Interesting interview with Thiem, basically saying he lost motivation after winning the US Open v Zverev. Hard to have that extra hunger needed at the moment with no crowds.
Who's the pick to win from here?
Serbia - Djokovic/Krajinovic/Tipsarevic/Troicki
v
Russia - Khachanov/Rublev
Aus - OUT
v
Canada - Shapovalov/Pospisil
GB - A Murray/Edmund/Evans/J Murray/Skupski
v
Germany - Kohlschreiber/Struff/Krawietz/Mies
Argentina - Pella/Schwartzman/Gonzalez/Mayer
v...
We got completely ****ed by the schedule. It's bullshit playing until after midnight then having to play again the next day
Harsh on Hewitt. Honestly Pospisil has been playing very well this week. I didn't think Millman played that badly
Yeh definitely a weird decision from Rusty, if Nick wasnt injured.
NK was in great form and seems to thrive in the team environment
The scheduling is a bit unfair- the other 3 QFs are tomorrow and ours is today
My pick to win was Spain but might need to change that given Bautista has had to...
Raonic not playing (back injury).
Pospisil and Shapovalov. Pospisil has beaten Opelka and Fognini, Shapovalov has beaten Fritz and Berretini
Yeh I think it was precautionary. I'm not worried about it
We have one less day to prepare than Canada which is a bit unfair
Why do they go past 1-2am every day? Can't they start earlier?
It's literally 3.30am in Madrid and the USA v Italy are playing a deciding doubles. Pretty ridiculous
Yeh I assume it's just based on ranking. Looks like the 2nd ranked players play eachother first then 1st ranked players
ie. both times Kyrgios (ranked 24ish) played first, then De Minaur (ranked 20ish)
They have been the 'Big 3' for so long that it's easy to forget that Fed is 5 years older than both of them. Just shows how impressive his longevity is. How many other players are in the top 10 at 37? I can't think of any.
You could do it how Wimbledon does it and alternate the second week (men one day, women the next). Tbh I don't think it's that bad- you can't play the semi on Friday because then the break is unfair. So what are your other options?
According to this tournament schedule (http://schedule.ausopen.com/tournament-schedule):
No start time for night matches on "outside courts + Hisense Arena", so I think it's safe to assume there's no night sessions for Hisense
That's not what Dr A said. All Dr A said was that if Nadal couldn't beat Soderling, he didn't deserve it- and that if Soderling couldn't beat Federer, Soderling didn't deserve it.
Bottom line is if you win a GS final you deserve it, regardless of who you play. It doesn't devalue it
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