2016 Aussie Watch

[matt_897]

This is a thread to follow how our Australians are going throughout the year and to keep up to date with all the challenger and future results around the place. I actually wrote up a couple of recaps and previews of 2014 for Bernie and Lleyton. I'll post over the next few days.

 

[Chris_2593]

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[Bailey01]

Alex Bolt my second cousin ranked just inside the top 400 in the world is one to watch.

 

[Chris_2593]

Burnie starts tomorrow heres the mens draw:

(1) Klahn Vs (WC) Grills (AUS)
Rudnev Vs (WC) Jenkins
Sekiguchi Vs Barton (AUS)
(PR) Vogeli Vs (8) Jones

(4) Moriya Vs Chazal
Qualifier Vs Matsui
Takeuchi Vs Bolt (AUS)
Propoggia (AUS) Vs (7) Westerhof

(5) Reid (AUS) Vs Whittington (AUS)
Klien Vs Udomchoke
Mitchell (AUS) Vs Saville (AUS)
Qualifier Vs (3) Ito

(6) Smith (AUS) Vs (WC) Mousley (AUS)
Krueger Vs Qualfier
Ito Vs Qualifier
(WC) Jasika (AUS) Vs (2) Duckworth (AUS)

I will post the womens draw when it comes out aswell.

 

[matt_897]

Time for Ducky to start winning challengers, especially after a frustrating summer (I won't say bad, playing Federer at AO is a tough draw).

Klahn made the final of a challenger in Hawaii, so he's gone from Melbourne to Hawaii to Burnie in a space of two weeks.

 

[Chris_2593]

Womens Draw:

(1)Magda Linette (POL) v Yuxuan Zhang (CHN)
(wc)Tammi Patterson (AUS) v Q
Viktorija Rajicic (AUS) v (wc)Lizette Cabrera (AUS)
(7)Eri Hozumi (JPN) v Irena Pavlovic (FRA)

(4)Olivia Rogowska (AUS) v Sara Tomic (AUS)
Yurika Sema (JPN) v Q
Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Monique Adamczak (AUS)
(5)Tereza Mrdeza (CRO) v Misa Eguchi (JPN)

(6)Erika Sema (JPN) v Q
Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) v (JE)Varvara Flink (RUS)
Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) v Junri Namigata (JPN)
(3)Ashleigh Barty (AUS) v Yung-Jan Chan (TPE)

(8)Julia Cohen (USA) v Storm Sanders (AUS)
Miharu Imanishi (JPN) v Arina Rodionova (RUS)
Naomi Broady (GBR) v (wc)Ellen Perez (AUS)
(2)Irina Falconi (USA) v Q

Some interesting matches there. Interested to see how Tomic goes against Liv. She had a really bad loss in the AO Juniors.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Nice draw for Barty there. Should at least make the semis.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Hoping Barton has a good comeback. Was on the verge of the top 200 last year before injury set in.

Storm Sanders managed to beat the 8th seed and former top 100 Julia Cohen 6-0 6-0, good year for her so far.
There's actually 2 courts streamed at the Burnie Challenger, which is nice.

 

[Saintt]

Anyone know what tournaments Kyrgios and Kokkinakis are playing in soon?

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Klahn withdrew from Burnie so no real excuse for Duckworth now; should be winning the tournament.

Anyone know what tournaments Kyrgios and Kokkinakis are playing in soon?

Both are in the Davis Cup squad, but after that I'm not sure.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Anyone know what tournaments Kyrgios and Kokkinakis are playing in soon?

Davis cup first.
Kokkinakis got a qualifying wildcard into Rotterdam and then a maindraw wildcard for Marseille which should be good. Not sure about Kyrgios.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Sigh another early loss for Duckworth just when his draw was opening up.

 

[matt_897]

Yep, he lost to a player outside the top 400. Not promising. Mitchell got a nice win today over Ito.

And unranked Chris O'Connell beat JP Smith. Maybe another Aussie to look out for

 

[BobbyMorri]

Barty lost. 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Chan Yung-jan

Wins for four Australian women including two-time defending champion Olivia Rogowska and Jarmila Gajdosova.

http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/2052269/chan-yung-jan-upsets-ashleigh-barty/?cs=88
(Local Paper)

 

[Hawkas1988]

Gee bad result for Ducky

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[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Barton lost to Jarmere Jenkins in a monster third set tiebreak (15-13).

Reid's now the only Aussie left...pretty embarrassing really.

 

[Chris_2593]

Reid through to the final with a 6-2 6-1 win over Ito. Pretty poor tournament so far. Hopefully Matt can take out the tittle.

 

[matt_897]

Would be a random but helpful title win for Matt, he's been in terrible form ever since he qualified for Wimby.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Reid goes inside the top 200 i'm pretty sure regardless of whether he loses in the final. Good start to the year. With any luck he can beat that career high of 187 or thereabouts sooner or later.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Reid wins 6-3 6-4 and is ranked at a career high ranking of around 184.

 

[matt_897]

Does have a challenger final to defend in a few weeks so that might come down a bit. Congrats to him, he needed it.

 

[Saintt]

People watch the Challenger tour? That's hardcore.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Reid suffers a bit of a letdown losing in the first round to Norrie 6-3 6-4.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Classic Reid. Starts to get some good form and confidence up...loses to the world number 976.

 

[Chris_2593]

Dissapointing as he has a few points to defend. Just a he got a carrer high. Sam Groth won his first round match in Dallas against a wildcard.