Australian Open 2018

Deary me a bleak outlook for the men's tour indeed if this event has been anything to go by.

2 of the 3 best players at the Tour Finals have been knocked out already and Dimitrov and Thiem were both taken to 5 sets in round 2 ffs

Rekop dog wrote: »

39° is a deranged heat to play high intensity sport in.

Insanity. I played GAA matches in the mid 20s before as a fully fit young fella and I thought I'd die!
I remember a few players collapsing here a few years ago and a fair few retirements. It's been one of the main arguments against the timing of this Slam

To be fair it probably had a huge effect on Goffin who has never been great in the heat. It's a real shame as he was superb at the end of 2017

I get the impression Dimitrov will never be able to handle any sort of expectation on him at Slams

Such a meh feeling waking up to the results each morning, really nothing to write home about yet - it's been mundane for the most part. There's hardly even any potential round 4 matches to whet the appetite. Hopefully NK comes through this against Tsonga though, as the latter has had his chance now and the game really needs the younger players stepping up

Great to see Kyle Edmund into the 4th round though and what a chance to make a Quarter. Bizarre to think it's the second year in a row a non-Murray Brit made the 4th round here. He seems like a good guy though and I tend to cheer on our neighbours when Ireland are not involved

Kyrgios just doesn't look like breaking Tsonga's serve as it is. Relying on tie-breakers is always risky, until NK can really work on his return it's hard to see him being a consistent force

Agree with the above in that NK does look like the only one who can actually stop Nadal in his half

With potential p1sstake runs like this to quarter finals sure Nadal could still be making them when he's 40 at this rate :rolleyes:

Goes to show how daft writing off Murray is really, when guys like Scwartzmann, Seppi, and Carreno-Busta are making last 16s in slams these days.

Yes Nick!

To be fair a Tsonga redlining on serve is a damn tricky 3rd round opponent when you look at some of the dross who made it through

I think (hope) Nick can serve Dimitrov off the court, which would set up a potential cracker v Nadal in the semi (they should both breeze quarters).

I really think tennis badly needs a mercurial talent like NK at the top of the game. He's a guaranteed headline generator anytime he steps on court and he's an incredible player too on form.

Definitely the clash of the 4th round himself and Dimitrov. GD will find it very tough keeping his nerve against a partisan crowd. He's holding his number 3 ranking terribly this week too - pressure really doesn't seem to suit him. When he had his slam 'breakthrough' in Wimbledon 2014 he fell off a cliff afterwards

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

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This is.. extraordinarily lucky. Let's hope Nick makes it to the SF's to sort this out :cool:

Little disappointed with tomorrow's schedule, Federer-Gasquet should not have a RLA night session. Now I know what Roger wants he gets, but if I wanted to watch someone roll over I'd simply say it to my dog, not watch it for a couple of hours on a tennis court. Really wanted to watch Barty-Osaka as well but the timing is too awkward.

NK being the one to stop the fawn-fest Nadal/Fed final would be delicious. The outrage would be off the scale

There wouldn't be as many ruins if it was Dimitrov, who the tennis media love to fawn over anyway