2020 Australian Open - Men's Singles - Official Tournament Thread
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stringertom
Bionic Poster
Shrimps on the Barbie...his apparel is from an Aussie manufacturer.
Fedinkum
Legend
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Sandgren also gets so much width on his slider out wide serve on deuce side. Nice hold, 1-1.
Deon Sanders
Legend
Sandgren slaying the spirit animal
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
lol wtf was with that shot from Fogmeme
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Sandgren gets the break, 2-1. Four games away from another QF. Someone give him a vegemite sandwich!
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Deleted member 769694
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Which channel are you guys on, they swapped to women
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
oh oh ohhhh ohhh ohhhhhh
Bukmeikara
Legend
His mentality is the problem and always would have been. With Djokovic, Federer, Murray and Nadal around, I could never imagine him as the 5th guy
Lacks focus more than anything else
Deon Sanders
Legend
Had to load up watchESPN
It has an ESPN3 feed so you just need cable login
Anything ESPN can do to prevent people from watching American males play is what they will do
stringertom
Bionic Poster
It’s not a break if you’re living in Rebreak City. 2-2.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
haha Take that.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Horse or carriage though. The guy puts a lot of pressure on himself because he can’t blister a serve for an easy point when he needs it or extend a rally with that extra reach.His mentality is the problem and always would have been. With Djokovic, Federer, Murray and Nadal around, I could never imagine him as the 5th guy
In his case, that extra pressure manifests itself in his all too frequent meltdowns.
It’s a lot easier being that prototype tennis height, not 5’10”. You could be that short in the early Open Era and reach top 5 or even #1 (Laver, Connors). That’s not happening ever again with the bigger shots made easy with string and racquet technology.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
Was Fabio complaining about Sandgren constantly trying to find the service clock or something? Keeps on taking his time or something, I dunno....haha Take that.
AnOctorokForDinner
Talk Tennis Guru
What a draw for Fred, playing tennys himself in QF, ombillibabelle.
AnOctorokForDinner
Talk Tennis Guru
Isn't Fognini same height as Ferrer?
stringertom
Bionic Poster
This is not over yet. Fabio Houdini may just make an appearance.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Actually an inch taller. He’s the best of the sub-6 foot players in the poly era.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
If Fog emerges that will be three out of his four matches that went five. If he wins in a STB in five, he will be King of STBs with a 3-0 record in decider STBs.
Lleyton Hewitt was under 6'.
He was ranked #1, won Wimbledon, USO and runner up at the AO.
What on that list has the grub Dognini done?
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
I honestly have no idea.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Another TB may decide this.
AnOctorokForDinner
Talk Tennis Guru
Time to have his own USO 2016, after all.
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
Three retirements/walkovers after 4R?
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Yes, same height. Was he using the cheating string, kinda in that transition era IIRC from Sampras to fedalovic. I tried poly once in my RD-Tour and cut it out the same day...absolutely killed the feel that racquet offered.
BTW, my first claim was only that Fog would have made top 5 with a few extra inches...not a world beater but a higher peak than finally making top 9 at age 32.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Still in there. Kudos.
Josh Lyman
Hall of Fame
I haven’t watched Fognini in so long. I forget how easily he can produce power and redirect. His ballstriking is so clean.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
More like someone else’s USO’17 draw, no?
Fedinkum
Legend
I am not a fan of the man but his tennis is great.
mightyjeditribble
Hall of Fame
Ok so it seems as though today had been largely devoid of drama on the men's side, with straight sets wins for Djoko and Raonic? Seems as though Milos has been playing well, but his game has never troubled Novak, so that QF is only ever going to go one way - not that Cilic's record is much better, and he's not really playing well at the moment either.
Now, seems as though Tennys v Fog is starting to provide some of that drama though, as you might expect. Let us hope that Fed doesn't follow suit ...
(Sent from my mobile phone, apologies for typos!)
Now, seems as though Tennys v Fog is starting to provide some of that drama though, as you might expect. Let us hope that Fed doesn't follow suit ...
(Sent from my mobile phone, apologies for typos!)
He is still the only player besides Federer who could beat Nadal after 0-2 sets. In that match Nadal had no answer to exactly this kind of game for too long. To be fair, it was 2015 Nadal, but still a great achievement. He also beat Nadal on clay 3 times.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
If only he got Berrettini and Medvedev in the SF/F instead of Djokovic and Nadal.
The draw for the big 3 is pretty much meaningless until the QF.
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
He brought out the Prime Gilles special, that slow paced, short angled forehand was so good even Fognini applauded.
llodra_fan
Professional
Now waiting for someone to reply that Sampras was using cheating frame compared to Laver/Pancho's wooden frame
stringertom
Bionic Poster
Off topic, but congrats to Fabio and Flavia after successful delivery of a baby daughter on December 23. The girl was named Farah and is the couple’s second child (older brother is Federico).
RF-18
Talk Tennis Guru
Maybe to some extent but usually you face atleast a top 15-20 player.
toby55555
Hall of Fame
Fred Perry was the biggest cheat by training away from the court to get extra fit; that’s when the rot set in.Now waiting for someone to reply that Sampras was using cheating frame compared to Laver/Pancho's wooden frame
Josh Lyman
Hall of Fame
Brad Gilbert just said Novak getting a walkover against Fognini at the 2011 FO QF cost him the calendar year slam. What???
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Can he raise the bar?
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
Some (Novak fans) think that got too much rest before the SF
AceSalvo
Legend
And Nadal faced only a total of 2 top 20 in his last two USO titles. Very convenient.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Brilliant.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
It’s not a knock on poly. Everyone can choose to use it but it’s proven that the strings have changed the game dramatically in the last two decades. If that wasn’t fact, how could you have a small Belgian company like Luxilon go from making sewing thread in the 1950’s to reaching gold standard status in the string business and beating the Asian low-labor-cost synthetics that dominated the industry until the 90’s?Now waiting for someone to reply that Sampras was using cheating frame compared to Laver/Pancho's wooden frame
The Green Mile
Bionic Poster
!!!!!!!! One of the best match points you'll ever see!
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