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Farewell Nadal. The defending champ has lost his racquet in what looked like his final game in Melbourne. Probably the biggest story of the week. He and Kasatkina are the significant seeds who lost today(so far). A lot of Tennis is still to be played tonight, as they attempt to catch up. I am confused with what is going on, but that happens when mother nature messing up the schedule. Still, I think they will catch up on the singles by the end of tmw.
Weather. Cloudy 19C. Low low chance of rain.
Rest of week. No major issues at all.
RLA 11am
Sabalenka (5) - Rogers
Brooksby (Q) - Ruud (2)
Fernandez - Garcia
7pm
Couacaud (Q) - Djokovic (4)
Vondrousova - Jabeur (2)
MCA 11am
Volynets (Q) - Kudermetova (9)
Kontaviet (16) - Linette
M Mmoh (LL) - Zverev (12)
7pm
Bencic (12) - Liu
Murray - Kokkinakis
JCA 11am
Townsend (WC)-Alexandrova (19)
Davis - Mertens (26)
Frizt (8) -Popyrin (WC)
7pm
Mannarino -De Minaur (22)
De Minaur and Kokk, both on at night. Poppy is in the afternoon slot, with Kimmy Birrell probably the match before. Ch.9 might have had some say there. Some people will be happy to see Kudermetova on a main court this early on. I do think the best match matches will be 2 former grand slam finalists taking on high seeds in the womens. LL Fernandez looked good against Cornet and it will be a good watch to see if she can trouble Garcia. Huge match for Garcia. This is the sort of match she would lose in grand slams. It is a big big match for both players. It should be very good. Vondrousova is coming back from another injury but people often forget it was she who lost to Barty in the French Open final. Tough draw for Ons continues.
Match of the Day
Murray v Kokkinakis. Who knows how Murray will back up after a 5 setter? I don't think he will be great. I recall past efforts. Murray has really struggled to back up big matches, which is understandable with a metal hip. Last year, he had a 5 setter in the first round and then lost to Taro Daniel. Though Kokkinakis had to finish off his game today, it wasn't really a taxing first round. This has now turned into a great draw for Kokkinakis, who I think will feast on the scraps of Murrays hard fought win on Tuesday.
Kokkinakis in 4.
Weather. Cloudy 19C. Low low chance of rain.
Rest of week. No major issues at all.
RLA 11am
Sabalenka (5) - Rogers
Brooksby (Q) - Ruud (2)
Fernandez - Garcia
7pm
Couacaud (Q) - Djokovic (4)
Vondrousova - Jabeur (2)
MCA 11am
Volynets (Q) - Kudermetova (9)
Kontaviet (16) - Linette
M Mmoh (LL) - Zverev (12)
7pm
Bencic (12) - Liu
Murray - Kokkinakis
JCA 11am
Townsend (WC)-Alexandrova (19)
Davis - Mertens (26)
Frizt (8) -Popyrin (WC)
7pm
Mannarino -De Minaur (22)
De Minaur and Kokk, both on at night. Poppy is in the afternoon slot, with Kimmy Birrell probably the match before. Ch.9 might have had some say there. Some people will be happy to see Kudermetova on a main court this early on. I do think the best match matches will be 2 former grand slam finalists taking on high seeds in the womens. LL Fernandez looked good against Cornet and it will be a good watch to see if she can trouble Garcia. Huge match for Garcia. This is the sort of match she would lose in grand slams. It is a big big match for both players. It should be very good. Vondrousova is coming back from another injury but people often forget it was she who lost to Barty in the French Open final. Tough draw for Ons continues.
Match of the Day
Murray v Kokkinakis. Who knows how Murray will back up after a 5 setter? I don't think he will be great. I recall past efforts. Murray has really struggled to back up big matches, which is understandable with a metal hip. Last year, he had a 5 setter in the first round and then lost to Taro Daniel. Though Kokkinakis had to finish off his game today, it wasn't really a taxing first round. This has now turned into a great draw for Kokkinakis, who I think will feast on the scraps of Murrays hard fought win on Tuesday.
Kokkinakis in 4.
