Australian Open 2016

[vaughany]

Gulbis v Chardy could be a five setter

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[vaughany]

Australia:

MEN
16-Bernard Tomic v Denis Istomin (Uzb)
29-Nick Kyrgios v Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp)
Lleyton Hewitt v James Duckworth (Aus)
Sam Groth v Adrian Mannarino (Fra)
John Millman v Diego Schwartzman (Arg)
James Duckworth v Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
Omar Jasika v Ilya Marchenko (Ukr)
Matthew Ebden v Marcel Granollers (Esp)
Jordan Thompson v Aljaz Bedene (Gbr)

WOMEN
25-Sam Stosur v qualifier
Daria Gavrilova v Lucie Hradecka (Cze)
Ajla Tomljanovic v Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr)
Jarmila Wolfe v qualifier
Tammi Patterson v 20-Ana Ivanovic (Ser)
Maddison Inglis v 21-Ekatenna Makarova (Rus)
Priscilla Hon v Annika Beck (Ger)
Kimberly Birrell v Julia Goerges (Ger)
Storm Sanders v Alexandra Dulgheru (Rou)

 

[BobbyMorri]

Federer vs Dolgopolov 2nd round will be fun.

Roger Federer v Grigor Dimitrov as a potential third round is even better.

tough draw for the Fed.

 

[JackNah_8]

Tsonga Baghdatis first round

that will be a good match.

 

[Rukia]

Bruce is so awkward.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Australia:

MEN
16-Bernard Tomic v Denis Istomin (Uzb)
29-Nick Kyrgios v Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp)
Lleyton Hewitt v James Duckworth (Aus)
Sam Groth v Adrian Mannarino (Fra)
John Millman v Diego Schwartzman (Arg)
James Duckworth v Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
Omar Jasika v Ilya Marchenko (Ukr)
Matthew Ebden v Marcel Granollers (Esp)
Jordan Thompson v Aljaz Bedene (Gbr)

WOMEN
25-Sam Stosur v qualifier
Daria Gavrilova v Lucie Hradecka (Cze)
Ajla Tomljanovic v Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr)
Jarmila Wolfe v qualifier
Tammi Patterson v 20-Ana Ivanovic (Ser)
Maddison Inglis v 21-Ekatenna Makarova (Rus)
Priscilla Hon v Annika Beck (Ger)
Kimberly Birrell v Julia Goerges (Ger)
Storm Sanders v Alexandra Dulgheru (Rou)

Tomic d Istomin in 4
Kyrgios d Carreno Busta in 4
Hewitt d Duckworth in 5
Groth d Mannarino in 4
Schwartzman d Millman in 4
Marchenko d Jasika in 3
Granollers d Ebden in 4
Bedene d Thompson in 3

WOMEN
Stosur v qualifier - who knows, probably the qualifier
Gavrilova d Hradecka in 3
Bondarenko d Tomljanovic in 3
Ivanovic d Patterson in a double bagel
Makarova d Inglis in 2
Beck d Hon in 2
Goerges d Birrell in 2
Dulgheru d Sanders in 2

 

[pepsi]

Gulbis v Chardy could be a five setter

Gulbis is in terrible form. Chardy should win easily.

 

[Whiskers]

Which half plays 1st?

 

[pepsi]

Which half plays 1st?

Won't find out til tomorrow most likely. The draw is more balanced on the men's side compared to last year.

 

[vaughany]

Day One prediction schedule*

Rod Laver Arena (Day)
Maria Sharapova v Nao Hibino
Agnieszka Radwanksa v Christina McHale
Novak Djokovic v Hyeon Chung

Rod Laver Arena (Night)
Serena Williams v Camila Giorgi
Roger Federer v Nikoloz Basilashvili

Margaret Court Arena (Day)
Kristina Mladenovic v Dominika Cibulkova
Vasek Popspisil v Gilles Simon
Jo-Wilred Tsonga v Marcos Bagdatis

Margaret Court Arena (Night)
Sam Stosur v Qualifier
Phillip Kohlscriber v Kei Nishikori

Hisense Arena
Daria Gavrilova v Lucie Hradecka
Petra Kvitova v Qualifier
Tomas Berdych v Yuki Bhambri
Nick Kyrgios v Pablo Carreno Busta (6pm start)

*Under the proviso that tournament organisers allow likes of Tomic and Halep to play day two allowing more recovery/travel after Sydney tournament. Also allows Hewitt to play Tuesday day/night and give Channel 7 time to drum up ratings/promotion.
I think the Tsonga v Bagdatis match would be better suited to Hisense but organisers will probably put Kyrgios on Hisense for his round one match to help promote the great value of a $30 ground pass

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Pospisil is a tough one for Simon first up

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Roger Federer v Grigor Dimitrov as a potential third round is even better.

tough draw for the Fed.

Dimitrov will get absolutely destroyed. Mental minion.

 

[pepsi]

Plenty of 1st round matches to try and watch:
1st round;
Djokovic vs Chung - This young Korean kid impresses me and I think this will be a fun, competitive match to watch
Pospisil vs Simon - A match I'll be trying to watch on SC2 or SC3 I'd imagine on Day 1 or 2
Tsonga vs baghdatis - A bit of nostalgia here. This will be on Hisense Arena or MCA night match Day 1 or 2
Kohlschreiber vs Nishikori - Could easily be RLA this match, but will most likely be MCA or HA. Tough first rounder for Kei here and I'm looking forward to this match
Benneteau vs Almagro
Nadal vs Verdasco - another tough first round. Will be on RLA you would imagine, maybe even a night match
Duckworth vs Hewitt
Tomic vs Istomin
Zverev vs Murray

Potential 2nd rounders:
Hewitt vs Ferrer - The farewell?
Monfils vs Mahut - French affairs are always interesting
Federer vs Dolgopolov
Cilic vs Coric

Actually the 1st round looks more interesting than the 2nd rounds in the mens draw

 

[Redline]

Top half of mens and women's draw will be played on Monday.

 

[pepsi]

Top half of mens and women's draw will be played on Monday.

Fact?

Forget that just seen twitter.

 

[Redline]

On day two Hewitt will play RLA. Who would get the other mens game? Murray, Wawrinka or Nadal? I am hoping one of those three are on MCA.

 

[vaughany]

Top half of mens and women's draw will be played on Monday.

Confirmed/source?

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[pepsi]

On day two Hewitt will play RLA. Who would get the other mens game? Murray, Wawrinka or Nadal? I am hoping one of those three are on MCA.

I reckon nadal vedasco rla. Stan MCA. Murray ha.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

On day two Hewitt will play RLA. Who would get the other mens game? Murray, Wawrinka or Nadal? I am hoping one of those three are on MCA.

Won't be Murray but one would assume it is Rafa.

 

[pepsi]

Murray has a history of being played on hisense.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Murray has a history of being played on hisense.

Good. Put him there. He's a good player but you couldn't pay me to watch him for more than a set.

 

[danstar]

just looked at the last 2 years schedule and the bottom half of the mens has played on day 1, so if it continues that way, will be a lot of aussies on the courts on day 1 for the mens

 

[Redline]

just looked at the last 2 years schedule and the bottom half of the mens has played on day 1, so if it continues that way, will be a lot of aussies on the courts on day 1 for the mens

This year the top half is Monday.

 

[danstar]

This year the top half is Monday.

no doubt channel 7 had a role in that, so they can prolong the Hewitt retirement

 

[Hamingja]

Australia:

MEN
16-Bernard Tomic v Denis Istomin (Uzb)
29-Nick Kyrgios v Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp)
Lleyton Hewitt v James Duckworth (Aus)
Sam Groth v Adrian Mannarino (Fra)
John Millman v Diego Schwartzman (Arg)
James Duckworth v Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
Omar Jasika v Ilya Marchenko (Ukr)
Matthew Ebden v Marcel Granollers (Esp)
Jordan Thompson v Aljaz Bedene (Gbr)

WOMEN
25-Sam Stosur v qualifier
Daria Gavrilova v Lucie Hradecka (Cze)
Ajla Tomljanovic v Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr)
Jarmila Wolfe v qualifier

Insanely good draw for all those players. Everyone a chance to progress.