LukeParkerno1
Post-Human
Hate this new first to 10 final set tiebreaker.....
We all do. Blame Isner.
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Hate this new first to 10 final set tiebreaker.....
Medvedev is very quietly making his way through the draw in Melbourne. Reckon he's going to win his first slam in Melbourne.
The first weekend is here and the ground will be packed with 90-100K spectators. A lot of them probably won't watch much tennis. I might be the only person in Aus more interested in Svitolina/Mug than Nick, who will be the main headline act. Arrive very early if you want to watch that one in person. I feel sorry for the ushers at Melbourne Arena tmw. There are also 2 singles matches at 1573 Arena.
Melbourne Forecast.
Temp Max- 26
Mostly sunny and nice
No rain
Rod Laver Arena
Pavlyuchenkova (30) v Pliskova (2)
Putintseva v Halep (4)
Nadal (1) v Carreno Busta (27)
NIGHT
Svitolina (5) v Muguruza
Medvedev (4) v Popyrin
Margaret Court Arena
Giorgi v Kerber (17)
Bencic (6) v Kontaveit (28)
Fritz (29) v Thiem (5)
NIGHT
Verdasco v Zverev (7)
Diyas v Bertens (9)
Melbourne Arena
Legends Doubles
Monfils (10) v Gulbis (Q)
Mertens (16) v Bellis
NIGHT
Kyrgios (23) v Khachanov (16)
The rest
The most shocking thing this AO so far has been the fact that Zverev has not played 5 sets yet. Only a matter of time. the Monfils v Gulbis game looks like it could be fun. I not going to make predictions after saying today that there wasn't going to be any shocks on RLA....But I am looking forward to Nadal v Nick on Aussie Day
Girls wise, I think most matches should be interesting and fun. Not a shock, it is the 3d round. I don't think RLA is ready for Putintseva.
Just for something different, here are the draws(in the spoiler tags so this post doesn't get too large). Something I have been wanting to look at more often now that we are nearly in the 2nd week
Nadal-Carreño
Kyrgios-Khachanov
Monfils-Gulbis
Fritz-Thiem
Medvedev-Popyrin
Isner-Wawrinka
Goffin-Rublev
Verdasco-Zverev
Sandgren-Fognini
Fucsovics-Federer/Millman
Raonic-Cilic
Schwartzman-DjokovicMy Match of the Day:Barty-Riske
Sakkari-Kvitova
Gauff-Kenin
Jabeur-Wang Q.
Bencic-Kontaveit
Vekic-Swiatek
Mertens-Bellis
Putintseva-Halep
Svitolina-Muguruza
Diyas-Bertens
Giorgi-Kerber
Pliskova-Pavs
Kyrgios (23) v Khachanov (16)
I think Khachanov has nothing left. Nick in 3 for me #poll
There should be a cap on how many people they allow into the grounds on the middle Saturday. Over 100.000 last year I think on the same day.Line to Melbourne Arena already out the door hahahahaha
There should be a cap on how many people they allow into the grounds on the middle Saturday. Over 100.000 last year I think on the same day.
Hard to believe Pav is only 28.
She broker through on tour at a similiar time to Kerber.
Kerber stepped it up another level and Pav couldn't, never the fittest player going around but pretty talented.