Australian Open 2022

josip

Do goons in the crowd ever get removed during a match? Can the umpire insist on someone being kicked out, or can they tell security to up their game or the match will be suspended? It seems to me, that by not taking a firmer stance, TA are saying this is ok.

I've been to a few sporting events in Australia, the mindset is different there than here, there's quite a bit of shrill/whine and Medvedev would not have been far off with some of his earlier comments.

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118534431#Comment_118534431

James Keothavong tried to have some drunken eejits removed in the Berrittini/Monfils match last night. Not sure if they actually went in the end, but the match was held up for a few minutes while stewards were talking to them.

Starts raining in the tie-break just as Medved has a mini-break!

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118534550#Comment_118534550

Horrible timing for both of them

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118534560#Comment_118534560

Looks like Medvedev was least affected by it

Medvedev starting to look more like Medvedev

Love the squash shot from the corner

Even before the brief rain stoppage a couple of errors had been creeping into the FAA game over that set compared to before

Medved's serve still not firing but improving

Will see how this 4th set goes now...

defiant come-back from 0-30 down on serve there from the Med to go 2-2 in the fourth

FAA holding serve with ease tho and hasn't faced a BP since the first set.

The crowd numpties were back jeering Medved on 2nd serve right as he was in the service motion of hitting it and he DF's for a match point for FAA at 30-40 5-4 up

Then Medved went into clutch mode and reeled off 3 points to go 5-5

Fooking ice-cold blood in the veins

Now creates the break and takes it, will serve at 6-5 for the fourth

was 40-up, the punters go at him on the serve again (just keeps going), a couple of loose shoots and it's deuce

Then an incredible net point from Medved to save going BP-down and he serves 1 big and it's 2 sets all.

Augme

Some match. All the play for in the fifth. FAA isn't out of this but he needs to dig deep and just take the shackles off you feel.

HeidiHeidi

What a shot!!!

HeidiHeidi

Couldn't ask for a better start to the final set than that!

Big hold from Medved - staring down 3 BP's but comes through

And FAA crumbles to a break following that in the next game, producing only his 3rd and 4th fourth DF's in the match.

As the commentators said, can often happen when there are missed opportunities in the preceding game.

Medvedev's to lose now if can hold his service here in the next game you'd think

And he does - 3-1 up

If Medved wins here it's a good comeback from Medved but also certainly a choke from FAA

HeidiHeidi

And now a break up.

I really need to go out, but just can't!!

The momentum has really shifted here.

More screamers right on the 2nd serve action at 30-30 and Medved DF for a break point

Seriously some right knobs in the crowd at it continuously and deliberately, particularly at those big moment situations

But Medved goes clutch-mode again and takes his service game

So Medved proves that he has not a small bit of that Djokovic-type resilience in him

Some seriously clutch moments there in a number of games

FAA ahead on all match stats pretty much but tennis is about the big points.

Could be a good one vs Tsitsipas in the semis, even if Medved is comfortably ahead in the h2h

Some disgraceful deliberate shouting / screaming on Medvedev's 2nd Serve throughout the match, particularly on big points.

Asked how he came back by Courier, Medved says

I said to myself "What would Novak do?"

😂😂😂

High-level trolling by Medved

Love it

Augme

FAA will take a long time to get over that won. Two years in a row at AO he loses from 2-0 up. Medvedev played the big points so we'll, especially on his serve. Some clutch performance.

Augme

Also, given their history the semi against Tsisipas should be good. Hopefully a lot better than last year's anyway.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118535197#Comment_118535197

FAA has famously lost 8 ATP singles finals in a row also - has never won one.

Furthermore, he lost all 8 in straight sets - hasn't even won 1 set!

waynescales1

I like Jim Courier as a commentator, interesting and funny.

Medvedev is a bit of a character.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118535203#Comment_118535203

(need to go through to youtube to watch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDX6K7t-JcE

‘”you go in the emergency toilet for five minutes, you hit a let and don’t say sorry, you think you are a good kid? ‘Look at me, look at me huh!”

“He started it; he said “bullshit Russian,” is this normal?’

I answer him because he doesn’t know how to fight, he’s a small kid who doesn’t know how to fight. If he says something to me and he wants to fight, he needs to do it. If he wants to fight I’m okay about it. I don’t want to fight.

I can be a very bad guy sometimes, but here, what did I do?”

Augme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118535313#Comment_118535313

I'd forgotten about his ATP record. In one sense getting to 8 finals and his age is extremely impressive, but to lose all 8. And some of his loses aren't exactly against brilliant opposition, especially Dan Evans in recent times.

It's one of those were he is so young that he has plenty of time but also the longer he goes like this the more damaging it becomes long term.

Hego Damask

Nadal has it won

guaranteed...

josip

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118535989#Comment_118535989

That reminds me, has anyone seen Hector since the new platform was rolled out?

Kyrgios making friends and influencing people

You'd have to pity their doubles semi-finals opponents, especially as the match is being moved onto the show courts.

"Special K's" they are calling them!

“On the maturity side, you see why he’s never fulfilled his potential and probably never will,” Venus said.

“His maturity level, it’s probably being generous to about a 10-year-old, it’s at about that level.”

“They’ll always be his supporters and he’ll spin it in a way that helps him but at the end of the day he’s an absolute knob.”

https://www.sportingnews.com/au/tennis/news/hes-an-absolute-knob-kiwi-opponent-lays-into-kyrgios-following-doubles-loss/ezx3ztcp4nw41fg8hfmdvh29o

josip

I can understand why Venus is upset, but there's no point saying those things after you lose. Juts put your head down and get out of there.

You can only complain if you win.

yerwanthere123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118536123#Comment_118536123

He's banned, although Hego Damask sounds suspiciously like him...

Savage reactions and side-to-side coverage on a big point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5VveDX4mtk&t=922s

yerwanthere123

Very intriguing men's SF lineup. Berrettini is the only one I'd say probably won't win it, beating Nadal and then either Medvedev/Tsitsipas seems like too big an ask. I'm a bit less confident about Medvedev after being taken to five today, but he's probably still the overall favourite. If Tsitsipas makes the final then he'll certainly fancy his chances against either opponent.

Relieved Swiatek beat Kanepi last night, but still one more banana skin left before potentially making the final. I obviously really want a Barty-Swiatek final, but honestly wouldn't be surprised if we end up with an all-American one. Barty-Swiatek would be great though, the home favourite plus some vocal support for Swiatek from the local Polish diaspora would make for a great atmosphere.

If Nadal somehow wins here (I don't believe that he will as either of Tsitsipas or Medvedev would beat him I think if he makes the final) I do think that it would be a definite Asterix moment (not that that would matter a crap to some kid googling in 20 years time) as Nadal was never ever beating Djokovic here.

He has only managed to win 1 set out of the last 20 sets they played against each other on hard courts - not a hope of beating him over 5 sets in a place where Nadal won the title once, 13 years ago and where he got the worst GS final rinsing of his career from the man in 2019 in a little over 2 hours.

josip

Being a supporter of the deportee, the best case scenario for me would be wins for Berrettini and Tsitsipas and I could enjoy the final in a bit of peace.

Worse case scenario would be wins for Medvedev and Nadal in the semis with Nadal going on to win the final. If they contest the final I'd stomach Medvedev taking No. 1 in Feb as long as Nadal doesn't pull ahead in the GS titles race.