- V.Williams/Sakkari
4:09 -- Goerges/Krunic update
4:15 -- Pouille/Kukushkin update
4:25 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Jason Goodall with Bethanie Mattek-Sands (who was as much analyst as guest for the tournament update that followed)
4:35 -- V.Williams/Sakkari (end #5 at 5:03) -- to break 5:07
4:53 -- Rogers/Vandeweghe doubles(!) update (again with Mattek-Sands)
5:10 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Bethanie Mattek-Sands with Garbine Muguruza
5:16 - 6 - Querrey/Albot (LA) -- Jason Goodall, Mardy Fish, Brad Gilbert -- start 5:18
5:28 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Darren Cahill with Denis Shapovalov
5:35 -- Querrey/Albot -- Goodall pulls out at 5:59:40 to switch networks
6:00 -- ESPN2 signs on with tournament update and Serena Williams childbirth update
6:01 -- Querrey/Albot
6:16 - Studio -- Trey Wingo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Patrick Moratoglou
6:28 -- Querrey/Albot
7:04:50 - Primetime open -- Chris McKendry, Patrick Moratoglou, Chrissie Evert
7:19 - 7 - Isner/M.Zverev -- Patrick McEnroe, John McEnroe, Pam Shriver (pre/CSR/post) -- start 7:21
7:25 -- Querrey/Albot (end #6 at 7:26)
7:27 -- Isner/M.Zverev (end #7 at 9:28) -- to break 9:33
9:37 - Studio -- Chris McKendry, Patrick Moratoglou, Brad Gilbert
9:54 - 8 - Sharapova/Kenin -- Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver (pre/CSR/post) -- start 9:56, end 11:40, sign-off 11:45
Day 6 - Saturday, September 2nd
8/16 men's singles third-round matches
8/16 women's singles third-round matches
7/16 men's doubles second-round matches + 1 first-round match
11/16 men's doubles second-round matches
3/16 mixed doubles first-round matches + 3 second-round matches
Five matches appeared only as updates. No Fowler or Rinaldi today (football), with a lot of Pam Shriver and Patrick McEnroe PBP. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Rennae Stubbs and Mardy Fish filled in as analysts with Shriver, Stubbs and Cahill doing interviews.
Patrick Moratoglou didn't appear after 11:30 a.m.
11:00 - Open -- Chris McKendry, Brad Gilbert, Patrick Moratoglou with Dick Vitale, eventually going triple-box with Patrick and John McEnroe (on Armstrong) and Pam Shriver and Chrissie Evert (on Ashe)
11:28 - 1 - Ka.Pliskova/Zhang (AA) -- Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert, Rennae Stubbs (CSR/post)
11:46 - Safarova/Nara update
11:55 - 2 - Thiem/Mannarino (LA) -- Patrick McEnroe, John McEnroe
12:11 -- Ka.Pliskova/Zhang
12:23 - Safarova/Nara update
12:53 -- Thiem/Mannarino
12:55 -- Thiem/Mannarino and Ka.Pliskova/Zhang split-screen
12:57 -- Ka.Pliskova/Zhang
1:12 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Darren Cahill, Bethanie Mattek-Sands
1:15 -- Ka.Pliskova/Zhang
1:18 -- Thiem/Mannarino
1:21 -- Thiem/Mannarino and Ka.Pliskova/Zhang split-screen
1:24 -- Thiem/Mannarino (match end #1 at 1:25)
1:26 -- Ka.Pliskova/Zhang (match end #2 at 1:38)
1:46 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Darren Cahill, Bethanie Mattek-Sands (including Troicki/Dolgopolov and Kohlschreiber/Millman updates)
2:00 - 3 - Bautista Agut/Del Potro (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
2:27 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Bethanie Mattek-Sands with Lucie Safarova
2:36 - 4 - Osaka/Kanepi (5) -- Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez (match end #3 at 2:40)
2:45 - 5 - Radwanska/Vandeweghe (AA) -- Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Rennae Stubbs (post)
2:57 - 6 - Ostapenko/Kasatkina (LA) -- Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez (match end #4 at 2:58)
3:04 -- Bautista Agut/Del Potro (match end #5 at 3:07)
3:07 -- Radwanska/Vandeweghe
3:31 -- Brady/Niculescu update
4:01 -- Svitolina/Rogers update
4:07 - 7 - Brady/Niculescu (17) -- Jason Goodall, Mary Joe Fernandez (match end #6 at 4:22)
4:27 -- Radwanska/Vandeweghe
4:39 - 8 - Svitolina/Rogers (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Mary Joe Fernandez
4:46 -- Goffin/Monfils update following Monfils' retirement (LA) -- Cliff Drysdale, Mardy Fish
4:47 -- Radwanska/Vandeweghe
4:51 -- Svitolina/Rogers
4:54 -- Radwanska/Vandeweghe (match end #7 at 5:00)
5:01 -- Svitolina/Rogers (match end #8 at 5:02)
5:11 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Brad Gilbert with Kim Clijsters
5:24 - 9 - Nadal/L. Mayer (AA) -- Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill, Pam Shriver (CSR first two sets/post), Brad Gilbert (CSR last two sets) (start 5:25, match end #9 at 8:41) -- break to commercial 8:48
5:38 -- Rublev/Dzumhur update -- Jason Goodall, Mardy Fish
5:49 -- Rublev/Dzumhur update
ESPN began using "Primetime at the US Open" bumpers at 7:00, even though the day session continued until close to 9:00.
8:51:20 - Primetime open - Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert, joined 8:56 by Rafael Nadal
9:36 - 10 - Federer/Lopez (AA) - Patrick McEnroe, John McEnroe, Darren Cahill (pre/CSR/post) -- start 9:41, end 11:27, break 11:33
11:35 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Brad Gilbert
11:46 - 11 - Keys/Vesnina (AA) - Pam Shriver, Mary Joe Fernandez, Rennae Stubbs (pre/CSR/post) -- start 11:50, end 1:46, sign-off 1:51
Keys/Vesnina was tied for the fourth-latest start in US Open history. The latest finish in tournament history is 2:26 -- which was realistically about one set away from happening. Shriver's last words signing off were "go to bed!"
For reference:
12:00 - Sabatini/Bowes, 1987 first round
11:53 - Stephens/Radwanska, 2013 second round
11:51 - Wozniacki/Gullickson, 2010 first round
11:50 - Federer/Monaco, 2011 round of 16
11:50 - Keys/Vesnina, 2017 third round
Day 7 - Sunday, September 3rd
Four matches are held over from Saturday, a result of evening rain. Each of the three doubles draws has a suspended match; one additional mixed doubles affair was canceled outright.
4/8 men's fourth-round matches
4/8 women's fourth-round matches
8/16 men's doubles second-round matches (completing that round) and 1/7 third-round matches*
4/16 women's doubles second-round matches (completing that round) and 5/8 third-round matches
7/8 mixed doubles second-round matches, completing that round
*This is not a typo -- Monroe/Smith advanced to the quarters by walkover after Fabio Fognini was forced to withdraw.
At the end of the day:
Men's doubles will have last 6 third-round matches (but no quarterfinals) set
Women's doubles will have last 3 third-round matches and 2 quarterfinals set
Mixed doubles will have quarterfinals set
Chris Fowler has Querrey/Zverev, based on his Tweet at 2:22 a.m. this morning.
Some idiot forgot to set the DVR to do the usual minute-by-minute tracking, but from spot-checking on the ESPN3 archive, here we are. The times listed are the times on the video, which has had some of the commercials removed, so don't match real time.
Opening studio -- Trey Wingo, Jason Goodall, Chrissie Evert
0:20 -- Carreno Busta/Shapovalov -- Cliff Drysdale, John McEnroe, Darren Cahill (pre/post/CSR), Pam Shriver (CSR) -- match ended at 2:16 EDT per clock on court
3:03 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Chrissie Evert, Brad Gilbert
3:16 -- Sharapova/Sevastova -- Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Rennae Stubbs (CSR)
4:10 -- Goerges/Stephens -- Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver
4:17 -- Sharapova/Sevastova
At 4:40, the clock behind Sevastova shows 4:14 EDT.
5:12 -- Goerges/Stephens (4:52 EDT) -- match ends at 5:14 on video, 4:54 EDT.
5:16 -- Sharapova/Sevastova -- end 5:24, 5:05 EDT.
5:32 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Brad Gilbert, Pam Shriver
5:38 -- V.Williams/Suarez Navarro -- Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Mary Joe Fernandez (CSR) -- start 5:42/5:28 EDT -- match end 7:18/7:18.
5:55 -- Schwartzman/Pouille -- Darren Cahill, Patrick Moratoglou
5:55 -- Anderson/Lorenzi -- also Cahill and Moratoglou
5:56 -- V.Williams/Suarez Navarro
6:14 -- Schwartzman/Pouille -- end
6:16 -- V.Williams/Suarez Navarro
6:32 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Pam Shriver with Sloane Stephens
6:44 -- Anderson/Lorenzi
6:45 -- V.Williams/Suarez Navarro
6:51 -- Clock shows 6:46 EDT.
7:02 -- Clock shows 7:00 EDT, Drysdale advises that Baseball Tonight is airing on ESPN2.
The network transition happened at 7:30 EDT, at which point the WatchESPN archive switches files and the timer resets.
Primetime open -- Chris McKendry, Pam Shriver, Brad Gilbert
0:45 -- Anderson/Lorenzi
0:46 -- Muguruza/Kvitova -- Patrick McEnroe, Chrissie Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez (pre/CSR), Tom Rinaldi (post) -- start 0:48/8:23, end 2:27/10:11
2:34 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Pam Shriver, Jason Goodall joined by Petra Kvitova
2:44 -- Querrey/M.Zverev -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Brad Gilbert(CSR) -- start 2:47/10:36, end 3:54/11:53, sign-off 12:05 EDT
Day 8 - Monday, September 4th
Monday... in which we complete everything before the quarterfinals in the five tour-level draws, play a mixed doubles quarterfinal, and 59 juniors matches.
As far as we know, ESPN's entire staff is available for today -- although Shriver and Evert have been on a lot over the weekend.
11:00 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Trey Wingo, Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez
11:20 - 1 - Pliskova/Brady (AA) -- Tom Rinaldi, Pam Shriver, Rennae Stubbs (CSR/post) -- start 11:20, end #1 12:06, to break 12:10
12:13 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Trey Wingo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Mardy Fish
12:29 - 2 - Nadal/Dolgopolov -- Cliff Drysdale, Patrick McEnroe, Darren Cahill (pre/CSR/post) -- start 12:36, end #2 2:17, to break 2:23
1:12 - Around the grounds -- Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez on set; Trey Wingo, Mardy Fish on the fountain plaza
1:30 - 3 - Goffin/Rublev (LA) -- Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
1:32 -- Nadal/Dolgopolov
2:27 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Chris McKendry, Mardy Fish, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, eventually with Sam Querrey replacing McKendry
2:48 - 4 - Vandeweghe/Safarova (AA) -- Chris Fowler, Mary Joe Fernandez, Pam Shriver (pre/CSR/post) -- start 2:50
2:52 -- Goffin/Rublev (LA) -- had ended prior to update
3:38 - Kanepi/Kasatkina update (Goodall/Evert)
3:39 - Bryan/Bryan vs. Marach/Pavic update (Rinaldi/Fish)
3:59 - 5 - Kanepi/Kasatkina (LA) -- Jason Goodall, Chrissie Evert
4:01 -- Vandeweghe/Safarova
4:13 - 6 - Bryan/Bryan vs. Marach/Pavic (GS) -- Tom Rinaldi, Mardy Fish -- end #3 4:15
4:15 -- Vandeweghe/Safarova -- end #4 4:29, to break 4:37
4:42 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Brad Gilbert
4:49 -- Kanepi/Kasatkina update -- had ended
4:54 - 7 - Thiem/Del Potro (GS) -- Darren Cahill, Patrick Moratoglou, Mardy Fish (CSR), Pam Shriver (post)
4:58 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Bethanie Mattek-Sands with CoCo Vandeweghe
5:04 -- Thiem/Del Potro
6:32 -- Tournament update -- Wingo
7:09 -- Primetime open -- Chris McKendry
7:11 -- Thiem/Del Potro and Ashe entrance split-screen
7:13 -- Thiem/Del Potro
7:19 - 8 - Federer/Kohlschreiber -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Brad Gilbert (pre/CSR/post) -- start 7:21
7:38 -- Thiem/Del Potro update
7:49 -- Thiem/Del Potro update
7:53 -- both matches split-screen
7:59 -- Thiem/Del Potro
8:10 -- Federer/Kohlschreiber
8:12 -- split-screen
8:15 -- Thiem/Del Potro -- end #5 8:19
8:25 -- Federer/Kohlschreiber -- end #6 9:10, to break 9:17
9:20 - Studio - Chris McKendry, joined 9:24 by Darren Cahill
9:35 - 9 - Svitolina/Keys -- Patrick McEnroe, Chrissie Evert, Pam Shriver (pre/CSR/post) -- start 9:39
9:48 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Darren Cahill with Roger Federer
9:56 -- Svitolina/Keys -- end 11:40, to break 11:45
11:48 - Time fill, P.McEnroe/Evert -- Sign-off 11:55
Day 9 - Tuesday, September 5th
Tuesday...
2 men's singles quarterfinals (leaving 2 more)
2 women's singles quarterfinals (leaving 2 more)
4 men's doubles quarterfinals
1 women's doubles quarterfinal (leaving 3 more)
3 mixed doubles quarterfinals (finishing that round)
Also the last 7 junior first-round matches and 43 of the 48 second-round matches...
12:00 - Open - Trey Wingo, Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez
12:19 - 1 - Carreno Busta/Schwartzman -- Tom Rinaldi, Brad Gilbert, Darren Cahill (CSR), Jason Goodall (post) -- start 12:21
1:44 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Patrick McEnroe with Will Weinbach of USTA NetGen program
1:48 -- Carreno Busta/Schwartzman -- end #1 2:19, to break 2:24
2:29 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Rennae Stubbs, Patrick Moratoglou
2:49 - 2 - Sevastova/Stephens -- Patrick McEnroe, Chrissie Evert, Mary Joe Fernandez (pre/CSR/post) -- start 2:50
3:28 - 3 - Bryan/Bryan vs. Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin (GS) -- Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
3:30 -- Sevastova/Stephens
4:07 -- Bryan/Bryan vs. Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin
4:08 -- Sevastova/Stephens -- end #2 5:18, to break 5:24
5:28 -- Time fill -- McEnroe/Evert
5:32 - Studio - Trey Wingo, Mary Joe Fernandez, Patrick Moratoglou
5:49 -- Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert on the fountain plaza
5:54 -- Wingo, Fernandez, Moratoglou -- sign off 6:00
7:00 - Primetime open - Chris McKendry, Patrick Moratoglou, Chrissie Evert, John McEnroe
7:15 - 4 - V.Williams/Kvitova -- Cliff Drysdale, Mary Joe Fernandez, Rennae Stubbs (pre/CSR/post) -- start 7:20, end #3 9:55, to break 10:01
10:05 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Patrick Moratoglou, Chrissie Evert
10:18 - 5 - Querrey/Anderson -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Darren Cahill (CSR), Tom Rinaldi (pre/post) -- start 10:23, end #4 1:51, sign-off 1:56
Day 10 - Wednesday, September 6th
Wednesday...
2/4 men's singles quarters
2/4 women's singles quarters
3/4 women's doubles quarters
So the semis will be set in all five tour-level draws. That's also the ENTIRE order of play -- no juniors, men's or mixed doubles, or invitational doubles due to the weather forecast.
Open -- Chris McKendry, Trey Wingo, Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
Pliskova/Vandeweghe -- Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Mary Joe Fernandez (CSR) -- start 12:23, end 1:58
Studio -- Trey Wingo, Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall
Nadal/Rublev -- Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Brad Gilbert (CSR) -- start 2:27, end 4:03
Studio -- Chris McKendry, Trey Wingo, Jason Goodall, Patrick Moratoglou
Primetime open -- Chris McKendry, Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert
Keys/Kanepi -- Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, , Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Rennae Stubbs (CSR) -- start 7:18, end 8:27
Studio -- Chris McKendry, Chrissie Evert
Federer/Del Potro -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Darren Cahill (CSR) -- start 8:57, end 11:48, sign-off 11:55
Day 11 - Thursday, September 7th
Thursday...
Both women's singles semis
Both men's doubles semis
The two women's doubles quarters that got rained out Wednesday
Four invitational doubles matches
Eight wheelchair matches
8/8 junior girls singles third-round matches
8/8 junior boys singles third-round matches
4/4 junior boys doubles quarterfinals
The last 5/16 junior girls doubles second-round matches
So, if all of these matches happen, we'll be down to...
Women's singles and men's doubles final
Men's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles semis
Boys doubles semis
Boys singles, girls singles, girls doubles quarters
And assorted wheelchair/invitational matches
Open -- Chris McKendry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Brad Gilbert, Patrick Moratoglou
7:16 -- V.Williams/Stephens -- Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Pam Shriver (CSR) -- start 7:20, end 9:28, to break 9:35
9:40 - Studio - Chris McKendry, Brad Gilbert, Pam Shriver, joined by Sloane Stephens
9:55 -- Keys/Vandeweghe -- Patrick McEnroe, Mary Joe Fernandez, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Pam Shriver (CSR) -- start 9:59, end 11:06, to break 11:12
11:15 -- Time fill, getting more commercials in -- McEnroe, Fernandez -- sign-off 11:24
Day 12 - Friday, September 8th
Both men's semifinals
Men's doubles final
Both women's doubles semifinals
Both mixed doubles semifinals
10 wheelchair matches
Four collegiate invitational matches
All four boys singles quarterfinals
Both boys doubles semifinals
All four girls singles quarterfinals
All four girls doubles quarterfinals
Men's doubles open -- Chris McKendry, Patrick McEnroe, Pam Shriver
Men's doubles final -- Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert, Rennae Stubbs (CSR),
Tom Rinaldi (post)
Open -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Patrick McEnroe
Carreno Busta/Anderson -- Chris Fowler, Darren Cahill, Tom Rinaldi(pre/post), Brad Gilbert (CSR) -- start 5:22, end 7:18, to break 7:26
Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
Nadal/Del Potro -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Darren Cahill (CSR) -- start 7:53, end 10:24, to break 10:34
Studio -- Chris McKendry, Jason Goodall, Brad Gilbert
Day 13 - Saturday, September 9th
Saturday...
Women's singles final
Mixed doubles final
Boys doubles final
Both boys singles semifinals
Both girls singles semifinals
Both girls doubles semifinals
Both collegiate invitational finals
One legends doubles match
Nine wheelchair matches
4:00 - Open - Chris McKendry, Pam Shriver
Keys/Stephens -- Cliff Drysdale, Chrissie Evert, Tom Rinaldi (pre/post), Mary Joe Fernandez (CSR), Pam Shriver (stands)
Studio -- Chris McKendry, Pam Shriver, Chrissie Evert, Patrick Moratoglou
(ESPN advertised that the mixed doubles final will be on the ESPN app at noon. That was accurate, but it was just the world feed.)
Day 14 - Sunday, September 10th
Sunday...
Men's singles final
Women's doubles final
Boys singles final
Girls singles final
Girls doubles final
Three wheelchair matches
Women's doubles open -- Tom Rinaldi, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Patrick McEnroe
Women's doubles final -- Pam Shriver, Mary Joe Fernandez, Rennae Stubbs (CSR), Tom Rinaldi (trophy)
4:00 -- Men's singles open -- Chris McKendry
4:03 -- Nadal/Anderson -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe, Tom Rinaldi (pre), Darren Cahill (CSR) -- start 4:25, end 6:52, to commercial 6:56
7:00 -- Studio -- Tom Rinaldi(!), Brad Gilbert, Jason Goodall
7:02 -- Trophy ceremony -- Chris McKendry -- to break 7:16
7:20 -- Studio segment from booth -- Chris Fowler, John McEnroe, Patrick McEnroe -- sign-off 7:24