2025 Australian Open - General Discussion for Men's Singles

Who will win AO 2025?

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Djoker looks very dangerous. If he can keep serving like that, then he will be extremely tough to beat. He played a better match than Sinner did today.
 
Tommy Paul pulls off the huge 5 set win over Aussie Chris O'Connell.

That was some match. Just clocked the 4 hour mark.

Tommy won't be going far this tournament unfortunately but, his shoulder is sagging.
 
Nishesh Basavareddy is telling he loves India and indian movies . Talk with his cousins all the time. The interviewer from India is telling him he has got a lot of popularity in India now.

The other commentators are boasting about Indian genes and telling that Nishesh has broken the stereotype that Indian body cannot play singles, the way he competed against djokovic

Showing on Sony India
 
Terenigma said:
Very few matches last a full 5 hours tho, on average its around 3 hours and there are only 4 grand slams in the year where B05 is mainly implemented. I don't think it's unreasonable to try and speed up the game and quite frankly it separates the men from the boys. This is what they train for, if we start easing things then they can start coasting fitness wise and I don't think that's right.
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But rules have to cover all eventualities because, at the start of the match, no one knows how long it will last. Please check Djokovic's Activity at the AO (his best slam) on the ATP Website and see how often he has several five-setters before getting to the final. It's never been plain sailing. Even in BO3 set matches, rallies can last forever, and players must get their breath back. This subjective rule, known among commentators as the Rafa Rule, was implemented after the 2012 AO Final between Nadal and Djokovic, which lasted for nearly 6 hours because there were many very long rallies. At the start of 2013, the enforcement came in at Federer's request, no doubt thinking this would help him against Nadal; despite the 25-second rule being enforced, 2013 was one of Rafa's best years. Coming back from being sidelined for 7 months in the latter half of 2012, Rafa missed the AO, then sailed through the year, winning RG and the USO plus the USO Summer Series, ending the year as #1.

I don't see how tennis would lose viewers if players took five more seconds between points now and then. Less time between points suits players like Federer, who has a great serve and doesn't have to think too much about it.

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roysid said:
Nishesh Basavareddy is telling he loves India and indian movies . Talk with his cousins all the time. The interviewer from India is telling him he has got a lot of popularity in India now.

The other commentators are boasting about Indian genes and telling that Nishesh has broken the stereotype that Indian body cannot play singles, the way he competed against djokovic

Showing on Sony India
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I guess they didn't see Amritraj play and almost beat Borg at Wimbledon then, at Borg's peak.
 
Winner Sinner said:
With Passaro's victory against a Dimitrov who retired during the match, the number of Italians in the top 100 now rises to 11.
An absolute record for Italian tennis.
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It is no surprise to those of us within the game as 12 years ago it was roundly anticipated this would happen given the financial amount that was put into italian tennis. Mark Petchey to be fair said as far back as USO 2013 to keep an eye on Italian tennis!! Kudos to him
 
roysid said:
Nishesh Basavareddy is telling he loves India and indian movies . Talk with his cousins all the time. The interviewer from India is telling him he has got a lot of popularity in India now.

The other commentators are boasting about Indian genes and telling that Nishesh has broken the stereotype that Indian body cannot play singles, the way he competed against djokovic

Showing on Sony India
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Well, he did start cramping in the third set, so the commentators are one up. But none of the players coming up represent the good genes of the Indians. A good representation is Ishan Sharma playing for the Virginia Cavaliers check him out. I am waiting for someone like him to come along in tennis, unfortunately until then the commentators will not shut up.
I feel that unless you are 6'1" you cannot make it in present day tennis.
 
roysid said:
The other commentators are boasting about Indian genes and telling that Nishesh has broken the stereotype that Indian body cannot play singles, the way he competed against djokovic
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In the words of Midnight Oil (appropriate for the Aussie Open), "must have a short memory." Vijay Amritraj won a bunch of singles titles, was ranked in the top 20, and made the QFs at Wimbledon and the USO.
 
JMR said:
In the words of Midnight Oil (appropriate for the Aussie Open), "must have a short memory." Vijay Amritraj won a bunch of singles titles, was ranked in the top 20, and made the QFs at Wimbledon and the USO.
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They probably meant modern tennis style.
 
Right. The commentators were Somdev DevBarman and Sania Mirza. And in the last 30 years, Indian and Indian origin players have marked their mark but only in doubles (Paes, Bhupathi, Sania, Rajeev Ram , Bopanna etc). Leander Paes, Somdev and Sania had tried in singles but couldn't go far. Nagal is struggling

And frankly in present times with players being so strong and super fit, its difficult for Indian build players. You will lack in physicality always
 
Hitman said:
Fair enough.

But those in India who are tennis historians should been aware of this. He was probably the one most closest to beating Borg before McEnroe actually did.

And in 1974, granted Borg wasn't at his best then, Amritraj beat him at the USO in five sets.

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I think Amritraj can boast of wins against Borg, Connors & Mcenroe.

From memory he beat John twice on hardcourts and i think one of those wins was in Mcenroe's amazing 1984 year.

He also beat Connors several times as well as losing that epic 1981 Wimbledon Q/F to him after being 2-0 up in sets.
 
Hitman said:
And was in a James Bond movie. (y)
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Octopussy....

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Hitman said:
Fair enough.

But those in India who are tennis historians should been aware of this. He was probably the one most closest to beating Borg before McEnroe actually did.

And in 1974, granted Borg wasn't at his best then, Amritraj beat him at the USO in five sets.

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I sat in a row behind him during ICL in Bengaluru (another exho that started before IPTL).

He was announced as past great and people recognized him.

Recently added into international tennis hof for his work after retirement.
 
Pheasant said:
Djoker looks very dangerous. If he can keep serving like that, then he will be extremely tough to beat. He played a better match than Sinner did today.
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Sinner played 6'7 Jarry who was returning the serve above his usual average.

Sinner played great match, zero breaks. Last year he was broken 1 time until the final including zero breaks vs Djokovic.

The gauntlet has been thrown. Sinner is so efficient that his hold rate rivals Roger Federer now. So not a bad match at all.
 
roysid said:
Right. The commentators were Somdev DevBarman and Sania Mirza. And in the last 30 years, Indian and Indian origin players have marked their mark but only in doubles (Paes, Bhupathi, Sania, Rajeev Ram , Bopanna etc). Leander Paes, Somdev and Sania had tried in singles but couldn't go far. Nagal is struggling

And frankly in present times with players being so strong and super fit, its difficult for Indian build players. You will lack in physicality always
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Kinda crazy that there is this open discussion in India (apparently) about a perceived genetic inferiority in therms of athleticism. I think it's quite interesting, but I know many people are scared to talk about things like that. It's also pretty amazing that a country with a population in the billions cannot find at least a few players that put it all together.
 
nolefam_2024 said:
Sinner played 6'7 Jarry who was returning the serve above his usual average.

Sinner played great match, zero breaks. Last year he was broken 1 time until the final including zero breaks vs Djokovic.

The gauntlet has been thrown. Sinner is so efficient that his hold rate rivals Roger Federer now. So not a bad match at all.
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That's fair enough. If you serve bot against Sinner, then he can do the same and can still win in straights. His serve+1 is that great these days. He hasn't played since last year. I thought that his rally game was a bit rusty during those first two sets. However, he was a stone-cold killer in that 3rd set. That 3rd set looked like peak Sinner from late last year.

Here's something that's a little unnerving to the rest of the field. Sinner has now won 29 consecutive sets. That's up there with peak Federer and peak Djokovic. And he's held serve at a 96.2% clip since Shanghai of last year(15 matches).

 
Pheasant said:
That's fair enough. If you serve bot against Sinner, then he can do the same and can still win in straights. His serve+1 is that great these days. He hasn't played since last year. I thought that his rally game was a bit rusty during those first two sets. However, he was a stone-cold killer in that 3rd set. That 3rd set looked like peak Sinner from late last year.

Here's something that's a little unnerving to the rest of the field. Sinner has now won 29 consecutive sets. That's up there with peak Federer and peak Djokovic. And he's held serve at a 96.2% clip since Shanghai of last year(15 matches).

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Yes. 15 matches on hc in straight sets.

Only Agassi Federer and Djokovic have done this.

Sinner is becoming a hc legend.
 
I picked Alcaraz, but that is just who I would like to see in the final. I actually would vote Sinner for who I think has the best chance. He's been the HC monster.

My eternal dark horse Dimi is out, so not sure what to do now. lol.

Nishikori AO 2025 Champion! :p
 
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