2016 Aussie Watch

[ozgamer]

Groth as top seed went down in 3 in the 1st round of the Leon (Mexico) Challenger in the Singles but he is still alive in the Doubles, partnered by Leander Paes.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Groth as top seed went down in 3 in the 1st round of the Leon (Mexico) Challenger in the Singles but he is still alive in the Doubles, partnered by Leander Paes.

Never actually heard of his opponent (Ghem, ranked 172). He has to play him again in the next round of the doubles too!

 

[ozgamer]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/...s-a-prefrench-open-break-20160413-go5di4.html

So Bernie has been back in Oz (Gold Coast) training with Groth and Kokk and their coach, TA's Ben Mathias. He will fly out to Romania for next week's Bucharest Open. Nick will play in the Madrid Masters a following 2 weeks later.

I've been hearing a while back that Nick might get a place in the Bahamas as a 2nd training base not too dissimilar to Hewitt when he played in the latter half of his career. AFAIK Bernie has no such thing in mind.

Would it trouble too much for TA to use their immense funds to set up an academy in the Caribbean. Australia is a relatively dry country and very suitable for outdoor tennis but Aussies shouldn't have to fly all the way back home for training in the middle of the Tour and then fly back out to the other side of the world for their next event.

 

[JackNah_8]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/...s-a-prefrench-open-break-20160413-go5di4.html

So Bernie has been back in Oz (Gold Coast) training with Groth and Kokk and their coach, TA's Ben Mathias. He will fly out to Romania for next week's Bucharest Open. Nick will play in the Madrid Masters a following 2 weeks later.

I've been hearing a while back that Nick might get a place in the Bahamas as a 2nd training base not too dissimilar to Hewitt when he played in the latter half of his career. AFAIK Bernie has no such thing in mind.

Would it trouble too much for TA to use their immense funds to set up an academy in the Caribbean. Australia is a relatively dry country and very suitable for outdoor tennis but Aussies shouldn't have to fly all the way back home for training in the middle of the Tour and then fly back out to the other side of the world for their next event.

That's probably a good idea to have a training base over there considering Australia is so far away and most of the tournaments are in Europe and USA.

But who knows what TA does with the money.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/...s-a-prefrench-open-break-20160413-go5di4.html

So Bernie has been back in Oz (Gold Coast) training with Groth and Kokk and their coach, TA's Ben Mathias. He will fly out to Romania for next week's Bucharest Open. Nick will play in the Madrid Masters a following 2 weeks later.

I've been hearing a while back that Nick might get a place in the Bahamas as a 2nd training base not too dissimilar to Hewitt when he played in the latter half of his career. AFAIK Bernie has no such thing in mind.

Would it trouble too much for TA to use their immense funds to set up an academy in the Caribbean. Australia is a relatively dry country and very suitable for outdoor tennis but Aussies shouldn't have to fly all the way back home for training in the middle of the Tour and then fly back out to the other side of the world for their next event.

I would have thought they liked the opportunity to come home for a bit rather than spend even more time overseas than they have to.

 

[ozgamer]

I would have thought they liked the opportunity to come home for a bit rather than spend even more time overseas than they have to.

That's what the end of season is for. If you're homesick that is understandable but all that extra flying + getting over lag cannot be helpful. Besides, part of the beauty of playing pro tennis is getting to see the world. At some point you do have to spread your wings and enjoy what's out there.

 

[matt_897]

Always thought Nick would be the type of player who likes to spend as much time as he can home, few weeks playing and a few weeks home. He'll never have a huge schedule

 

[ozgamer]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis...e/news-story/43d0abc75dc87bae23880a6d25631d8e

Barty's comeback slow and steady.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Jordan Thompson made it to the semi-finals in Nanjing where he was beaten by the no.1 seed Berankis (7-6 7-5). Berankis went on to win the tournament.

 

[ozgamer]

ATP 250 Bucharest (clay)

Guccione/Sa lost the doubles final to top seed Mergea/Tecau in straight sets and will line up in Istanbul next.

ATP 250 Istanbul (clay)

Tomic seeded #1 for the 4th time this year (3rd time on clay). 1-2 on clay this year. Good luck.

ATP 250 Estoril (clay)

Kyrgios seeded #2 here in the event where he finished runner-up last year to Murray. Could meet Coric in the qtrs, Mayer/J.Sousa in the semis. Simon is the top seed. Paire is there as well as Verdasco who took a wildcard after winning in Bucharest.

Challenger An-Ning

J. Thompson, A. Whittington, G. Jones, M. Reid are playing here.

Challenger Taipei

Groth is defending his singles title here as the 2nd seed and seeks to better his semifinal effort last year in the doubles partnering Paes as the top seed.

Also playing here are L. Saville, M. Barton, D. Kelly, B. Mitchell and former world #39 Matosevic (as a qualifier).

WTA Prague

Stosur is the 4th seed here. Features Kusnetsova (1), Safarova (2), Ka Pliskova (3), Strycova (5), Cibulkova (7).

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http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2016/04/22/jarka-goes-under-the-knife

Jarmila Wolfe has had shoulder surgery recently.

 

[Redline]

Groth loses first round to a qualifier ranked 447 in the world.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Groth loses first round to a qualifier ranked 447 in the world.

Oh dear

 

[ozgamer]

Groth loses first round to a qualifier ranked 447 in the world.

That Newcombe Medal has really gone to his head

No, no, no, wait. Let's call it .... the Newcombe Curse.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

In the An-Ning Challenger Jordon Thompson and Andrew Whittington are both through to the second round - Whittington beat no.1 seed Nishioka

 

[Redline]

Interesting week for Thompson, he is now into the quarter finals and is the highest seeded player left. If he wins the challenger this week he will move to around 89 in the world.

 

[ozgamer]

There's been a Peter Luczak sighting. The 36yo had not been seen since trying to qualify for Bastad (Swe) last July.

Currently in the semifinals of the Tallahassee Challenger Doubles partnering fellow Aussie, 18yo, Marc Polmans, winner of the 2015 AO Boys Doubles w/ Jake Delaney.

 

[JackNah_8]

That Newcombe Medal has really gone to his head

No, no, no, wait. Let's call it .... the Newcombe Curse.

A medal he won by default

 

[ozgamer]

A medal he won by default

You said the magic word

 

[JackNah_8]

You said the magic word

lol that's Groth

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Interesting week for Thompson, he is now into the quarter finals and is the highest seeded player left. If he wins the challenger this week he will move to around 89 in the world.

Whittington into the quarter finals now too

Would be great to get another player into the top 100

 

[vaughany]

Kygrios v Coric 5am Saturday

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[Alesana]

Thompson in his SF, down 2-6 in the third set tie breaker, wins it 11-9 and moves to #108

 

[BobbyMorri]

Thompson in his SF, down 2-6 in the third set tie breaker, wins it 11-9 and moves to #108

can he get inside the top 100 before the French open??

 

[pepsi]

can he get inside the top 100 before the French open??

When is the direct entry cut off? It is usually about a month before the tournament, so not sure if it will be made after this week or it was last week,

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

You would think Thompson would be a fair chance for the Aussie wild card for the French Open if he doesn't make direct entry.