The finals of the 2012 US Open were filmed by Rick LeBeau. His nicely edited
version is available here:
This year, the world title in DDC was awarded at the US Open. The finals were played
in Chase Palm Park near the Santa Barbara pier. The wind was fairly strong, about 10-12 mph,
but very steady, which made it playable. To get an idea of the wind, look at the flag in
the background. That steady wind is why there's a bit less variety in the throws than there
is normally.
CD/CK |
DH/RL |
Scoring play |
How |
Notes |
1 |
0 |
RL scoober burn short |
A2-o |
|
1 |
1 |
CD lets low bh lead land in |
A1-du |
well-timed attack |
2 |
1 |
RL drops lead |
A1-d |
|
3 |
1 |
RL bh burn short |
A2-o |
|
3 |
2 |
CD drops lead as CK tips |
A2-d |
|
4 |
2 |
CD winner - low 2f burn |
A2-du |
|
5 |
2 |
RL lets CD bh off land |
Q-du |
|
5 |
4 |
CD/CK let both shots land in |
A1-du, A2-du |
mass confusion; CD thought lead might be out |
6 |
4 |
RL quick off out |
Q-o |
|
7 |
4 |
CK winner on impasse |
A0-du |
|
7 |
5 |
CD bad tip on high scoober lead |
A1-dt |
|
7 |
5 |
RL lead out, DH throws 2f winner |
A1-o, A2-du |
break |
9 |
5 |
RL/DH doubled on CD sidearm lead, CK 2f lob |
double |
|
9 |
6 |
RL 2f lob winner |
A2-du |
CK wonders out loud why he was in the very front of the court |
10 |
6 |
RL bh off is out |
Q-o |
CD forgets to tell CK to hold |
10 |
7 |
CD drops tip |
A1-dt |
|
11 |
7 |
RL quick off is out |
Q-o |
the dreaded double bh attack |
12 |
7 |
DH spinning quick off is out |
Q-o |
CK with a very nice tip of a low 2f burn early in the rally |
13 |
7 |
DH serve is out |
S-o |
|
14 |
7 |
RL 2f lob is out |
A2-o |
|
15 |
7 |
RL bh burn is short |
A2-o |
|
CD/CK |
DH/RL |
Scoring play |
How |
Notes |
0 |
2 |
CK drops tip, CD lets lead land |
A1-du, A2-dt |
wrong call by CD, should have been Tip instead of Go |
1 |
2 |
DH drops tip of CD sidearm attack |
A2-dt |
|
1 |
3 |
CD 2f lob rolls out |
A2-o |
the one time I tip the scoober lead, I throw the attack out :( |
2 |
3 |
DH lets CD 2f burn land |
A2-du |
well-timed and low, nothing useful for DH to do with it |
2 |
4 |
RL 2f offside winner |
A2-du |
looks like CK thought it might kick out |
3 |
4 |
RL lets lead land in |
A1-du |
DH tips CD staker burn |
3 |
5 |
CD drops tip |
A1-du |
CD lays out futilely |
4 |
5 |
DH bad tip of CD 2f burn |
A2-dt |
|
5 |
5 |
CK hook-thumb dump winner |
A2-du |
|
5 |
7 |
CD another bad tip of high scoober lead, CK drops 2f burn |
A1-dt, A2-d |
you can hear in Conrad's "Hold" call how annoyed he is with himself |
6 |
7 |
DH bh burn is short |
A0-o |
DH demonstrates conservation of greatness after nice ramp tip of CD sidearm attack |
6 |
8 |
CK drops tip of RL 2f lob |
A2-dt |
Cody goes for a stroll, annoyed with himself |
7 |
8 |
DH wrist-flip off is out |
Q-o |
the wet blanket makes an appearance |
8 |
8 |
CD 2f winner on impasse |
A0-du |
RL left CD short |
8 |
9 |
CK lets DH 2f lob land in |
A2-du |
lead was a RL UD bh, CK took a wrong step trying to get to dump |
9 |
9 |
DH lets CK hook-thumb lob land in |
A2-du |
DH kicks it out for comic relief |
10 |
9 |
CK 2f winner on impasse |
A0-du |
|
11 |
9 |
DH lefty lead is out |
A1-o |
|
11 |
10 |
CD UD bh off is short |
Q-o |
CD had more time |
11 |
11 |
CD UD bh lead is wide |
A1-o |
|
11 |
12 |
CK UD bh lead is wide |
A1-o |
he didn't want me to feel bad |
13 |
12 |
DH drops tip of CD 2f burn, RL off is wide |
Q-o, A2-dt |
here you can see the effect the wind is having on control of tips |
13 |
13 |
CK hook-thumb dump rolls wide |
A2-o |
|
13 |
14 |
CK 2f attack is wide |
A2-o |
|
13 |
14 |
DH quick off lead goes wide, CK off is short |
Q-o, Q-o |
break |
15 |
14 |
DH/RL doubled when DH tips during spinning RL quick off |
double |
CD/CK doubled just before that (after video review - play was very close) |
15 |
15 |
CK quick bh off from back of court goes long |
Q-o |
|
16 |
15 |
DH catches CD 2f burn and sets it on ground |
A2-d |
timing was good, DH not in position to make quick off, burn too low to tip |
17 |
15 |
RL scoober rolls wide |
A2-o |
|
CD/CK |
DH/RL |
Scoring play |
How |
Notes |
0 |
1 |
CK quick off of RL bh burn is short |
Q-o |
|
1 |
1 |
CK winner hard 2f burn |
A2-du |
|
1 |
2 |
CD drops tip as he sprains his ankle |
A1-dt |
DH lends CD ankle brace (thanks Dave!) |
2 |
2 |
DH quick bh off is wide |
Q-o |
|
3 |
2 |
RL drops rally shot |
R-d |
rally shot was shallow, RL drooling |
4 |
2 |
DH 2f lob goes long |
A2-o |
|
4 |
3 |
CK lets DH 2f lob land |
A2-du |
Cody with always-popular "What am I doing?!" remark |
5 |
3 |
RL sneak attack bh is short |
A0-o |
RL testing CD's mobility, a sound strategy |
5 |
3 |
CD drops tip, DH burn slides out long |
A1-dt, A2-o |
break |
6 |
3 |
CD 2f offside winner out of escape |
A2-du |
|
6 |
4 |
CD quick off as CK tips was not there at all |
Q-o |
CD limps to pretend it was ankle and not bad positioning |
8 |
4 |
RL and DH let both shots land |
A1-du, A2-du |
Cody throws hard, and that one was well-timed |
8 |
5 |
CK bad tip of RL 2f burn |
A2-dt |
|
9 |
5 |
DH quick bh off is wide |
Q-o |
low-tech Vimeo review says Rick and Dave doubled earlier in point |
9 |
7 |
CD horrible tip of bh lead, CK off drifts wide |
A1-dt, Q-o |
|
9 |
8 |
CD high bh attack is wide |
A2-o |
funny play - RL with way wrong Go call, emergency tip which DH turns and catches |
10 |
8 |
RL bad tip of bh lead |
A1-dt |
|
11 |
8 |
DH 2f lob slides out long |
A2-o |
|
12 |
8 |
CD 2f winner out of escape |
A2-du |
|
13 |
8 |
CK burns down middle on serve |
A0-du |
after restart following mid-air collision |
14 |
8 |
RL 2f burn short |
A2-o |
|
14 |
8 |
CD loses tip of high scoober lead (again!), DH burn is short |
A1-dt, A2-o |
break |
15 |
8 |
CD sneaks sidearm past RL on serve |
A0-du |
had been thinking about doing that for awhile, last chance to find out |