australian open

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Worked like a charm

Novak Djokovic beat Dominic Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open final, 2020 on hard court Djokovic was the defending champion and this was his record extending 8th Australian Open title. This was Thiem's third loss in as many Slam finals. He would go onto win his maiden Slam at...

Title is self-explanatory. What happened?

Watching Shapo- Sinner - kind of a tough break for both that this is a first round match. Present rankings are 11 and 32. What am I missing? Why isn't Sinner seeded?

Roger Federer beat Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the Australian Open quarter-final, 2005 on hard court Federer would go onto lose in the next round to Marat Safin. The two would go onto play the US Open final later in the year, with Federer again winning Federer won 99 points, Agassi 79...

Most people remember it as an epic 5-set thriller, but it actually was a rather easy straight set win. Bamos!

Under normal circumstances, the men's final of the Australian Open 2021 would be take place today (January 31). However, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the great caution of the Victoria state authorities, AO 2021 was postponed to February and qualifying competition was played outside...

Note: I am talking about this here and not on Former Pro to bring it to attention to some people that might have not seen it, rather than people who watch this all day long. Also for better visibility. The set starts around 1:44:00 mark until 2:32:00, so roughly 48 mins of pure brilliance, but...

Nole published an open letter to Australia on his social media accounts, in which he commented in detail on the situation before the start of the tournaments there. In this way, Djoker responds to the criticism he faces after the publication of ideas for easing the so-called "hard quarantine"...

I'm sure most have already seen this...

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams will spend quarantine and preparation for the Australian part of the season in Adelaide, where they will play exhibition matches at the end of January. The exclusive bubble in Adelaide will number a total...

Say we have Nadal-Federer and Djokovic-Tsonga in the semifinals. Who would you favour in each match, who would win the potential final afterwards? To spice it up, let's presume Nadal plays better, since he was a bit shellshocked against Tsonga and severely underperformed, but this time he gets...

I just wrapped up watching the movie, and saw an interesting glimmer at around 13:29 into the movie of a trophy. Looks a whole lot like the mens australian open trophy. Thoughts?

Stan Wawrinka beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open final, 2014 on hard court It was the first of Wawrinka's to date 3 Slam titles. Nadal had won the last Slam at US Open previous year and would go onto win the next at French Open. Nadal had won all 12 of the pair's...

Do you think the new schedule and delayed Aussie Open favours any paticular players ?

Who is your favourite for the 2021 Aussie open? Do you think one of the big 3 will take it; or someone else?

Novak Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Australian Open final, 2008 on hard court This was Djokovic's first Slam title. Tsonga was unseeded and playing in his first tour level final and he beat Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray among others in reaching it. To date, this remains his...

Stefan Edberg beat Pat Cash 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 in the Australian Open final, 1987 on grass This was the last edition of the tournament to be played on grass. The two had recently played a Davis Cup final rubber at the same venue with Cash winning. Edberg was the defending champion...

Stefan Edberg beat Ivan Lendl 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 9-7 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1985 on grass Edberg would go onto beat double defending champion Mats Wilander in the final to win his first Slam title. Lendl had recently won the US Open and was the world #1 Edberg won 209...

Stefan Edberg beat Mats Wilander 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1990 on hard court Edberg would go onto lose in the final to Ivan Lendl. This was Wilander's last Slam semi and the only one he made in 17 appearances post 1988. This was the 4th meeting between the pair at...

Ivan Lendl beat Stefan Edberg 4-6, 7-6(3), 5-2 retired in the Australian Open final, 1990 on hard court Lendl was the world number 1, defending champion and this would turn out to be his last Slam title. Edberg would win his second Wimbledon later in the year and finish the year ranked...

Ivan Lendl beat Stefan Edberg 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in the Australian Open semi-final, 1991 on hard court Lendl, the defending champion and world number 3, would go onto lose the final to Boris Becker in what would turn out to be his last Slam final. Edberg was the world number 1...

John McEnroe beat Boris Becker 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 in the Australian Open third round, 1992 on hard court McEnroe was unseeded and this was his second and last win over Becker in official matches, the first having come in 1985 before Becker's first Wimbledon title. Becker as the defending...

You can see it in min 1:45.... on his heel, what is it and what is it for?

Mats Wilander beat Kevin Curren 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the Australian Open final, 1984 on grass Wilander was the defending champion and this was his second title at the event. He would go on to add a then Open Era record third title in 1988. It was Curren's first Slam final, and he...

John Newcombe beat Jimmy Connors 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(7) in the Australian Open final, 1975 on grass It was Newcombe's second Australian Open title and the last of his 5 Open Era Slam titles. Connors was the defending champion, having entered the event for the first time the previous...

I know it's not Federer's fault, but his draw in the AO has been profoundly easy. Here are the rankings of his opponents so far: 1st. Johnson, 75 2nd. Krajanovic, 41 3rd. Millman, 47 4th. Fucsovics, 67 Qtr: Sandgren, 100 Assuming Fed beats Sandgren, he would have made it to a GS semifinal...