Estrella (Star) Burgos: 34 yrs. old, qualifies at the us open first time in.

[GeoffWilliams]

Star is a good name for a tennis player.

A deal with the devil? When the hispanic community sees his name, Estrella, they hear: Star.

How many of us old guys would sell our souls for the right to play at the us open? I've never seen this before. Dominican Republic, not Spain. Raonic beat him 9-7 in the 5th, for davis cup 2010, at 19 yrs. old. Burgos beat the 17 yr. old last round, half his age. Yea for the old guys.

[don_budge]

666

A deal with the devil?

Could be...he lost 7-6, 7-6, 7-6.

[klacr]

Estrella Burgos fought valiantly. Raonic struggled with his backhand and was willing to do anything to run around it to hit his forehand. VEB using the slice effectively. A 34 year old man knowing how to play tennis and his shots had a purpose. 3 tie-break sets is impressive and VEB could have won at least one of them.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[giancarlo]

I watched that match. The guy did not look his age at all. HUGE forehand. It was a great match to watch.

[GeoffWilliams]

One of the main tactical plays for a one hander, is to slice cc to his bh, and open the court up with a cc fh, due to their running around the bh, leaving the whole court open, ala Robredo/Kirgios.