2012 Australian Open

[Righteo]

Cheers guys, maybe Rafa should take on the responsibility if he thinks he can do a better job,

 

[roostersgal4eva]

The players would have to vote on it surely...
And why did Roge put his hand up if he wast going to be fair dinkum

 

[Righteo]

Anyone watching Nalbadian and Nienimen - been some outrageous tennis from both & has been high quality from the first point

Foxtel?

Would love to watch this rather than Fed demolish some nobody, and I'd rather scratch my eyes out than watch that bore Wozniacki play.

 

[roostersgal4eva]

Nienimen has had to quit had his stomache tapped & I reckon it's packed in

So out of the blue

 

[Sir Vlado]

Not really that surprising considering his crazy schedule in the past week or two.

 

[Righteo]

Oh joy, Caroline "Moonball" Wozniacki on now, unfortunately I think Rodionova is next to no chance.

 

[tasmanlvr]

Nienimen has had to quit had his stomache tapped & I reckon it's packed in

So out of the blue

Shame for Niemenen, but with the schedule unsurprising really. Good thing I decided to leave early - last two games on Margaret Court were pointless really - first a demolition from Jankovic on Robson and then a retirement.

 

[Righteo]

Ch 7 taking a leaf out of Ch 9's book with their increasingly shitful viewers choice questions...

"What do you think of Wozniackis outfit?"

 

[OzBomber]

Just saw the report for Tomic's game on the FSN website and noticed that the roar from the crowd was 115 decibels, the sound of a loud rock concert apparently. Be interesting to have found out the decibels for last years prelim at the end of the Collingwood v Hawks game.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Wozniaki is incredibly boring, but Rodionova is so unlikeable it's hard to support her.

 

[Righteo]

Just saw the report for Tomic's game on the FSN website and noticed that the roar from the crowd was 115 decibels, the sound of a loud rock concert apparently. Be interesting to have found out the decibels for last years prelim at the end of the Collingwood v Hawks game.

Really pointless when you think about it but I'd love to see this technology implemented more in sport, would be very interesting to see which crowds are the loudest, which sports are the loudest and, for womens tennis, which players grunt the loudest (and dish out warnings/penalties to those who exceed a certain level )

 

[OzBomber]

Really pointless when you think about it but I'd love to see this technology implemented more in sport, would be very interesting to see which crowds are the loudest, which sports are the loudest and, for womens tennis, which players grunt the loudest (and dish out warnings/penalties to those who exceed a certain level )

Would definitely put a debate to the loudest roar ever heard debates that you have for different sports (ANZAC Day 09 FWIW ).

 

[Kaan]

Really pointless when you think about it but I'd love to see this technology implemented more in sport, would be very interesting to see which crowds are the loudest, which sports are the loudest and, for womens tennis, which players grunt the loudest (and dish out warnings/penalties to those who exceed a certain level )

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[Barry_Badrinath]

Anyone watching the Cornet game? I see she's down 5-0 in the 2nd set. Has she just lost the plot again?

 

[tazzietiger]

Woz going for more winners this summer I've noticed which is good. Relying on just returning the ball won't win her grand slams against more powerful hitters(Williams sisters and others).

6-2 6-1 good to see Rodionova at least get a game each set.

 

[Warsaw]

6-2 6-1 good to see Rodionova at least get a game each set.

So proud of her.

 

[matt_897]

Pretty good day at the Open for the Aussies, saw most of them play:

Dellacqua is looking fitter than she ever probably has been, game getting towards her best but Jovanskovi was awful, just a trainwreck, could not keep the ball in court. I would almost think that everybody in the draw would of beaten ehr today.

Saw Stakhovtsky comeback from 2 match points down, he was pretty lucky in the end. Maryenchko got very tight.

Lol at the Jones/Dolgopolov match, even from 2 sets to love down, Dolgopolov looked like he would win. Those 2 sets of tennis were just so bad from Alex, so many horrible errors, Jones must of thought grand slam tennis is not as hard as first thought. Jones could barely move in those 4th and 5th sets, supposedly he a blister but this shows why he is a challenegr player and Dolgopolov is on tour. Just a joke this went to 5.

Mitchell has potential, saw the first two sets, he was break up in the 2nd, he has very good footwork and anticpation, got a nice serve and once his groundies come together, top 100 potential is there for sure, a couple of years away but he's only 19.

After that didn't get to see much, dodgy AO food made me sick. Saw a bit of Barty, she seemed very nervous.

Great win for Rogowska

 

[Paranoid]

Pretty good day at the Open for the Aussies, saw most of them play:

Dellacqua is looking fitter than she ever probably has been, game getting towards her best but Jovanskovi was awful, just a trainwreck, could not keep the ball in court. I would almost think that everybody in the draw would of beaten ehr today.

Saw Stakhovtsky comeback from 2 match points down, he was pretty lucky in the end. Maryenchko got very tight.

Lol at the Jones/Dolgopolov match, even from 2 sets to love down, Dolgopolov looked like he would win. Those 2 sets of tennis were just so bad from Alex, so many horrible errors, Jones must of thought grand slam tennis is not as hard as first thought. Jones could barely move in those 4th and 5th sets, supposedly he a blister but this shows why he is a challenegr player and Dolgopolov is on tour. Just a joke this went to 5.

Mitchell has potential, saw the first two sets, he was break up in the 2nd, he has very good footwork and anticpation, got a nice serve and once his groundies come together, top 100 potential is there for sure, a couple of years away but he's only 19.

After that didn't get to see much, dodgy AO food made me sick. Saw a bit of Barty, she seemed very nervous.

Great win for Rogowska

I only caught a glimpse, but that blister looked ****in huge!

 

[Funkalicous]

Wozniaki is incredibly boring, but Rodionova is so unlikeable it's hard to support her.

She's an import that I just can't ever accept as one of us... unlike the Serbian immigrants. - Go figure!

 

[red+black]

Never understood why tennis starts so late. Outside courts should start at 10am like they used to.

 

[XFactor1979]

Never understood why tennis starts so late. Outside courts should start at 10am like they used to.

theres plenty of courts to get things finished on time

I was unaware they changed the scheduling for the outside courts though

 

[red+black]

Court 21: 63rd ranked German Philipp Petzschner v 69th ranked Czech Lukas Rosol

Closely matched? Maybe not. Petzschner leads 6-0 5-0.

In 14 previous Grand Slams, Petzschner has only had 11 wins.

 

[EBUS]

Kirilenko's gotta be one of the hottest tennis players out there

 

[Hodgepodge]

Kirilenko's gotta be one of the hottest tennis players out there

Her neckline in 2008 showed off her healthy chest

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[tazzietiger]

Gajdosova should of been able to win that game with Kirilenko double faulting like 3 times.