The Weird Loophole that let ANYBODY play the US Open 

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@Sleepy Joe yeah it’s been like that for 6 months

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yeah levels in tennis are incredibly deep. Most amateurs cannot even win at Futures level, let alone qualifying levels of a Grand Slam.

it was used to see HOW a amateur played against a pro, NOT to win.

Yeh, he's talking like tennis is poker, where you might go on a hot streak and beat a pro. The real reason this was scraped is probably money related.

@@brucesmith1544 or in golf, I might get lucky on a par 3 and beat a pro, but never in a million years would I have a chance at a par 4 or 5. In Tennis over the last few decades good luck winning if your name isn' t Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic.

@@brucesmith1544 I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be so stupid. Please flap those jowls some more.

Dude, your content are above or atleast the same level as this. You are incredibly down to earth person. Respect ! 🥰😎

It's called the 'OPEN' for a reason, there are qualifying tourneys every year. Same with Golf. US 'OPEN' !!!!! OPEN means open to anyone.

Imagine a Happy Gilmore of tennis.

We need more of the amateurs to try their luck in the Grand slam somewhat you know,😊

@zunaidparker - This is about a REAL LIFE event not some nonesense TV crap.

​@@who9387Learn how to spell and maybe you'll have an opinion that I can actually respect.

That makes no sense. It’s called US Open not for that reason. All the grand slams end with Open but only the US Open had that signup thing so no that’s not how the US Open got it’s name.

@@spillomina What makes it considered "Open" in tennis, since Darts, Billiards, and Golf all do some sort of open qualifying system for their open events

@@spillomina That is exactly how the US Open got its name. It's just that things have changed in the 140+ years since the inception of the tournament.

I was looking for this exact comment. Thanks 🙏🏻

Yeah, this is stupid. The beauty of an open tournament is that it gives everyone an opportunity to qualify based on merit. But it doesn’t guarantee spots to people who wouldn’t qualify on merit. My local semi-pro soccer team tries to qualify for the US Open Cup every year. They never make it. Heck, they never expect to make it. But they get to take their shot.

@@Topsailpirateexperience not cap dumb***, go check my utr record lmao

@@Topsailpirateexperience Why would someone lie about that lol?

@@Topsailpirateexperience they lie about having played tennis against nobody ex-players that no one has heard of?

REALLY!! I played agains Nadal with sandals and I beated him. Sadly the game is to booring for me to consider going pro. Not worth the pain

@@randomsomeone4696 check my utr records lmao

That would be so cool, I know I’d get destroyed if I played one of them but it would be so fun playing them in front of a big crowd

Good idea You’d have to be pretty terrible though not to even get 1 point

@@donnyvandebeek6998 eh not really, I have played tennis for 5 years and I doubt I’d win a point. Maybe a very lucky ace just maybe

@@donnyvandebeek6998 I meant winning a legit point, when the former pro isn't taking it easy, that is not an unforced error from them or mishit shot from me that turns into an un-returnable drop shot or a winner. It will be hard.

@@electric_boogaloo496 no offence but you cant be great then. I can hit winners against anyone and i mean anyone (harder against top 20 of course) and i’m not saying i’m a pro or anything

Well people like Steve Johnson has won the title, not necessarily an amateur

Danielle Collins, currently a top 10 pro player, won that title as well

Ternedo - Emma Raducanu had to play 3 qualifying rounds then went on to win the US Open title in 2021 and she was a full time student a few months before.

@@heavygamer9511 obviously after his career progressed. I meant current or directly adjacent college players. Anyone still permitted to compete in NCAA competition is an amateur.

Serious? Itf players are kinda amateurs. But maybe amateur is something else in tennis then what kno

@@liberateurmind9998 ITF players are professionals as well. They play at an extremely high level where they could beat any club pro without breaking a sweat.

@@thearjunmahadevan im only a Tennis watcher so i always thought its like amateur level. Amateur boxers could also Beat any random guy working out couple times a month . Thx for clarifying

@@liberateurmind9998 yes no problem

Yes, unfortunately only noticed after the recording session, should be better in the next video :)

He's nothing new though, we have seen bigger prospects failing and falling quickly, like Ginepri, Gulbis, Janowicz etc.

Ballin

I'd watch that movie!

if I recall correctly one of the years Blake played at the CT tourney at Yale and I saw him and a bunch of other players and thought "I'm pretty sure I saw these guys pretty recently at some challenger events"...wasn't surprised Blake won hahaha in any case Johnny Blaze id like to connect offline if possible. It's been a while and I think I last saw you at the Binghamton Challenger where you played dubs with my coach..

@@CaptZiad I played Blake quarterfinal round of the Nationals at Yale, I gave it all I had, won a few games, and he was just too good. It was such a fun concept and I hope they bring it back, but with some of those rule changes

So close :-D Well done anyway, hope you had fun.

He went out in Wimbledon

Yeah, the intro made it sound like you could get into the US Open main event. I suppose that's technically true, but only after getting through qualifiers, and there was 0% chance any amateur would have come close to managing anything like that. People have no clue just how ridiculously good these players are who have to fight through qualifiers. They would blow even a USTA 5.5 off the court. Still, it's a neat concept.

I feel like on a long enough time scale, eventually some amateur would find some success. Every once in a blue moon there would be someone with a combination of luck and just being naturally gifted enough to at least win a round or two against some lower ranked pros.

@@elijahwatson7837 You still need to train almost everyday to (potentially) do that. You cannot be a "weekend" player.