The US Open looks dated as **** needs a face lift
2026 Australian Open
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I know they living in the stone age... Tiley would def fix that place up.
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They have the same issue we have- big names rather than best matches on big courts. Not helped by some US players falling off a cliff ie Tiafoe who are insanely popular there.
Yep it's why they are going after Tiley. The AO has become the best slam for players under him
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Tiley will have some good ideas to improve US Open no doubt, though it will be much harder, the Victorian Government pours in a lot of money into the AO. as it's one of our bigger tourism events & economy boosters.
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Spizzirri was very good against Sinner, used Sinner's pace to create good angles and baseline rallies. Actually didn't know how to adjust when Sinner cramped at started to play slower balls.
Tien I think was at another level this tournament and unlike Spizzirri who's 24, he's still very young at 19. I thought this stat was interesting given he has no big serve, yet.
MOST WINNERS – Australian Open 2026 (Men’s Singles)
Winners
Carlos Alcaraz
284
Alexander Zverev
280
Jannik Sinner
257
Learner Tien
226
Ben Shelton
215
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I still have some big reservations on that serve, as it's got an eery feel of ADM style of quarters, then out. He does have more winners than Alex that's the positive but long term he needs to get more pop on that serve, has everything else it's the serve that is way too 'breakable' and when you realistically have to go through Carlos, Sinner and then you can add Shelton in as much as I can't stand the bloke, you can't be purely relying on breaking serve. That is my only slight query on him long term, is he more than a QF to semi type of player without a huge improvement on that side? He also relies a little too much on extending matches, you won't win Slams that way, you need to be smoking players in the first 3-4 rounds and saving energy for the latter stages.
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Not it doesn't. It means I want to go more than I don't. Simple as that. Not like I'd do it every year. Amd for the record the last time I went was in 2018 which as mentioned cost me 500 bucks.
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If it wasn't worth it to you, then you wouldn't have paid.
It's pretty simple really.
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Could not happen to a better bloke!
Tiley gone to run the US Open
Good quality sauces tell me that Sam Groth will be the new AO Tournament Director while the business side of Tennis Australia will be farmed off to a new CEO
The legend of Craig Tiley so great that he needs two people to replace him
Good quality sauces tell me that Sam Groth will be the new AO Tournament Director while the business side of Tennis Australia will be farmed off to a new CEO
The legend of Craig Tiley so great that he needs two people to replace him
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Sam Groth??
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Would explain why he is leaving parliament early (according to rumours).
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Bring back Paul McNamee.
Make Australian Open Great Again.
Make Australian Open Great Again.
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Hopefully not
Reckon Gillon Mclachlan to be CEO for Tennis Australia
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Give the job to John Millman, he must be finished his MBA by now.
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He can pay himself massive bonuses at Tabcorp for running them into the ground. Tennis Australia wouldn't even be close to competing financially.
Probably for the best to split the roles, doesn't tennis in general here in Aus need some work as far as pathways, talent becoming elite etc? There's no need for the same bloke trying to figure out a way to sell more ground passes doing the same job as that person.
Yep more needs to be done to grow tennis as a pathway in Aus
If Australia wants to have the best slam then we need to invest big time into developing home talent
Lots of Serbians live here open a Novak Academy
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