2019 Men's Australian Open Match Awards

[Atennisone]

I thought I'd make these match awards for men's Australian Open 2019. If enough ends up voting we'll have some awards


Best Match:

Nominees:

Bautista Agut vs Murray, 1st Round
Pouille vs Popyrin, 3rd Round
Carreno Busta vs Nishikori, 4th Round
Cilic vs Bautista Agut, 4th Round
Tsitsipas vs Federer, 4th Round

Best Match Performance:

Nominees:

Raonic against Zverev
Tsitsipas against Federer
Djokovic against Pouille
Nadal against Tsitsipas
Djokovic against Nadal

Best Set Performance:

Nominees:

Raonic against Zverev, 1st set
Djokovic against Nishikori, 1st set
Djokovic agaisnt Pouille, 1st set
Nadal against Tsitsipas, 3rd set
Djokovic against Nadal, 1st set


Best Set:

Nominees:

Djokovic vs Tsonga, 2nd set
Pouille vs Popyrin, 3rd set
Carreno Busta vs Nishikori, 1st set
Djokovic vs Medvedev, 2nd set
Tsitsipas vs Federer, 2nd set

Best 5th set:

Nominees:

Chardy vs Humbert, 1st Round
Chung vs Klahn, 1st Round
Nishikori vs Karlovic, 2nd Round
Carreno Busta vs Nishikori, 4th Round
Bautista Agut vs Cilic, 4th Round


Best Tiebreak:

Nominees:

Krajinovic vs Cecchinato, 4th set
Pouille vs Popyrin, 3rd set
Carreno Busta vs Nishikori, 1st set
Carreno Busta vs Nishikori, 5th set
Tsitsipas vs Federer, 1st set

Best Section:

Nominees:

Section 1
Section 2
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7

Best Suprise:

Nominees:

Novak Djokovic for an incredible final performance beating Nadal in straight sets in the final
Lucas Pouille for reaching first Grand Slam Semi Final
Stefanos Tsitsipas for reaching first Grand Slam Semi Final
Rafael Nadal for reaching final in first tournament since US Open
Frances Tiafoe for reaching beating double Grand Slam Runner-up and WTF winner on the way


Nominees by player:

Novak Djokovic - 8
Kei Nishikori - 6
Lucas Pouille - 5
Pablo Carreno Busta - 5
Stefanos Tsitsipas - 5
Alexei Popyrin - 3
Rafael Nadal - 3
Roberto Bautista Agut - 3
Roger Federer - 3
Marin Cilic - 2
Milos Raonic - 2
Andy Murray - 1
Bradley Klahn - 1
Danill Medvedev - 1
Filip Krajinovic - 1
Frances Tiafoe - 1
Hyeon Chung - 1
Ivo Karlovic - 1
Jeremy Chardy - 1
Marco Cecchinato - 1
Ugo Humbert - 1

 

[N01E]

Best match:
Murray vs Bautista Agut
I remember pretty much every tt member rooting for Andy, which doesn't happen very often and how he managed to take this match to 5th was something else

Best performance:
Djokovic against Nadal
Perfect tactics and perhaps even better execution

Best set performance:
Djokovic against Nadal in the 1st set
Taking time and putting pressure on the Spaniard since the very first point

Best set:
Federer vs Tsitsipas set 2
Incredible exhibition of mental strength almost ruined by all those recent comments.

Best 5th set:
Nishikori vs Karlovic
Deciding set against Ivo are always fun to watch.

Best 5th set tie break:
Carreno Busta vs Nishikori
First time I've seen umpire taking the point away from the player who had won the challenge

Best section:
Section 2 for that Milos run and...

Best surprise, I'd change the name to the biggest surprise and it certainly would have to be Pouille vs Raonic

That was the only match that made me go completely wtf. There were clues for the other matches (maybe Tiafoe against Anderson was a bit unexpected as well) and you could expect them, but this? After what Milos was doing the whole tournament and considering their h2h...

 

[King No1e]

Match: Murray vs Bautista
Performance: Djokovic vs Nadal
Set: Djokovic vs Tsonga
Set Performance: Djokovic vs Pouille
5th Set: Nishikori vs Karlovic
Tiebreak: Tsitsipas vs Federer
Upset: Pouille vs Raonic (yes, I wasn't surprised by Tsitsipas vs Fed; Raonic had it all going into the QF and somehow lost)