Australian Open 2022

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118493671#Comment_118493671

Raducanu will get destroyed on social media if she doesn't win 60 61 or something 🙄

Well, there's the 6-0 for starters!!

Stephens' head doesn't seem to be in it at all, she's getting destroyed so far.

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118493674#Comment_118493674

Watch

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118493731#Comment_118493731

I thought that what it must be - but why on earth would you not be allowed wear a watch???

Floppybits

Stephens just didn't seem interested in the match in the first set. She has now broken Raducanu at the start of the second, it will be interesting to see how Raducanu responds. She has had it easy so far.

HeidiHeidi

Stephens is finally waking up here. Looking a lot more purposeful and positive in her play.

2 breaks in the 2nd set now. I feel a decider coming on.

HeidiHeidi

Looking good for Raducanu now.

I've just noticed it's almost midnight there. Can't be easy playing that late having waited all day!

gmisk

Raducanu match was poor I thought but she is through.

6-0, 2-6, 6-1

Might keep the British press off her back for a day or two!

MisterAnarchy

Appalling match, littered with errors.

42 unforced errors by Stephens, 30 by Radacanu.

Probably 60 and 45 in reality as they seem to be very generous as whats regarded an an unforced error.

klr87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118493739#Comment_118493739

Apparently any kind of "smart tech" is verboten. It could be used for nefarious purposes.

klr87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118494149#Comment_118494149

Almost as weird as the match yesterday between Dayana Yastremska and Madison Brengle. Brengle won 6-1 0-6 5-0 RET. Yastremska was up to her usual tricks, taking a long bathroom break after a short for set - well, as short as is allowed under the new rules, This discomfited Brengle so much that she lost the second set 6-0. Yastremska then retired at 0-5 rather than eat a bagel herself in the final set. She was injured, but she could surely have hung around for one more game. Brengle hit a grand total of 1 winner during the entire match, against 31 by Yastremska. Her reward for winning is a 2nd round match against Osaka, who seems to be getting her s**t together mentally.

Kvitova, Kerber and Fernandez all out today.

poppy37

Decent win for Radacanu but Sloane was not dialled in at all. The level was pretty poor by both players but I feel slams really suit Radacanu because of the rest day in between matches. Her fitness and conditioning need a lot of work.

Sad to see Kvitova bow out to Cirstea who is a decent but limited player. Petra however was shocking, so many unforced errors and not by centimetres either.

Kerber beaten by Kanepi who seems to always pull out a big win at the slams and disappear for the rest of the year. However Angie is just after Covid so not really a shock as such.

Entertaining match between Broady and Kyrios, his match up with Medvedev will be worth watching especially to see how Medvedev reacts to the crowd against him and the sledging they carry on with.

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118494296#Comment_118494296

Oof, didn't even know they were scheduled to meet in R2. Kyrgios leads the h2h 2-0 but both matches were played in 2019, and Medvedev is a much more accomplished player than then, so I'd be confident he can get the job done. As we know a rowdy crowd won't bother him at all, and if the match goes to four or five sets you'd have to imagine Kyrgios' lack of match play/general fitness will come back to bite him. On the other hand, it's only the second round so he'll still be feeling relatively fresh. Hoping Medvedev can send him packing though.

HeidiHeidi

Sad end to the Tan/Svitolina match, Tan had made a great comeback to take the 2nd, despite 3 breaks.... you'd have to wonder what she might have been capable of without injury. Svitolina looked like she was shaping up again after the slump, but who knows!

yerwanthere123

Anisimova takes out Bencic in straight sets. That's a huge relief to Osaka who is 0-4 against Bencic, or 1-4 if you include a 25k ITF from 2013.

poppy37

Giorgi next for Barty, it depends what Camila turns up but on her day she can be unbeatable especially on hard courts.

Kudos to Brengle for making a match of it in the second set but Osaka still very comfortable. Anisimova playing well again which is good to see. The sudden death of her father followed by niggly injuries understandably saw her spiral down the rankings but hopefully things have turned around for her.

I’m finding the women’s draw more interesting at the moment but I see Kyrios/Medvedev is the night match on Rod Laver tomorrow so that should be a stock up on the popcorn watch for sure.

Alcaraz has a good chance of getting to the semi-finals if he can beat Berrettini and he has already done so last year in Vienna and is the favourite in the betting, if not a huge one.

He has put on some seriously impressive muscle in the months since he last played and has improved his serve.

Has improved his haircut also, thankfully for his sake, not that that took as much effort.

Blitzed his first and second round opponents.

Still only 18 and here at the AO he is the youngest men's grand slam seed in more than 30 years.

Sky is the limit for this guy.

Only concern would be that his all-out style could lead to injuries.

Royale with Cheese

He just needs to grow his hair out a bit now and wear really long shorts.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118501790#Comment_118501790

Quite different style of tennis compared to Nadal.

The only time Nadal went to the net at that age was at the end of a match.

yerwanthere123

Wow, Alcaraz is a tank. If he makes it big the endorsements will be flying in.

Itssoeasy

Not a good start for garbine muguruza who’s 0-3 and 0-30 down to Alize Cornet.

Itssoeasy

Cornet 5-2 up in the first set.

Itssoeasy

Cornet won the first set 6-3.

HeidiHeidi

Cornet playing fabulous tennis here, can see her doing this. 3-2 and a break up.

Itssoeasy

Clara Tauson has knocked out the no 6 seed anett Kontaveit in straight sets. The no 6 seed is out and the no3 seed isn’t looking good either. Dan evans got a walk over.

Itssoeasy

Alize cornet has won in straight sets.

If someone beats Sinner they'll win the tournament.

HeidiHeidi

Sabalenka 5-0 down 😳

gmisk

Murray is in real bother here, a set down and Daniel serving for the second set

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118502122#Comment_118502122

He is an insane talent. There is a reason Juan Carlos Ferrero has been coaching him since he was 16.

Floppybits

Have just started watching the Raducanu match, Is she injured? She is just slicing forehands.