Women's Draw
Men's Draw
Some interesting first round matches!
Hope it's a good tournament, with no limitations on crowd size there should be a great atmosphere.
Fernandez slightly shading it for me....you can tell she has had some serious battles to get to the final...making Raducanu work for most points
Definitely not though some erratic first serves as they are both going pretty big, both good returners
There won't be many easy service points here.
Emma's knees are uncontrollably wobbling while she's sitting down
Raducanu had couple of double faults I remember very few in her other matches
2-2 first set.
Well Fernandez needed to win that third game.
Fernandez breaks back!
This is a really fun match so far.
Raducanus first serve not looking great....back on serve
Yes it absolutely is fecking stupid. It's so disrespectful to the players to distract them from their impending match to have to deal with the media.
Raducanu breaks finally!
That was her 6th break point?
Some serious hitting
High quality so far
one can tell that both of these girls are not like Osaka in that respect.
Yes, I can never recall them showing tennis. They just threw enough money at Amazon (a seven-figure sum I hear). The BBC might just not have been able to move fast enough, or bid enough money. Amazon probably see it as good advertising as well, since the Amazon Prime logo is on screen.
Is Naomi Osaka a cautionary tale for both these players in how to handle the pressure that will come with this success ?
I was harsh on Naomi Osaka when she was has the issues at the French open but from her comments recently I feel very sorry for her because nothing you do should you as unhappy as tennis seems to make her. hopefully this doesn’t happen to either Raducanu or Fernandez.
have a feeling that it will be a 4 set match tomorrow, not 5.
for this final on now just hope that it's a decent match with a bit of quality and that at least one of them doesn't disappear over the next year when their game is better known to competitors.
These interviews before the match are fecking stupid.
It’s like saying a cricket test match which goes five days(which is how long a match can last) as titanic. It’s just hyperbole for no good reason.
Not surprisingly they are commemorating the 9/11 anniversary before the match starts.
I'd make Djokovic a clear favourite, I'd like to see Medvedev give a good account of himself and push Djokovic all the way, hope it's not a one sided final like the AO.
On to the women's final, I'd like to see Raducanu win to complete the fairytale. It's a tough one to call, they've had very different paths to the final, Fernandez has had the tougher path against higher caliber opponents. Raducanu has had an easier path, but, has been very impressive, with fairly straightforward wins. It'll be interesting to see if Raducanu loses a set, how she'll react. Fernandez tougher path could stand to her tonight.
Very hard to know how both will handle the final nerves, always the possibility that one could flop. Hoping for a good match where both do themselves justice.
Just tuning in now...Martina Navratilova and Jim courier having a chat about themselves...
We can't even hope for that, no line judges this year!
I'm saying 55:45 in favour of djokovic in 4 sets. It may not go to five sets for whomever wins but it's a tough one to call.
Djokovic to win imo.
Who do you predict will win, we all know you want Djokovic to win, but, who do you think will win and don't sit on the fence.
Who knows what's going to happen? That's why people will be watching.
Medvedev is the best defensive player in tennis after Djokovic.
He has a better serve that Djokovic.
His movement is good and his reach is good.
He has the tools to win.
Also he should be "fresher" than Djokovic as he's played a good few less hours of tennis on his way to the final.
And Djokovic who handles pressure well usually, nevertheless will have extra pressure coming to bear on him tomorrow. He's never going to have this chance again.
Whether he can do it or not remains to be seen.
I'd like to see Djokovic complete the calendar slam but some who know their tennis are predicting Medvedev to win tomorrow.
As the saying goes everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face, that's what happened Medvedev at the AO, who's to say Djokovic won't change up his tactics again to something Medvedev hasn't planned for. Medvedev needs to be able to adjust his tactics depending on how the match is going, he failed to do that in Australia, which doesn't bode well for the final tomorrow.
As said Borg was 4th seed at the Australian Open when he went, only beaten by the eventual finalist (Dent) who fell to Connors in Connors' career-best year.
He was not some qualifier 😂
In any case the actual point was that the other poster said he never went.
For starters FO was on clay, Borg's best surface, 6 months later, (time between both slams that year) a significant time gap at that age (17/18). Also with the exception of Nadal at the FO (a special case considering his dominance there) can't think of another player that won any of the slams on their first attempt ( on the men's side), it's probably only been done a handful of times.
Medvedev said in his press conference that he was caught out by a change of tactics by Djokovic in Australia and that he had a plan this time.
He comes across as the most intelligent of the pretenders to the throne and has been in good form this Summer and in the tournament so far.
Looks like Medvedev has improved over this year. Zverev has certainly improved. The Zverev performance level last night would have beaten Thiem from the final last year in straight sets. Not hugely shocking really as it was the worst 5-set match that I've ever seen.
Let's be real here, is there any way Djokovic loses tomorrow night?
I think there's a chance if Medvedev maybe plays the best match of his career. Obviously, he'll need to play more like his first grand slam final than the second where he never showed up.
I suppose Djokovic could struggle if he's feeling the nerves , but honestly has he ever had any major disasters due to crumbling under pressure? Unless I'm having a memory blank I can't think of anything too big. He gets bothered by the lack of crowd support sometimes, but not nerves I think.
I can see Djokovic doing his usual dropping of the first set, and may even be happy to drag it to 5 so he can outlast Medvedev, but just can't see him losing. Obviously goes without saying I'll be thrilled if Medvedev does win it though!
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