[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

Total prize money tops $50 million at this year's US Open...If you lose in the first round of singles, you still pocket a cool 50 grand.

http://www.tsn.ca/us-open-winners-to...llion-1.807485

what's the over/under for round one retirements? that's a tasty payday for potentially half an hour of work.

in other news, hungover Fed has some real talk for the kids on tour:

“I know you can easily get sucked into that [attritional] mode when you don’t want to attack but, if you can’t volley, you are not going to the net,” Federer said the morning after his Wimbledon victory. “Almost every player I played here wouldn’t serve and volley. It’s frightening to me, to see that at this level.”

“Every generation definitely is different,” Federer said. “Since my generation and Rafa’s generation, the next one hasn’t been strong enough to push all of us out really, so that has been helpful for us to stick around. A young guy, if he wants to make a breakthrough, he can beat me or any top player, but, if he doesn’t make a run to the final or win the tournament, he’s not making any move in the rankings.”

“I look at the stats and, whatever round it is, I see that the guy I’m going to face is playing 2 percent of serve and volley throughout the championship. I’m going, OK, I know he’s not going to serve and volley – which is great for me. And the grass was playing fast this week. I wish that we would see more coaches, more players taking chances up at the net, because good things do happen there,” Federer said.

http://nypost.com/2017/07/18/why-rog...sily-destroys/