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Australian Open 2021

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Now it's Australia's turn to host a grand slam in a global pandemic.

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Women's draw

Here's to some great matches with a bit of atmosphere, hopefully!

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BQQ

Fair play to Tsitsipas.
He upped his game those last two sets and deserved the win.

Rafa will regret that tie-break.

I hope he recovers in time for the semi, but I have a feeling Medvedeev will beat him quite easily. It can often be hard for these guys after beating one of the big three to focus on the next match

EagererBeaver

lostcat wrote: »

wow, has anyone beaten Nadal in a slam from two sets down before?

Extremely well done by Tsitsipas to hang in there before taking control in the last two sets. Him v Medvedev will be a belter.

Fognini in US about 5/6 years ago.

lostcat

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

I know an Extremely Injured Serbian who'll be happy with that result!

Hopefully we'll get a new champion, but probably not to be.

I disagree, he would have been happier seeing Nadal - whom he usually gets the better of in Austrailia - than a big hitting young fella. I think its open enough at present.

yerwanthere123

lostcat wrote: »

wow, has anyone beaten Nadal in a slam from two sets down before?

Extremely well done by Tsitsipas to hang in there before taking control in the last two sets. Him v Medvedev will be a belter.

Once, Fognini at the 2015 Us Open.

lostcat

wow, has anyone beaten Nadal in a slam from two sets down before?

Extremely well done by Tsitsipas to hang in there before taking control in the last two sets. Him v Medvedev will be a belter.

yerwanthere123

I know an Extremely Injured Serbian who'll be happy with that result!

Hopefully we'll get a new champion, but probably not to be.

castletownman

Nadal's tactic of ekeing out as much time as possible lining up to serve has backfired for him.

josip

12 years age difference today.
Only 10 years between Zverev and Djokovic yesterday.

lostcat

He got something like 6 games off Nadal in Aus Open semi last year, promising progress even f he loses here.

dominatinMC

Tsitsipas is cruising now, favourite for me at the moment

lostcat

Going to a 5th amazingly. Tsitsipas' radar finally dialled in, Nadal has his hands full now.

lostcat

Rafa had a serious malfunction in the tie breaker there, Tsitsipas has steadied up a bit after his very poor first two sets.

Similar pattern emerging to when he played Djokovic is the French Semi - Djokovic looked in complete control in the first two sets there but let the third set slip and it ended up being a long 5 setter.

whiterebel

Tsitsipas gets one back

Chivito550

Nadal and Djokovic are total spoofers when it comes to injuries. Never pay any heed to any of it.

I got Nadal at 9/1 at the start of the tournament after he was bullsh1tting away about his back. What a great price that has proven to be.

I really regret not taking those 10/3 odds on Djokovic when he was talking absolute rot about possibly not making the start line of the next match. I missed out there. I shouldn't have procrastinated on it.

The two lads are full of sh1te lets be honest. Nothing wrong with either of them.

hawley

Nadal looks to be in total control here. Still on course for a Djokovic-Nadal final.

yerwanthere123

lostcat wrote: »

ah, always the bitter word, bridie....

From what I can see Djokovic is not on the practice courts in between matches, unusual and not particularly beneficial behaviour for someone who isnt carrying some kind of strain.

he doesn't look too bad on the court once he loosens up to be sure, but thats usual with most muscle injuries.

Nadal came into this tournament citing a back injury, which was unfortunate but maybe not as he never plays the week before a grand slam and wasn't going to try it out for size this time either. But hey, Rafa, so its cool.

I've no doubt Djokovic has got some niggle or other, but it's probably being hammed up to maximum effect. I'm no Nadal fan either, and yes I know he's also saying he had some injury coming in here. Basically what I'm saying is I don't really pay much heed to whatever's coming out of the Djokovic/Nadal camps around grand slam time, and judge them on how they play on court. Both of them seem pretty ok to me

Joe_ Public

The mto may have been a factor, not a massive fan of them and think muchova was slowing barty up a bit before a few key points on her serve, but that only goes so far. Really like her as a player but that was just dismal to watch, bit of fight towards the end but still not nearly enough and too little too late.

yerwanthere123

F*cking hell Barty, what a disaster. Not massively surprised though tbh, I've always thought she's an unconvincing world #1, and incredibly lucky to have won a slam at all after a literal cakewalk at RG.

Got to think the Serena-Osaka match is the real final now, but as we just saw you never know what can happen.

Joe_ Public

Barty was destroyed there, won 3 of last 15 games. Maybe year off was a factor but dont think its a valid excuse really, not against muchova who to her credit is decent and played well, but I'm sure wont be winning here. Was disappointed with halep, but that was so much worse.

Augme

What an meltdown from Barty. Just lost all concentration and composure after that medical time out. She looked like a rookie out there at times in the second and third set.

Joe_ Public

And broken first game of third as i typed. Not looking great now.

Joe_ Public

That was a very sudden turnaround in this match, barty should be on her way home by now! Very slack second set, allowing herself to be dominated way too easily. Hope thats the wake up call she needs.

BQQ

Two good chances of witnessing history this week with Rafa and Serena
Hope they both do it

josip

lostcat wrote: »

Nadal will be too solid for Tsexipants and it's hard to look past Medvedev in the other quarter.

Will crowds be back tomorrow for Nadal v Tsistipas?
Tsitsipas would expect a bit of home support in Melbourne.

lostcat

This Karatsev guy is having a very good tournament, bit of a colorful past however. I heard on a podcast that bookies wouldn't take bets on his (challenger level) matches for a good while due to...unusual....results.
Anyhow, he has had a couple of very solid wins here and then a handy one against Dimitrov. Will be interesting to see what he can do if he comes out swinging against Djokovic.

Nadal will be too solid for Tsexipants and it's hard to look past Medvedev in the other quarter.

Djokovic raising a flag about the potential for an NBA type bubble, maybe not the craziest idea if it was somewhere which allowed crowds (let them all stay in Australia?) but maybe they could all repair straight to France for the next few months instead?

RobertKK

I think Halep in her previous match shouldn't have called Serena a legend, maybe it was mentally conceding...

But Serena put in a performance that makes me thinks she does have a chance at the title. It was one of her best performances in a long time.

lostcat

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

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It's great to see valiant soldier Djokovic hobbling his way through the draw despite this injury. A nice injury to have really, one that doesn't appear in any way visible or to hinder his performance in any way.....

ah, always the bitter word, bridie....

From what I can see Djokovic is not on the practice courts in between matches, unusual and not particularly beneficial behaviour for someone who isnt carrying some kind of strain.

he doesn't look too bad on the court once he loosens up to be sure, but thats usual with most muscle injuries.

Nadal came into this tournament citing a back injury, which was unfortunate but maybe not as he never plays the week before a grand slam and wasn't going to try it out for size this time either. But hey, Rafa, so its cool.

Hector Savage

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

There was also this post a few days ago which is still up. I did bring it to mod attention, not sure whether that goes to you or perhaps other mods, but just letting you know it's still up.

Don't you have to call the police on your neighbours for not wearing masks ?

Joe_ Public

Am a big barty fan, just her range of shots and the way she can mix it up throughout a match. Not as powerful a serve as williams or osaka, but can be very effective out wide, especially on these courts. Was impressive yesterday but not been hugely tested here so hard to know where she stands re the bottom half players. Muchova definitely no mug either so no guarantees there. Still favour osaka over williams but looks a close call.

yerwanthere123

RosyLily wrote: »

If you're going to continue with this, you can leave.

There was also this post a few days ago which is still up. I did bring it to mod attention, not sure whether that goes to you or perhaps other mods, but just letting you know it's still up.