I’m finding it hard to get excited about the men’s draw with this ridiculous scheduling at the US Open.  Two second round matches will be completed on Wednesday with first round action concluding too.  In my opinion, the tournament loses all sense of flow and those players who have to play their first round matches on the Wednesday are at a real disadvantage.  The selection of matches for Thursday is also pretty grim.  Hopefully there should be some interesting matches from the weekend… and I might cheer up as well.

1. Nick Kyrgios v Andreas Seppi (ATP US Open, R2)

Nick Kyrgios‘s win on Monday received more attention for his antics rather than the actual win.  Kyrgios beat the number 21 seed, Mikhail Youzhny, 7-5 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(1).  Youzhny had served for the fourth set.  Although Youzhny hasn’t had a good year, this was another impressive victory for the 19-year-old.  Kyrgios will play Andreas Seppi in the second round.  The Italian world number 49 crushed Sergiy Stakhovsky in straight sets.  Seppi has had a quiet year, posting just three quarter-final appearances all year, of which one came last week in Winston-Salem.  This is a difficult match to call because there’s not a lot of data to judge Kyrgios on.  Seppi could sweep up if Kyrgios delivers an erratic performance, but Kyrgios’s best is likely to top Seppi’s best…

Prediction: Kyrgios d. Seppi in 4 sets

ATP US Open 2nd Round Predictions

Novak Djokovic d. Paul-Henri Mathieu in 3 sets

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez d. Sam Querrey in 5 sets

Philipp Kohlschreiber d. Michael Llodra in 3 sets

John Isner d. Jan-Lennard Struff in 3 sets

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Aleksandr Nedovyesov in 3 sets

Benoit Paire d. Pablo Carreno Busta in 4 sets

Fernando Verdasco d. Andrey Kuznetsov in 5 sets

Andy Murray d. Matthias Bachinger in 3 sets

Tommy Robredo d. Simone Bolelli in 4 sets

Kei Nishikori d. Pablo Andujar in 4 sets

Leonardo Mayer d. Matt Ebden in 3 sets

Borna Coric d. Victor Estrella Burgos in 5 sets *This is probably the most intriguing match on the line-up, but not enough time to preview it 😦

Milos Raonic d. Peter Gojowczyk in 3 sets