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Day 1 is here. The 2023 Australian Open officially starts with no controversy at all this year. i am sure that will change over the 2 weeks.
Weather: 29C. Partly cloudy No chance of Rain.
Weather Rest of the week. Tmw hot. Wednesday might rain.
Main Courts
RLA 11am
Siniakova-Gauff
Yuan-Sakkari
Nadal-Draper
7pm
Swiatek-Neimeier
Giron-Medvedev
MCA 11am
Pegula-Cristian
Hurkacz-Martinez
Azarenka-Kenin
7pm
Tsitsipas-Halys
Keys-Blinkova
JCA 11am
Edmund-Sinner
Kvitova-VUyvanck
Kubler-Baez
Auger-Aliassime vs. Pospisil
I reckon there might be a few upsets. I think Draper and Nadal could be a really close one, and for me, with Nadal coming on top just due to experience. Nadal in 5. It is a nasty draw to get the 40th-ranked player, who just beat Karen Khachanov in Adelaide.
There could be some other tight matches for seeds or big names. One match not listed above is Llyod Haris v Musetti, the 17th seed. Smell an upset there with Harris coming back from injury and having made the 3rd round 2 years ago here. Another is Rybakina, who is playing on an outside court as a Wimbledon winner and has a losing record so far this year, is playing the finalist of Hobart in Cocciaretto. Think Rybakina but perhaps a better court next time for the current Wimbledon winner. . Gauff has a tough one first up on RLA v Siniakova, who played well after a slow start to Garcia in Adelaide 2.
Match of the day.
Was tempted to go Kostyuk - Anisimova (28), as it is a battle between young guns. Will be keeping a close eye on that one. Yastremska - Ostapenko (17) will be interesting, just for the laughs. But the best on the women's is clearly Azarenka v Kenin, the only 2 former winners in the draw. You could say a thing about Kenins form and Azarenkas age but the sheer fact we only have 2 former winners in the Aus Open women's draw, and they play each other, is scary.
Weather: 29C. Partly cloudy No chance of Rain.
Weather Rest of the week. Tmw hot. Wednesday might rain.
Main Courts
RLA 11am
Siniakova-Gauff
Yuan-Sakkari
Nadal-Draper
7pm
Swiatek-Neimeier
Giron-Medvedev
MCA 11am
Pegula-Cristian
Hurkacz-Martinez
Azarenka-Kenin
7pm
Tsitsipas-Halys
Keys-Blinkova
JCA 11am
Edmund-Sinner
Kvitova-VUyvanck
Kubler-Baez
Auger-Aliassime vs. Pospisil
I reckon there might be a few upsets. I think Draper and Nadal could be a really close one, and for me, with Nadal coming on top just due to experience. Nadal in 5. It is a nasty draw to get the 40th-ranked player, who just beat Karen Khachanov in Adelaide.
There could be some other tight matches for seeds or big names. One match not listed above is Llyod Haris v Musetti, the 17th seed. Smell an upset there with Harris coming back from injury and having made the 3rd round 2 years ago here. Another is Rybakina, who is playing on an outside court as a Wimbledon winner and has a losing record so far this year, is playing the finalist of Hobart in Cocciaretto. Think Rybakina but perhaps a better court next time for the current Wimbledon winner. . Gauff has a tough one first up on RLA v Siniakova, who played well after a slow start to Garcia in Adelaide 2.
Match of the day.
Was tempted to go Kostyuk - Anisimova (28), as it is a battle between young guns. Will be keeping a close eye on that one. Yastremska - Ostapenko (17) will be interesting, just for the laughs. But the best on the women's is clearly Azarenka v Kenin, the only 2 former winners in the draw. You could say a thing about Kenins form and Azarenkas age but the sheer fact we only have 2 former winners in the Aus Open women's draw, and they play each other, is scary.
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Not sure what happened in sets 2&3 after a great start. I noticed she had tape on her right wrist which wasn’t there previously. So sad. 
