Grand Slam Australian Open - Day 3

[BobbyMorri]

Back to the past. How good was it seeing Murray and Stosur win! And Inglis with a shocking result. A lot of 5 setters as well.

Weather - 27C. Sunny. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h turning southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h early in the morning then increasing to 30 to 45 km/h by late morning.

RLA
11am
Badosa-Trevisan
Barty-Bronzetti
Nadal-Hanfmann
7pm
Brengle-Osaka
Zverev-Millman

MCA
11am
Svitolina-Tan
Shapovalov-Kwon
Krejcikova-Wang X.
7pm
Sakkari-Zheng Q.
Monfils-Bublik

JCA
11am
Giorgi-Martincova
Keys-Cristian
Berrettini-Kozlov
Hurkacz-Mannarino

Aussies in Action
Vukic - Albot (4th on Court 3)

Well, this is the boring side. Not many Aussies left on this side nor big names in interesting matches. It should get interesting later in the week but not yet. Wish I could write something to make this day interesting, but I am really struggling. Perhaps the below is the best.

Match of the Day
Bencic v Anisimova
The gold medalist v the winner of Melbourne. Anisimova is way better than her current ranking and could, one day, win a slam. Bencic is a semi-finalist and won gold last year. Ripping contest.

 

[BobbyMorri]

Forgot to add, all matches can be found here

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[AdelaideGT]

As I said in the D2 thread, I think Ash will appreciate playing in the day with warmer conditions.

The day crowd will also have some fun matches to watch including Kyrgios/Kokk in doubles.

 

[BobbyMorri]

The Monfils-Bublik could be nutty

I think this looks like one of the worst day 3 ever in a grand slam. it just has a couple of things going for it.

 

[yaco55]

Monfils seems to have his mojo back, so I expect him to beat Bublik.

 

[John Smith92]

Vukic vs Albot should at least be an Aussie in a competitive match, although I suspect it'll be Albot in 4.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Seems to be a lot of one sided matches today (on paper at least, will be upsets of course).

 

[danstar]

Pretty flat day again today, Barty in straight sets today, Nadal in straights, Vukic in 5. Cant see much other matches that will be worth watching today.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

I’m rare bc I’m looking forward to a fair few matches today. Nadal, Barty, Bublik, Vukic, Millman etc..

 

[squashface]

Gee we're really doing a new thread for each day aren't we

 

[JackNah_8]

Gee we're really doing a new thread for each day aren't we

We always do that

 

[danstar]

Would be lovely if a husband and wife won the titles at the same time. Watching svitolina she looks like she could destroy the competition. Monfils is looking pretty good to

 

[Lore]

Scuse my ignorance, but is it just a coincidence that a few of the doubles matches involve four Aussies playing against each other?

 

[Alesana]

Scuse my ignorance, but is it just a coincidence that a few of the doubles matches involve four Aussies playing against each other?

Yes

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

I’m rare bc I’m looking forward to a fair few matches today. Nadal, Barty, Bublik, Vukic, Millman etc..

I will watch all the Aussies but not expecting many exciting matches out of them. Hoping Millman can be an upset!

 

[squashface]

We always do that

Just seems a bit messy with the previous days not getting locked so we don't have all the tennis chatter in one place.

I guess I'm just a sucker for consolidation

 

[John Smith92]

I will watch all the Aussies but not expecting many exciting matches out of them. Hoping Millman can be an upset!

I'd consider millman winning more than 4 games in any set an upset.

 

[tigs2010]

Interesting outfit Dellacqua

 

[LukeParkerno1]

women and their choking...Giorgi and the useless Svitolina

 

[JackNah_8]

Tan is struggling to move

 

[BobbyMorri]

Just seems a bit messy with the previous days not getting locked so we don't have all the tennis chatter in one place.

I guess I'm just a sucker for consolidation

has its benefits. When a big 3 player plays, that discussion gets stuck on a thread and doesn't derail the current one.

 

[JackNah_8]

It's a shame Tan couldn't finish the match, she was really struggling to walk

 

[BobbyMorri]

Kostyuk has taken advantage of her soft draw finally. 3rd round.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Kostyuk has taken advantage of her soft draw finally. 3rd round.

To be fair todays one was tough.

 

[BobbyMorri]

To be fair todays one was tough.

yes and no. You would take playing the 32nd seed in the 2nd round as an unseeded player any day.