U.S. Open Match to Watch: Day 9

A men's round of 16 match between American, John Isner and Gilles Simon of France.

We'll find out with this match on Armstrong if anyone can tame the serve of John Isner.  Isner has served his way through multiple tiebreakers to reach this point. 

Simon has been getting better all summer and is trying to peak here at the Open.

These two have never played before.  You can count on Isner going big with the serve and Simon looking to stay at the baseline and rally.  Both are playing some of the best tennis of their career and it should be high quality action.

Prediction:  I like Isner to win a couple more tiebreaks and win in 4.

Potential Davis Cup Match of the Weekend: Melzer vs. Simon

If the tie between Austria and France gets to the 4th match, we'll have a good one to watch.

Two good top-30 players may take the court Sunday in a very important match.

Melzer vs. Simon.  if you aren't a tennis fan, you may not know how good this one might me.

A note: This match will be played in an airport hangar at the Vienna Airport.  Should be a loud crowd and some great tennis.  These two haven't played since 2009 when Simon won in Bangkok.

Since it's on clay and in Austria, I have to go with Melzer in 5 sets.