Australian Open 2019

SophieLockhart · 17-01-2019 1:45pm

Don't say Sasha is going to bomb out early again.

17-01-2019 1:47pm

Zverev struggling against (by elite tennis stds) the journeyman's journeyman Jeremy Chardy.

Has just gone to a 5th set in a 4th set tie-break now.

Not convincing at all, even tho Chardy is really fighting and took a huge risk at 6-6 in the tie-break to bang in a big second serve which proved crucial to give him the set point which got him the set.

SophieLockhart · 17-01-2019 2:04pm

Chardy is completely gassed, lucky Sasha

17-01-2019 2:17pm

SophieLockhart wrote: »

Chardy is completely gassed, lucky Sasha

yes. Zverev wildly inconsistent though - huge amount of double faults.

would imagine that he should beat the Aussie Bolt in the next round, despite the partisan crowd that he will face but Raonic seems to be back in form and will be a big big test.

jr86 · 17-01-2019 2:24pm

I'd love to see Raonic do well here. Really looked to be making the breakthrough in 2016 but has struggled so much with injuries since.

17-01-2019 2:30pm

jr86 wrote: »

I'd love to see Raonic do well here. Really looked to be making the breakthrough in 2016 but has struggled so much with injuries since.

good to see him back but he has such a boring game to watch imo.

17-01-2019 3:01pm

Djokovic - Shapovalov could be an interesting match even though Djokovic will be a massive favourite and will most likely win handily enough - hopefully Shapovalov will show some progress.

Hector Savage · 17-01-2019 3:03pm

glasso wrote: »

Djokovic - Shapovalov could be an interesting match even though Djokovic will be a massive favourite and will most likely win handily enough - hopefully Shapovalov will show some progress.

Dunno, Djokovic was awful today v Tsonga, just lucky for him Tsonga was worse.

Wouldn't surprise me if Zverev lost his next match v Bolt - he looked really strong today ..
Zverev is shaping up to be another dissapointment.

Just so easy for Nadal.

17-01-2019 3:33pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Dunno, Djokovic was awful today v Tsonga, just lucky for him Tsonga was worse.

Wouldn't surprise me if Zverev lost his next match v Bolt - he looked really strong today ..
Zverev is shaping up to be another dissapointment.

Just so easy for Nadal.

I don't see Bolt winning. He's has been around a long time and done nothing.

Could happen of course but I expect Zverev to be better than he was today. Don't see him repeating 13 double faults for one thing.

Allthough Zverev still can't do 5 sets well - thought that Lendl would sort him out with that. Surely just a concentration thing.

Bubblegummers · 17-01-2019 3:48pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Dunno, Djokovic was awful today v Tsonga, just lucky for him Tsonga was worse.

Wouldn't surprise me if Zverev lost his next match v Bolt - he looked really strong today ..
Zverev is shaping up to be another dissapointment.

Just so easy for Nadal.

Nadal won’t win it

Rob2D · 17-01-2019 4:13pm

Bubblegummers wrote: »

Nadal won’t win it

I dunno man, from what I've seen he looks like he's on fire right now. Swinging very freely.

Hector Savage · 17-01-2019 4:30pm

Rob2D wrote: »

I dunno man, from what I've seen he looks like he's on fire right now. Swinging very freely.

unfortunately yes.
I never never never count out the guy, even when everyone pundits included say he's not at his best (as was the case last week) BANG he just returns with ultra strength vigour and energy.

I honestly think he'll be still winning the French open in 10 years time (at least a contender and getting far in it)

He will dump the rest of the tour in a few years time.

Bubblegummers · 17-01-2019 4:43pm

Rob2D wrote: »

I dunno man, from what I've seen he looks like he's on fire right now. Swinging very freely.

Duckworth and Ebden though. Both poor poor standard. I fancy Nole or Roger possibly coric to get a great run.

SophieLockhart · 17-01-2019 5:08pm

Konta and Muguruza still balling at 3am in the morning :eek:

Joe_ Public · 17-01-2019 5:26pm

SophieLockhart wrote: »

Konta and Muguruza still balling at 3am in the morning :eek:

Just watching the highlights, terrific match it was but to start a match after midnight just seems unfair if not actually insane. Thiem didn’t seem to recover from his late finish yesterday or day before, not sure why they feel need to do it.

SophieLockhart · 17-01-2019 7:36pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Just watching the highlights, terrific match it was but to start a match after midnight just seems unfair if not actually insane. Thiem didn’t seem to recover from his late finish yesterday or day before, not sure why they feel need to do it.

Yes they surely should have contingency plans to move it to another court once the schedule overruns. Hardly rocket science I would have thought.

Johnmb · 17-01-2019 8:52pm

SophieLockhart wrote: »

Yes they surely should have contingency plans to move it to another court once the schedule overruns. Hardly rocket science I would have thought.

Or even just postpone it until the next day. It's not like they're doing the players any favours, and very few, if any, of the people who bought tickets for the court stayed around to watch. Of the few hundred people who were there, most, if not all, seemed to be grounds pass holders who popped in once they were allowed.

splinter65 · 17-01-2019 8:53pm

SophieLockhart wrote: »

Konta and Muguruza still balling at 3am in the morning :eek:

Shockingly badly organized. Just cringe making.

mzungu · 17-01-2019 10:00pm

SophieLockhart wrote: »

Yes they surely should have contingency plans to move it to another court once the schedule overruns. Hardly rocket science I would have thought.

The plan was to put them on court 3, but there was lots of seagull poo on that court and not enough ground staff left at the venue to clean it up.

https://twitter.com/bbctennis/status/1085889267279118336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1085889267279118336&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadspin.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1085889267279118336%26autosize%3D1

Rob2D · 17-01-2019 11:47pm

:pac:

Bubblegummers · 17-01-2019 11:48pm

Rob2D wrote: »

:pac:

Many brits left? #Backthebrits #Notthisyear

yerwanthere123 · 18-01-2019 12:27am

Rob2D wrote: »

:pac:

Fair play to him! Being a night owl myself watching tennis until 3am is my idea of heaven!

Both sides of the draw are pretty much going to form so far, lots of good matches brewing. Disappointed Sharapova-Wozniacki is on smack bang in the middle of the night, would like to watch it. Osaka-Hsieh could also be a very good match on Saturday.

Scottish Jodi · 18-01-2019 12:29am

Rafa v Di Minaur could be interesting. Di Minaur is bang on form just now and Rafa does not have a good record in Melbourne.

yerwanthere123 · 18-01-2019 12:35am

Scottish Jodi wrote: »

Rafa v Di Minaur could be interesting. Di Minaur is bang on form just now and Rafa does not have a good record in Melbourne.

Well Nadal's won the title once and reached the final another three times, so I think that's a bit of a stretch :pac:

But yeah, I don't see it. De Minaur's 19, coming off a title last week and a five setter in his previous match. I can see him taking a set and making it competitive for another one, before Nadal pulls away in a comfortable four-set win.

Joe_ Public · 18-01-2019 1:09am

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Fair play to him! Being a night owl myself watching tennis until 3am is my idea of heaven!

Both sides of the draw are pretty much going to form so far, lots of good matches brewing. Disappointed Sharapova-Wozniacki is on smack bang in the middle of the night, would like to watch it. Osaka-Hsieh could also be a very good match on Saturday.

Can’t remember the last women’s slam with so few early shocks. Should lead to some heavyweight clashes late on for sure. I have a few quid on Barty, thinking she might be on the verge of a breakthrough but will have to beat a lot of top players to win.

jr86 · 18-01-2019 9:37am

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Well Nadal's won the title once and reached the final another three times, so I think that's a bit of a stretch :pac:

Yeah, every player on tour bar 2 would swap their AO records for his!

josip · 18-01-2019 9:46am

De Minaur broken already, this won't taken long.
Nadal looking very good.

jr86 · 18-01-2019 11:09am

generally happens when a younger gun is hyped up against one of the big 3

Nadal et al are still so far ahead of the chasing pack when on form. Baffled me how many were writing him off pre-tournament, injury or not

josip · 18-01-2019 11:23am

I've only seen bits of Nadal's and Djovoic's matches but of the two, Nadal seemed to be playing better, picking his shots, fewer errors.
And I know very little about tennis.

Rob2D · 18-01-2019 11:44am

https://twitter.com/i/status/1086113254139707392

:pac:

Hector Savage · 18-01-2019 11:55am

Just give Nadal the trophy allready .... christ.

Hector Savage · 18-01-2019 12:05pm

Bubblegummers wrote: »

Nadal won’t win it

Sure about that ?

Raving_Magic · 18-01-2019 12:55pm

Thinking of putting money on Nadal, looks like he's overcome that injury and is hitting form at the right time

Hector Savage · 18-01-2019 1:02pm

Raving_Magic wrote: »

Thinking of putting money on Nadal, looks like he's overcome that injury and is hitting form at the right time

Do it ASAP, I got him yesterday at 8.5, don't know what he'll be on now ..
It's money in the bank.

Scottish Jodi · 18-01-2019 11:48pm

Rafa v Berdych and Federer v Tsitsipas have the potential to be cracking matches

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Tristram · 19-01-2019 1:59am

Osaka looking very frustrated out there at the moment. Could be an upset in the making.

Scottish Jodi · 19-01-2019 2:05am

I reckon she will come back and win.

Halep v Venus will be very interesting.

Tristram · 19-01-2019 2:12am

Scottish Jodi wrote: »

I reckon she will come back and win.

Halep v Venus will be very interesting.

Not looking likely at the moment. Mental game doesn't seem to be there yet.

Joe_ Public · 19-01-2019 2:33am

Good fight back from osaka here in fairness, was on the brink there, some solid clutch play.

Tristram · 19-01-2019 2:37am

Big momentum shift.

SophieLockhart · 19-01-2019 2:39am

True World No 1 when she plays like this, lucky to escape an ankle injury there though

yerwanthere123 · 19-01-2019 2:43am

So pleased with how Naomi is turning this around. It was looking fairly bleak there for a while.

19-01-2019 1:41pm

Scottish Jodi wrote: »

Rafa v Berdych and Federer v Tsitsipas have the potential to be cracking matches .

Raonic zverev will be interesting too. in fact most games looking to be good match-ups on the men's side

Sh1t starts to get real in the fourth round.

yerwanthere123 · 19-01-2019 2:30pm

Incredibly strong last 16 on the women's side, almost all the top players are there. So impressed with how Osaka played her way through adversity last night, hopefully should serve her well when faced with another tricky opponent in Sevastova.

Joe_ Public · 19-01-2019 2:53pm

From what I’ve watched of the women’s it seems to confirm that power is more and more taking over. Still plenty of breaks but less common than you’d expect - just two in a long 3 setter between Muguruza and Konta the other night. Sabalenka disappointing again but still very intriguing last 16 line up. Serena looks in proper beast mode so far, going to be interesting to see how Halep squares up, tie of the round for me.

Floppybits · 19-01-2019 5:46pm

Watching Osaka last night i didn't expect her to win. Hiseh won 7 games in a row and looked well on top when i had to give in to sleep. Was surprised to see Osaka won.

Tristram · 20-01-2019 2:33am

Really hoping that Barty wins today!

yerwanthere123 · 20-01-2019 2:36am

Kvitova in the QF's for the first time in seven years, the year Azarenka won her first slam. I must say I wasn't expecting much from her this week. She's got nobody to fear in the bottom half, she could well make the final, but just as easily flop to Barty. As is usually the case, it'll be on her racquet.

jr86 · 20-01-2019 9:51am

Nadal annihilates Berdych. Absolutely daft to see people writing him off pre tournament

dominatinMC · 20-01-2019 11:58am

This match between Federer and Tsitsipas is quality!

Australian Open 2019

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