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Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:43 pm
by Slava

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Seed    Men's Draw    Women's Draw
1    Rafael Nadal     Serena Williams
2    Novak Djokovic    Victoria Azarenka
3    David Ferrer    Maria Sharapova
4    Andy Murray    Li Na
5    Juan Martin del Potro    Agnieszka Radwanska
6    Roger Federer    Petra Kvitova
7    Tomas Berdych    Sara Errani
8    Stanislas Wawrinka    Jelena Jankovic
9    Richard Gasquet    Angelique Kerber
10    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga    Caroline Wozniacki


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Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 8:51 pm
by SharoneWright
Killer top half.

Nadal
Murray
DelPo
Federer
Tsonga
Raonic

vs.

Djokovic
Ferrer
Berdych
Gasquet
Warinka
Haas

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:26 pm
by mrpoetryNmotion
Yea, Djokovic should have an easy time cruising to the final.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:09 am
by G R E Y
I've been out of the tennis loop for a bit - when did Fed hook up with Edberg?! Wasn't he with his previous coach for a long time?

And Becker is coaching Novak??!

It's like that cool NBA commercial where the greats of the past pass to today's players, only it's real life.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:00 pm
by Turk Nowitzki
Kind of a blah first few days, hope there are some better matches in the coming rounds.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:00 pm
by Slava
Novak played pretty well in his opening game, Serena stays dominant. I'm excited to see some new faces in the women's draw from the USA.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:23 pm
by mrpoetryNmotion
I think the young Australian Nick Kyrgios is going to be a star someday. Has a nice game and came back to win that first set against Paire.

Good run so far for Donald Young considering he's only won 2 slam matches since 2011. I'm hoping we see something from at least one young American this year.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:29 pm
by mrpoetryNmotion
Kyrgios was looking good until he physically hit the wall...hard. In the fifth set now but I'm sure he loses this.

On another note, I'm done believing in Del Potro.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:34 pm
by Turk Nowitzki
Nadal vs. Monfils should be a lot of fun.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:58 am
by mrpoetryNmotion
Dmitrov just took out Raonic in a long 4th set tiebreak. He looks legit, can't lie. He faces Bautista Agut next.

The Murray/Deliciano Lopez match has also been good so far. Headed for a tie break in the first set as I type this. The thing about Murray is...he's a good player, but he does nothing that really wows me.

Also, here's a shot from that Kyrgios kid that got me hype a few days ago.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHHHY3IKCFM[/youtube]

I really would like to see some of these young guys break out because the prospect of Djokovic winning every grand slam for the next five years doesn't sit well with me.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:35 pm
by Effercon
Calling it now.

Halep will make the semifinals.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:03 am
by Slava
Ivanovic is playing well man! Serena is actually having to try here. :lol:

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:05 am
by Rich Rane
Some of these returns from Ivanovic are nuts. She's killing every long rally as well.

That's match. Ivanovic could be a force this tournament. Despite only 2 breaks in those last 2 sets, it didn't even feel like a close game.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:44 am
by Dr Positivity
The Stosur and Serena matches may be the best I've ever seen her play

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:47 am
by Slava
I'd have bet my house on a Serena - li na semis here!

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:00 am
by Dr Positivity
I'm biased because she's a very attractive Canadian, but the Eugenie Bouchard performance vs Dellacqua screamed future star, the talent differential made sets 2 and 3 just look unfair. Could be a major name for the next generation

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:39 pm
by mrpoetryNmotion
Some good matchups in the quarters.

Wawrinka vs. Djokovic rematch

Berdych vs. Ferrer

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Berdych is that he is the ultimate pretender...but I've been lowkey impressed with him so far this tournament.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:14 pm
by Griff83
Dr Positivity wrote:I'm biased because she's a very attractive Canadian, but the Eugenie Bouchard performance vs Dellacqua screamed future star, the talent differential made sets 2 and 3 just look unfair. Could be a major name for the next generation


She wasnt even all that great against CD. She upped her game and stayed solid in sets 2 and 3 while CD basically fell apart and couldnt keep the ball in the court.

Genie's been showing future star upside for awhile. I think in the past 6 months she has faced all these players (S Williams, Stosur, Radwanska, Kerber, Jankovic, V Williams) and every single match shes at least taken 1 set.

She has a very nice all around game but shes incredibly composed for just 19 years old. She seems to stay very strong and reliable when the match gets tough and thats a great trait for such a young player on the WTA.

She needs to improve her forehand as she loops it quite often but besides that she has the skillset to be a force when shes 22-23.

Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:33 am
by EH15
Hopefully either Li Na or Ivanovic/Genie can take it. Really don't like Vika at all.

Re: Australian Open 2014 (01/13 - 01/26)

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:05 am
by Rich Rane
ANA! :(