Australian Open 2025

From serving for the first set to completely collapsing. Quite the achievement from Shelton.

Completely forgot about the Sinner match with all the commotion and lack of power to watch it anyway this morning. Slightly more competitive than I thought it'd be for one set anyway.

Djokovic looks like he might be done, still has the ability but not the body for it anymore by the looks of things. He needs a kind quarter final draw at least with his current ranking I'd think to stand a better chance.

Was never a fan but will definitely miss him when he's gone, end of an era unlikely to be repeated.

Sinner a big favourite to win but Zverev has a good record against him and a positive head to head including beating him in a couple of slams over 5 sets. This is a different Sinner these days but their head to head suggests that Zverev is a tricky match up style wise and in tennis that is very important, Zverev has plenty of weapons. The biggest and crucial challenge for Zverev is the mental aspect, he has shown frailties in the biggest matches over the years and has some of that scar tissue mentally. On the flip side while he has never won a slam, he has won a lot of big tournaments including World tour finals, masters series and olympics so he knows how to win.

The biggest surprise for me that Zverev hasnt won is because he has a very strong all round game. Most players you can pinpoint a glaring weakness, this used to be his serve years ago with all the double faults. He now still serves really big but he is much more consistent with 1st serve % and way less double faults. On top of that he always had a good forehand and his backhand for me is top 3-4 in the Men's game. He also moves pretty well for a very tall guy. It just has to be mental with him.

We know what Sinner will bring, consistent and powerful shots off both wings, a strong and solid serve and he moves well and will get plenty of balls back. His consistency and cooler composure may well win the day but if Zverev turns up and plays at his best, I think he can cause an upset and thats what I am going for.

Justgetting of out of the leaba to tune in!

Wasnot expecting to read that for an update.....!!

Sabalenka being a bit classless here

Well, I didn't think Keys had it in her, but I'm delighted to be proved wrong.

That's the thing … no-one can ever say she had an easy draw, quite the opposite.

I can't see the men's final being as entertaining, but we shall see.

Who on earth thought that polo underneath a blazer was a good look for the umpire???

Fantastic that Keys won. Not a fan of either Sabalenka or Swaitech with their carry on on court.

It wasn't the power that was the problem for Keys it was the control or spin and seemingly the Yonex racquet is letting her hit the ball as hard as she did but for whatever she is not missing. Don't ask me what the difference is as it is not just racket but also string type and string pattern but the changes have led to her hitting the ball in more consistently. She also changed her server. I was reading about the changes she has made and the key thing that stuck out for me was that she bought into the changes and previously she was unwilling to change.

For anyone that plays tennis they will now any adjustment big or small to a stroke is tough, there can be a lot of pain before there is gain. When I was getting coaching I spoke to the coach about my forehand, which is the best part of my game but I hitting it flat so the coach had me change grip to create more spin, I was still using the shake hands grip I was taught when I was 7. I had to totally buy into the change and it was tough especially when I was hitting the forehand and ball wasn't even getting to the net, I persevered with it and now it is like normal. We have seen the same with Djokovic when he was changing his server around 2009/10 and it was a nightmare for him.

Underwhelming

Anyone claiming their dominance was bad for the game was nuts