Pre-AO events 2013 Discussion Thread

[Rock Strongo]

Over in Auckland, Johanna Larsson (who is an excellent player) has the first against Goerges!

[Rock Strongo]

Like I said, Larsson is an excellent player! However, four trillion UE's by Goerges!

[Duncan Bell]

No1e vs Tomic now - here we go!

[westside]

If Tomic beats Joker, I'm out. Canada, expect this guy to be joining you over the next month

[Duncan Bell]

Novak holds after about a million break point opportunites for Tomic - I'd imagine that's his fight over now and he'll get double bagelled..

[Duncan Bell]

Or he'll hold to deuce. Whatever.

[Duncan Bell]

Tomic breaks, serving for the set at 4-5

[Duncan Bell]

Chockovic still in a giving mood, hands Tomic one of his chocolates.

6-4 Tom

[zagor]

Novak and his woes against junkballers.

[Duncan Bell]

Again Tomic breaks at 4-4, serving for the match now.

[Duncan Bell]

GSM Tomic.

£10 on that would've got you over £100.

Tomic had an astonishing 12 break points to Nole's 1.

I guess we can safely say this won't be Novak's year...

[zagor]

Meh match from Novak but inspired performance from Tomic, this guy still may have the most potential out of all young guns if he gets his head out of his ***** and commits to the game.

Originally Posted by Duncan Bell

GSM Tomic.

£10 on that would've got you over £100.

Tomic had an astonishing 12 break points to Nole's 1.

I guess we can safely say this won't be Novak's year...

Yes, you can safely say that, if you're a troll.

[ramos77]

tomic is a new man

his attitude and his game have improved a lot over the off season

[Warmaster]

Originally Posted by ramos77

tomic is a new man

his attitude and his game have improved a lot

He'll have to prove that out of Australia though. Or when he isn't playing in front of a huge crowd.

[Duncan Bell]

Originally Posted by zagor

Yes, you can safely say that, if you're a troll.

Just messing, of course.

Too early to say on Tomic, see what he's like outside of Australia...

[ramos77]

Originally Posted by Warmaster

He'll have to prove that out of Australia though. Or when he isn't playing in front of a huge crowd.

true. but the signs are there. i watched an interview with him and i liked what he had to say

[Oz_Rocket]

I know the haters are going to hate but my take on the match was that while Novak was definitely not on his game Tomic played some very positive tennis, clearly showed a marked improvement in his serve and aggressive passing shots both sides and didn't look like mentally going off.

As to whether this will carry over to the AO or overseas who can say, but from what I've seen there isn't much more he could be doing right now to demonstrate he has turned his game, and more importantly his head, around for the better.

[ramos77]

agreed. the kid just needs to keep this momentum

[Duncan Bell]

The Dog currently eating up Nieminen in Brisbane

[dominikk1985]

Is the speed gun in Doha rigged?

I just saw the replay of lopez-kubot and lopez served at 221 kph (137 mph). can he serve that hard or is the decive pimped?