Korda vs Hurkacz going down to the wire.
Tennis 2023
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Felix really isn’t answering many of the questions around him.
Sinner with some great tennis.
Been an incredibly high level match so far.
Tsitsipas looks good so far. Pretty solid and not getting distracted like he can.
Sinner well on top here at the moment. Tsitsipas just looking to hang in there in this 4th set.
Slightly surprised Tsitsipas came through that. I had to leave if early ish in the third and he looked like he was having doubts for the first time in the match.
Tsisipas should make the final now. Great chance to win his first slam.
Not that surprising as Lehecka and Korda were predicted as a possible dark horses of this AO
Another day and anotjer match going on at 1am in Melboune
Oh, Holger. That’s going to sting.
Rune was 5-2 up in the final set. Blew it but went 5-0 up in the final set tiebreak.
Match point a fecking let cord though, bit of a horrible way for it to end.
Match point a fecking let cord though, bit of a horrible way for it to end.
That was a great match, think Rune just had nothing left in the tank.
Not to mention two match points on 6-5 albeit not as criminal as failing to serve for the match and blowing the tiebreak from both 5-0 and 7-3.
I only saw the final set but thought he bottled it but hopefully the loss doesn't stay with him for a long time.
I guess he's still new to this but given he's won all his matches in straight sets before and this was a relatively quick 5 set match, disappointing result for him.
Think Rune would have been a more interesting match up for Novak in the QF but Rublev a decent player.
Only the final set + TB really. Overall there wasn’t much here that will cause Novax to have a sleepless night.
I don’t think Rublev can beat Djokovic, hampered or not. I think Rune might have been able to, albeit best of 5 is a different beast. Tournament’s loss, I suspect.
I can't see it happening either but Rublev, while one dimensional is a pretty consistent player that if Djokovic is well below his best he could trouble him. That said I think Rublev probably doesn't believe himself.
Btw, Sabalenka is playing comfortably the best, most solid tennis on either side of the draw. I really didn’t expect to be able to say that.
Also, Ben Shelton making the quarters on his first trip outside of the USA is a great story.
Realistically I think only Tsitsipas can beat Djokovic and going by recent head to head that looks unlikely.
I think it’s fairly safe to say the Djokovic match is over, barring injury.
brave call.
I’m just a guy. Out here on my own, speaking truth to power.
I can’t say I’d be thrilled if we got a Djokovic-Tsitsipas final. I don’t like either player, but would grudgingly support Tsitsipas under that scenario for the novelty factor.
Often Djokovic and Nadal are lumped together, but I thought that Djokovic surely has at least a bit more mileage left in the tank than Nadal (Nadal was an elite contender earlier and his body has taken more punishment), and should remain a serious grand slam title contender for a at least a bit longer.
Often Djokovic and Nadal are lumped together, but I thought that Djokovic surely has at least a bit more mileage left in the tank than Nadal (Nadal was an elite contender earlier and his body has taken more punishment), and should remain a serious grand slam title contender for a at least a bit longer.
I hope Djokovic wins this. It will be best "fu" ever. ADM should have kept his mouth shut last year. Got the proper beating today and it seems it was personal from Djokovic.
Jim: "Why did you beat his so badly?"
Novak: "Because I wanted to."
Job is far from done and Novak has a tendency to play subpar after a great performance and vice versa.
Only hope for opponents are a serious drop in form from Novak because so far he looks the best player in this tournament.
Jim: "Why did you beat his so badly?"
Novak: "Because I wanted to."
Job is far from done and Novak has a tendency to play subpar after a great performance and vice versa.
Only hope for opponents are a serious drop in form from Novak because so far he looks the best player in this tournament.
The singles order of play for tomorrow is unusual for me in that the women's matches are more appealing. On paper the Pegula/Azarenka match is probably the highlight, but despite looking about as fit as late stage-Serena, I expect the Ostapenko match could be a cracker, too.
With the Monkey Island guy on the mens. Anything but a Tsitsipas/Djokovic final for me please. But I can't see it.
With the Monkey Island guy on the mens. Anything but a Tsitsipas/Djokovic final for me please. But I can't see it.
What a sorry lot.
No idea. I only saw the Kyrgios episode and quickly got bored.
Fair enough. But almost every tennis player in that crappy show is top 30ish or at least is someone pointed as future star. You need to scroll a lot of pages to reach Kokkinakis on ATP ranking, hence why I asked.From the first 5 episodes of Break Point (of course aimed at casual fans and not regular followers), I thought that the best one by far was episode 4 featuring Jabeur and Badosa.
On the women's side, I really don't like Azarenka (in many ways she's similar to Djokovic, certainly in terms of trying to hard to be liked over the years, but she has often been rude to ball kids) and I was hoping Pegula would beat her. However Pegula just can't get past this quarter-final hurdle, losing at this stage in Melbourne in each of the last 3 years, plus now in 4 of the last 5 grand slams.
Despite coming from such an incredibly wealthy family, fair play to Pegula for competing so hard on the grind of the circuit and remaining so grounded (unlike Gulbis on the men's side who came across as an idiot), including when she was stuck between 100-200 in the rankings for a while (getting to the top 100 and staying there is a big deal with it guaranteeing a main draw place at the grand slams). I guess though for many other players failing to break into the top 100 for so long could spell an early end to their career with them losing money and struggling financially, while with her not having to worry about money troubles see could focus on her game and results without that added pressure.
On the women's side, I really don't like Azarenka (in many ways she's similar to Djokovic, certainly in terms of trying to hard to be liked over the years, but she has often been rude to ball kids) and I was hoping Pegula would beat her. However Pegula just can't get past this quarter-final hurdle, losing at this stage in Melbourne in each of the last 3 years, plus now in 4 of the last 5 grand slams.
Despite coming from such an incredibly wealthy family, fair play to Pegula for competing so hard on the grind of the circuit and remaining so grounded (unlike Gulbis on the men's side who came across as an idiot), including when she was stuck between 100-200 in the rankings for a while (getting to the top 100 and staying there is a big deal with it guaranteeing a main draw place at the grand slams). I guess though for many other players failing to break into the top 100 for so long could spell an early end to their career with them losing money and struggling financially, while with her not having to worry about money troubles see could focus on her game and results without that added pressure.
it's interesting how Dokovic's serve went from being almost a weakness at one point of his career to major weapon now. the precision is incredible.
Nadal would have even more slams if he ever had such reliable serve.
Nadal would have even more slams if he ever had such reliable serve.
The Djokinator mounted with a functioning leg today. 
I thought Rublev would've been, erm, a little more resilient.
AO 2017 comes to mind...
Djokovic is incredible. Breezing through the tournament.