2013 Aussie Open Thread

[Windmill]

I can't remember being this anxious for a non-Federer match.

I am hoping for a nail biter.

[rrravenred]

It's looking like the Night of the Long Rallies, already.

This one might last a looooong time.

[Windmill]

Here we go. Another tie break.

[G R E Y]

Way late, but wanted to congratulate Joker on the win. Well deserved. I keep hoping Fed wins one more, but Andy has really taken his game to another level, and so has Novak. It's not impossible, but Fed will need the stars to align perfectly -- an injury to one opponent, an off day to another -- to win another slam. I'd love it if were at Wimbledon, but we'll have to wait until the summer...

Really don't like the blue court. Depressing.

[Turk Nowitzki]

I wouldn't mind seeing Fed win a couple more either, but I think he's going to need to wait for Wimbledon now. He's clearly behind Murray and Djokovic on the hard courts. I guess clay is a bit of a mystery until Rafa comes back so he might have a shot there too.

[Doctor MJ]

I wouldn't mind seeing Fed win a couple more either, but I think he's going to need to wait for Wimbledon now. He's clearly behind Murray and Djokovic on the hard courts. I guess clay is a bit of a mystery until Rafa comes back so he might have a shot there too.

Oddly enough, the French might be Fed's best chance. Clay is probably both Djokovic & Murray's worst surface, and we don't know where Nadal's health will be.