The Official Australian Open 2013 thread
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Down_the_line
Legend
Youzhny wins the the 5th set 6-3 and takes the match! Wow, what a finish for the Russian!
Really? The guy never did anything good and then was on fire during Paris. You could tell by his reaction after every match that he himself had no idea how he was playing so well. And if you know something about tennis you can see that his technique and movement aren't good, it's all way too rigid and stiff. You can't hit like that and be good at tennis. He's a bit like Rosol in that aspect. Just hitting everything has hard as he can.
Doubles
Legend
Lol so I know nothing about tennis? The guys serves are massive. He's playing Simone Bolelli, who last I checked muddled through challengers for most of last year. He also lost to Janowicz in the first round of Wimbledon last year in 4 sets.
Down_the_line
Legend
It's impressive that not one seed on either the men's or women's side of the tournament have lost yet. Monaco will probably be the first.
Love Game
Talk Tennis Guru
hopefully not ... much rather seen monaco in more matches than kuznetsov! :razz:
meanwhile ... good on ya, Baker, mate! :mrgreen:
Doubles
Legend
Truly sad. I had Monaco making a few rounds at least.
Doubles
Legend
hopefully not ... much rather seen monaco in more matches than kuznetsov! :razz:
meanwhile ... good on ya, Baker, mate! :mrgreen:
Way to go, Brian!
Why do you take what I say in the most negative way possible? I didn't mean it in an offensive way. You could be someone that just likes to watch tennis without playing it yourself, thus knowing nothing about technique.
Doubles
Legend
Lol I've forgotten more about technique than you know, but okay, you must be right.
Doubles
Legend
This must mean more to him than any match recently.
Down_the_line
Legend
Alright, time for bed. Good luck to Hewitt, although I doubt he's any match for Tipsarevic. An upset isn't out of the question, though. Hewitt is a two time Slam champ after all.
Good night everyone.
Good night everyone.
Rocky89
Professional
I hope he pulls through, I reckon it's going to be a close one.
Doubles
Legend
For sure. I can see him riding the emotion of the crowd and taking it in 4.
Doubles
Legend
They're still on serve in the second, though. Fognini is on serve in the second, after getting bageled in the first.
Beryl
Hall of Fame
Not any more, Jano breaks. Nevertheless, he looks sluggish in his footwork. It might be enough to take care of Bolelli, but likely won't be in the next round.
Doubles
Legend
Playing Devvarman in the next round. Assuming Janowicz wins this, I don't see him having a problem with Somdev. Even moving the way he is now.
Beryl
Hall of Fame
Didn't look at his draw beforehand. You're right though, Somdev is an excellent second round opponent.
GSM Janowicz. Performance was messy but sufficient. Showed his talent, but also made many errors.
Doubles
Legend
It's too bad, really. The sets are close, but I wouldn't mind an epic 5 setter from them.
Doubles
Legend
If I were a betting man, I would put money on Dolgo. It's a battle of two flashy, somewhat streaky players, but Dolgo has been more consistent recently.
Doubles
Legend
The keyword being almost. Within 10 minutes you'll be reaching for that remote.
Baghdatis is pretty popular here.If he gets through his opening match,he could get a center court slot.
vive le beau jeu !
Talk Tennis Guru
ufff... another 5 sets match for marcos at the AO ! 
pame !!!
pame !!!
Onehandedbackhand
Professional
Janowicz could conceivably make top 15 this year. Zero points to cover till Paris.
Rock Strongo
Legend
After the first day, there were eight bagels, five of them coming from the women's draw.
Four tiebreaks have ended 7-0, three of them have been on the men's side.
Zero retirements.
21 sets have ended 6-1.
25 sets have gone to tiebreaks.
This concludes the status report for day 1.
Four tiebreaks have ended 7-0, three of them have been on the men's side.
Zero retirements.
21 sets have ended 6-1.
25 sets have gone to tiebreaks.
This concludes the status report for day 1.
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MindoverMatter
Professional
Well my bracket is in shambles after all my dark horse picks turned out to be small ponies, but that was an entertaining first round.
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fundrazer
G.O.A.T.
^^I lost a few points thanks to Grigor, Goffin, and Troicki. Nothing I'm too worried about though. I did have Kevin Anderson knocking out Juan Monaco which is nice since Pico is already out. Assuming Anderson plays well he shouldn't have much trouble now getting to the 4th round or wherever I had him.
underground
G.O.A.T.
Gosh I looked at the women's draw and just how many bagels there were!:shock: The top women tend to school the 1st round opponents, especially Vika and Pova.
Only 2 seeded players lost today IIRC, Monaco and Barthel.
Here's Janowicz's 1st round match if anyone's interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyg8aXJZZ0
Only 2 seeded players lost today IIRC, Monaco and Barthel.
Here's Janowicz's 1st round match if anyone's interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyg8aXJZZ0
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