
pepsi
Brownlow Medallist
Will post the schedule when it is released. Who do we think will win?
Men's - Medvedev
Women's - Muguruza (any of about 15 could win)
Men's - Medvedev
Women's - Muguruza (any of about 15 could win)
He's a unique story because of the qualifying being held 3 weeks earlier. Since the players who lost in qualies can't have a wildcard it gave someone else a chance. Had some good results in these UTR events and with the spot free he was given it.Just saw that Li Tu got the last wildcard spot (from Murray's withdrawal)
Remember hearing about him many moons ago when he was a junior prodigy
Why does Venus get so much special treatment at the AO? Why is she first up on MCA against unseeded Flipkins? Absolute joke when there are dozens of superior matches and MCA tickets are not cheap. Pathetic if you ask me.Centre Court day one is Osaka, Serena and Thiem. Night Session is Halep and Djokovic.
When you can still be playing that well at her age, I think it is to be admired and why not put a legend on MCA first up? This could be her last time in Australia so she deserves it.Why does Venus get so much special treatment at the AO? Why is she first up on MCA against unseeded Flipkins? Absolute joke when there are dozens of superior matches and MCA tickets are not cheap. Pathetic if you ask me.
With MCA you pay that money to get all the outside courts on that side too. Would rather that than pay big money to watch Osaka and Serena win in straight sets in under an hour on RLA, and then Thiem win easily to have the day session finish by 4pm and then have nothing to do.Why does Venus get so much special treatment at the AO? Why is she first up on MCA against unseeded Flipkins? Absolute joke when there are dozens of superior matches and MCA tickets are not cheap. Pathetic if you ask me.
The first 4 days, I think MCA provides the best access and value. I'd be going for that court if I were able to go.With MCA you pay that money to get all the outside courts on that side too. Would rather that than pay big money to watch Osaka and Serena win in straight sets in under an hour on RLA, and then Thiem win easily to have the day session finish by 4pm and then have nothing to do.
Without doubt. MCA, 1573, Show Court 3 plus choice of 10 other courts. You can pick and choose games to see.The first 4 days, I think MCA provides the best access and value. I'd be going for that court if I were able to go.
Osaka's draw basically almost rules her out for me, it's just too hard. Usually as one of the top seed's you get a round or two of walkovers basically. Osaka got probably every unseeded player she didn't want and the worst round 1 to get.Nadal is a real worry with his back. Still, for once, you can look outside the big 4/2 and potentially see a Winner.
Osaka is the girl atm. hasn't lost since Feb last year, a whole 14 matches or something like that. but her draw is shocking compared to Barty. Still, it will depend on which girl hits the form and when. We saw that at the US Open and French last year. Girls like Brady and Swiatek going very deep or outright winning it from nowhere. Others like Kenin had no form whatsoever making a final, while others, like Azarenka, getting thrashed by a Slovak player outside the top 100 without a serve. Heck, at the French, it was the all about the qualies and low-ranked players.
At the US, we had a repeat of the final of the pre-warm up tournament. So I am expecting a Mertens Barty Muguruza, Li Ann and the 2 Estonians to all make the final........
Both sides of the draw are very interesting
MCA. The Berlin Wall they built starts at the bottom of garden square. RLA is on its own (along with most of Grand Slam oval).I'm not sure if show court 3 is part of the MCA or RLA zones.