Rate the 2021 Australian Open

TheAssassin

Legend
On a scale of 10 to 10, 10 being stunning.

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Nadal_King

Hall of Fame
6/10 it was like breath of fresh air but still tennis wise there was so much potential it started fine then picked up midway but climax was really what let it down
 

Graf1stClass

Professional
But finals were disappointing on both sides. But something tells me this will be the final year before the new generation begins winning more convincingly.
 

Street

Semi-Pro
The semis and the finals were one sided but i think it had plenty of good and dramatic matches, especially early on so i would say it was entertaining and i thought it was more interesting than the uso and the french open last year.
 
I enjoyed it, other than being distressed and surprised at the beatdown in the final. And I missed several good matches I couldn’t bring myself to get up in the middle of the night for. Glad to see crowds for part of it, too (although some were on the obnoxious side!) Can’t wait for more tennis.
 

TheAssassin

Legend
6/10

One point subtracted for disappointing final

Another two subtracted for missing more than half of the important matches due to different time zones

One more subtracted for lack of Fedr
So it's 8/10. Second part is just your lack of commitment lol...

But yeah I get it. 2020 AO was one of my most favorite ever tournaments, and one of the reasons for that is because I got to watch more tennis there than ever.
 

ND-13

Hall of Fame
Bad finals
Bad semi finals
Bad Quarter Finals, except for Nadal vs Tsitsipas. Djokovic vs Zverev was never in doubt.


Djokovic's quality of tennis in the finals was the highlight, alongside the injury talk
 
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Tiki-Taka

Semi-Pro
Other than Rafa's collapse against Tsitsipas, and expecting a closer final, I loved it. Too much complaining going on as usual.
 

RS

Bionic Poster
Depends on what you grade it on.

I think AO last year was much higher quality.
 
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Deleted member 629564

Guest
Higher than 2019 AO final, because Medvedev won 9 games, which is more than Nadal won two years ago (8).
 

junior74

Talk Tennis Guru
The final was supposed to "save" the tournament for us. Super performance by Novak, but still not what we hope for in a slam final.

Overall a weak tournament, with lots of big players missing and few matches of high level.

Actually, the most hated player on TT - NK - was involved in two of the best matches, as bizarre as it may sound.

The Tsitsipas comeback against Nadal was also entertaining. The Tear was the biggest drama.
 

wang07

Semi-Pro
Unremarkable matches with maybe one or two exceptions, lackluster final and boring straight setter SFs, even a 6/10 is probably a generous score.
 

Third Serve

Talk Tennis Guru
So it's 8/10. Second part is just your lack of commitment lol...

But yeah I get it. 2020 AO was one of my most favorite ever tournaments, and one of the reasons for that is because I got to watch more tennis there than ever.
Well that was mostly trolling on my part. I did miss way too many matches which definitely hampered my enjoyment of the tournament, but the matches I did watch weren’t that interesting anyway so I think it’d probably still be a 6/10
 
5/10. Not to take away from Djokovic's performance, there were moments when it was better than average (5/10), but this 7/5, 6/2, 6/2 match IMO was a 5. It also begs the question should the men's draw at the major's be the best of 3 sets. TC will replay the men's final, I wonder what viewer rating it will receive and in today's world how much longer 5 set matches will hold viewer attention? Best of 3 may be inevitable.
 
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Deleted member 688153

Guest
7/10,

wasn't sh i t at all. Loses two points automatically for fedr not being there but other than that it was fun. it's always a great tournament
 

Bartelby

Bionic Poster
I'm still not sure why it was so important to put on an event that cost so much because of the pandemic.
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
Comeon man,, i never seen so many boring blowout matches in the 2nd week. in the slams,, 2nd week is suppoed to be most exciting time with all the great players playing all their BEST tennis and laying it all out there. ..... But just what happened is ,,,GARBAGE
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
Comeon man,, i never seen so many boring blowout matches in the 2nd week. in the slams,, 2nd week is suppoed to be most exciting time with all the great players playing all their BEST tennis and laying it all out there. ..... But just what happened is ,,,GARBAGE

The tournament would be a 10 for me just because of the circumstances surrounding it and Djokovic winning but I chose 9 because I was being a little cheeky.
 

zvelf

Hall of Fame
7/10. The finals weren't special, but there were some very entertaining matches: Hsieh reaching her first quarterfinal by beating her beast noir Errani along the way, Osaka saving 2 match points to beat Muguruza, Osaka giving a clinic to Serena of all people, Thiem coming back from 2 sets down to beat Kyrgios, Tsitsipas coming back from 2 sets down to beat Nadal.
 
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Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
The tournament would be a 10 for me just because of the circumstances surrounding it and Djokovic winning but I chose 9 because I was being a little cheeky.

Seriously ?? for me if the tournament gives me a Fun time and entertains me then i give it 10 but if they bored me then i give it 0.1. Their JOB is to entertain me... They didn't do that......... They MUST do that.
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
Seriously ?? for me if the tournament gives me a Fun time and entertains me then i give it 10 but if they bored me then i give it 0.1. Their JOB is to entertain me... They didn't do that......... They MUST do that.

Fair enough, and I get it. If Novak hadn't won it wouldn't be a 10 for me. Lol. I'm just very happy with the result.
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
Fair enough, and I get it. If Novak hadn't won it wouldn't be a 10 for me. Lol. I'm just very happy with the result.
why do you like Nole so much ?? he's such a boring player. Roger is so much more fun player with his variety and rafa too with his amazing topspin no other player can make
 

nov

Hall of Fame
0/10, Djokovic worst player ever, only push the ball back. Nadal gonna win 50 slams, see you in RG2021!
 

Arak

Legend
It was great to watch some tennis again, so that’s the positive. Now, half of the men’s draw succumbing to abdominal and back injuries, I give it 2/10.
 

NoleFam

Bionic Poster
why do you like Nole so much ?? he's such a boring player. Roger is so much more fun player with his variety and rafa too with his amazing topspin no other player can make

Well tbh, if everyone in the world all liked the same things that would make us pretty boring people right?
 
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