2021 Australian Open - Men's Singles - General Discussion

[TennisFan3]

I don't count him out. He's going to beat Medvedev eventually. It's gonna happen. I just hope it's not on Wednesday!

You can be rest assured it won't be this Wednesday.
Medvedev is faster, stronger and flat out better than Rublev.
Rublev needs to put on at least 15-20 lbs more, spend time in the gym and develop a stronger defensive game plus net skills.
At this time Rublev will NOT be competitive with the tier A top guys.

 

[Third Serve]

BWEH takes the early break

 

[James P]

Rublev breaks Ruud immediately

 

[Third Serve]

These faster courts make Rublev’s FH look like a missile (which it was already, but... you get the point).

 

[Third Serve]

Looking forward mostly to the Nadal match tonight but this is a nice appetizer so far.

 

[MeatTornado]

That was strangely odd to watch 2 players walking down the tunnel so close together.

 

[James P]

Double break now, 5-2 serving for set, Rublev.

Thought Ruud would give a better showing.

 

[Third Serve]

Double break now, 5-2 serving for set, Rublev.

Thought Ruud would give a better showing.

Still just one set.

 

[tennisbuck]

Anybody got an update on how Ruud/Rublev are looking?

 

[James P]

Ruud hasn't made a dent in Rubles serve yet. On serve early in the second set.

 

[James P]

Rublev broke Ruud again. Looks like Ruud is getting medical attention.

 

[Nadal_King]

Top half was the loaded one but as it has panned out bottom half has really become the real deal with chances of 4 top 10 players in qfs

 

[James P]

First break point for Casper

 

[The Guru]

Fabio is so fun to watch man

 

[James P]

Ruud has now broken Rublev in back to back games, from 1-3 to 5-3 in the second set, now serving for the equalizer

 

[Rafa4GOAT]

Rublev breaks back

 

[James P]

Rublev wins second set, Ruud retires

 

[D.Nalby12]

If Nadal plays like this only Djokovic can stop him here. Med, Sissiboy stands no chance.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Why did Ruud retire?

 

[Rafa4GOAT]

Casper Ruud retiring after losing a topsy turvy second set, Rublev through to the QF vs Medvedev

 

[D.Nalby12]

Who is Rublev facing next?

 

[James P]

Abdominal injury apparently

 

[James P]

Who is Rublev facing next?

Medvedev

 

[tennisbuck]

I like Ruud but this is why people think tennis is soft

 

[D.Nalby12]

Fog has started making omblevable shots. This should be fun.

 

[Winners or Errors]

Didn't see. Did Ruud just retire because he is a little injured and didn't see himself winning, or was he actually hurt? Sad for Rublev, robbed of a win if it is the former.

 

[James P]

Didn't see. Did Ruud just retire because he is a little injured and didn't see himself winning, or was he actually hurt? Sad for Rublev, robbed of a win if it is the former.

Probably a little of both. I think he's legitimately injured, but probably decided a comeback from an 0-2 hole wasn't in the cards and wasn't worth it.

 

[Nadal_King]

It's amazing how 2 qfs are happening as per seeding let's see will 3rd one possible nadal- Tsitsipas happen as well

 

[Nadal_King]

If rafa has to win this tournament then has to beat 3 top 10 players potentially on the trot, possible but level suggests would need some help from opening up of draws, if it's Tsitsipas-meddy-Djoker then mountain too high to climb but a Tsitsipas-rublev-zverev would be gettable

 

[yokied]

EDIT: wrong thread

 

[Tshooter]

If rafa has to win this tournament then has to beat 3 top 10 players potentially on the trot, possible but level suggests would need some help from opening up of draws, if it's Tsitsipas-meddy-Djoker then mountain too high to climb but a Tsitsipas-rublev-zverev would be gettable

 

[Nadal_King]

Man next 2 days, Serena-Halep, Djokovic- Zverev, Medvedev- Rublev and Nadal- Tsitsipas
Tasty Qf lineup and with solid 3 qfs ,semis are also going be amazing

 

[vernonbc]

If rafa has to win this tournament then has to beat 3 top 10 players potentially on the trot, possible but level suggests would need some help from opening up of draws, if it's Tsitsipas-meddy-Djoker then mountain too high to climb but a Tsitsipas-rublev-zverev would be gettable

Why would Tsitsipas-meddy-Djoker be a mountain too high? Rafa has a good chance of beating all of them at any time and certainly now that Djoker is wounded and injured and barely walking, his odds are even better.

 

[abmk]

berretini gives tsitsipas a walkover
ruud retires after 2 sets vs rublev
med through in straights vs mcdonald
nadal through in straights vs fognini

 

[Zebrev]

If Tsits can't beat 34 yo Rafa with 4 days rest he truly is a scrub. These nextgenners need to start and stand up to the big guys, theres no excuse this time.

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1361238731387265024

 

[clayqueen]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1361039722420797443

 

[clayqueen]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1361039725960790022

 

[I Am Finnish]

The topic title should change into 2021 australian injury open

 

[phl92]

I missed the poll, but man Nadal will win this so easily. In the same way he won FO2020 just against other opponents

 

[James P]

Current betting odds across 13 bookies:

Name	Country	Best Odds	Worst Odds	Average Odds (13 bookies)
Grigor Dimitrov	Bulgaria	-215	-270	-226.69
Aslan Karatsev	Russia	+220	+170	+180.62
X
Novak Djokovic	Serbia	-189	-205	-198.85
Alexander Zverev	Germany	+166	+155	+160.15
X
Daniil Medvedev	Russia	-250	-290	-274.77
Andrey Rublev	Russia	+240	+210	+218.08
X
Rafael Nadal	Spain	-210	-225	-216.77
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Greece	+178	+165	+171.38

 

[Enceladus]

Spoiler: Press conferences - Day 8

Tennis players from the bottom half of the draw, after 4th round:

Andrey Rublev:

Daniil Medvedev:

 

[Nadal_King]

So wins against Slam champions by the remaining field in this tournament
Dimitrov- 2
Others- ZERO
Dimtrov deserves his place in sf and an easier qf in comparison to others,dimitrov can be tough for novak/Zverev in semis

 

[Nadal_King]

So wins against Slam champions by the remaining field in this tournament
Dimitrov- 2
Others- ZERO
Dimtrov deserves his place in sf and an easier qf in comparison to others,dimitrov can be tough for novak/Zverev in semis

Mehh so lightning strikes once more, I have gone from wanting Kyrgios to thiem to even dimitrov in this quarter for semi and in the end we get GOAT karastev

 

[Deleted member 775898]

Guys, should we rename AO21 "The Karatsev Open" if Djokovic wins it ?

 

[MichaelNadal]

Karatsev's legs

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

GOAT

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1361530188140408836

 

[clayqueen]

Current betting odds across 13 bookies:

Name	Country	Best Odds	Worst Odds	Average Odds (13 bookies)
Grigor Dimitrov	Bulgaria	-215	-270	-226.69
Aslan Karatsev	Russia	+220	+170	+180.62
X
Novak Djokovic	Serbia	-189	-205	-198.85
Alexander Zverev	Germany	+166	+155	+160.15
X
Daniil Medvedev	Russia	-250	-290	-274.77
Andrey Rublev	Russia	+240	+210	+218.08
X
Rafael Nadal	Spain	-210	-225	-216.77
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Greece	+178	+165	+171.38

What does this mean? Don't understand betting odds.

 

[socallefty]

GOAT

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1361530188140408836

If this is accurate, the real question is why we haven’t heard of this guy before. Has he finally learned to harness all this power? Did he use to make a lot more errors till a few months ago when his ranking started rocketing upwards?

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

If this is accurate, the real question is why we haven’t heard of this guy before. Has he finally learned to harness al this power? Did he use to make a lot more errors till a few months ago when his ranking started rocketing upwards?

He had injury problems halting his career