2019 Australian Open

[spystud13 2371]

For whatever reason the usual draw PDFs are nowhere to be found this year, had to use Wiki. 

Men's 

Fed is down in Rafa's half. Murray gets Bautista Agut in what could be his final match. 

Women's

Simona/Kenin & Serena/Genie hopefully both happen in R2 of the top quarter. Sabalenka is the early trendy pick.  

 

Starts at 6:00p tomorrow on ESPN2 with the bottom half of both draws. 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Surprised Murray isn’t on Rod Laver or Magaret Court, considering it may be his last match ever

[spystud13 2371]

Novak is the unanimous ESPN choice. 

Drysdale, Evert, Shriver pick Serena; Gilbert & P. McEnroe take Sabalenka. 

http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/25739823/australian-open-experts-picks-novak-djokovic-unanimous-choice-serena-williams-slight-favorite

 

[spystud13 2371]

And I’m gonna jump on this train because eventually I will get her right. 

 

 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Pliskova is their favorite but only has a 13% chance of winning? God damn WTA parity

[WBT 20561]

6 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Pliskova is their favorite but only has a 13% chance of winning? God damn WTA parity

Just heard that 11 women mathematically could end the tournament with the #1 ranking.

Damn, Maria just double bageled Dart.

[spystud13 2371]

Dart did not start. 

Julia v. Danielle Collins on DTV 704. 

Sabalenka smoked her opponent too. 

[spystud13 2371]

Danielle came back to force a decider. 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Hot Julia in some trouble. She may be feeling the heat.

[spystud13 2371]

Julia, Julia, Julia... Win Auckland, done by 2:00 in Melbourne. 

[gsoda3 3245]

Ok wtf I just turned it on expecting to see her play. (Goerges)

[spystud13 2371]

Well, the first set was fun. 

[spystud13 2371]

Both players thought it was over, Makarova’s challenge is comical. 

 

 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Isner down 2 sets to Opelka

[michaelpshayes 417]

13 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Isner down 2 sets to Opelka

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Anisimova beats the slicer in straight sets

[spystud13 2371]

Sakkari is up 4-1 over Ostapenko in the 3rd on DTV 705 or free ESPN3. 

[spystud13 2371]

Jelena is still only 21, but early indications are she may go down as one of the worst one-Slam wonders. 

[spystud13 2371]

Putintseva is such a fucking nut. 

https://streamable.com/fg96c

 

[spystud13 2371]

Just saw the end of Andy's replay on TC. Battled his ass off to win 3rd & 4th set breakers, not enough juice left for all five. 

[spystud13 2371]

Genie/Peng up now on DTV 706. 

[spystud13 2371]

2 & 1 for Genie, Serena next. 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Isner, Sock, Querrey, and Johnson all bounced in the first round. Guess its time for the next gen of Americans to step up pronto otherwise US tennis is going to reach a new low on the mens side

[spystud13 2371]

Vika out in 3 to Siegemund.

Weird career, one more Slam probably gets her in the HOF, but it’s not gonna happen anymore. Custody issues really derailed her. 

[spystud13 2371]

Venus “forces” three on ESPN2 after some of the worst tennis I’ve ever fucking seen. 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Ohh a hindrance call on Buzarnescu after she celebrated during a point too soon when Venus tracked down a ball. lol 

[satyanash 14473]

Aussies aren't doing too well either. Hometown favourite Kyrgios is already gone in round 1, and Tomic wasn't far behind.

 

[spystud13 2371]

There have been eight completed sets in women’s singles today. Seven were 6-3. 

Edited January 16, 2019 by spystud13

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Sloane plays better at slams because she’s willing to grind more and hit less errors. In the smaller tournaments she just says fuck it and try’s to end points quicker which is rarely successful for her

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

I’m a Tsitsipas guy. Dude’s entertaining to watch. 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Lots of entertaining matches on right now. Tiafoe and Anderson at 1 set all. McDonald and Cilic at 1 set all.

[spystud13 2371]

First set bagel by Anisimova over Tsurenko. 

[spystud13 2371]

0 & 2 for Amanda, damn. 

[perfectchaos007 6625]

Anisimova wasn't playing around wow good for her. Wonder if Tiafoe can upset a top 5 opponent. He's up 2 sets to 1 on Anderson

[michaelpshayes 417]

Tiafoe takes out Anderson in 4, nice to see an American take out a top seed.

[perfectchaos007 6625]

15 minutes ago, michaelpshayes said:

Tiafoe takes out Anderson in 4, nice to see an American take out a top seed.

indeed. Even better that its one of the younger americans.

[spystud13 2371]

Young Aussie Kim Birrell breadsticks Vekic in the third. 

Sabalenka up a set over Boulter on 705. 

[texas08 1599]

Hi.

[satyanash 14473]

Huge breakthrough win for Tiafoe, easily the biggest of his career. Let's see how far he can ride the surge.

[spystud13 2371]

On 1/14/2019 at 11:24 AM, spystud13 said:

Putintseva is such a fucking nut. 

https://streamable.com/fg96c

And now the exact opposite of that handshake. 

 

She also flipped off the crowd as she exited. 

[spystud13 2371]

Simona/Kenin third on Laver, Serena/Genie follows to open the night session at 2 am. 

[spystud13 2371]

Damn, Stan/Raonic is second on Laver & Novak/Jo-Wilie finishes. That's a helluva slate. 

[gsoda3 3245]

did anyone watch sabalenka/boulter last night?  i didn't make it.

[spystud13 2371]

I did, Katie gave it what she had but just doesn't have the weapons. When Aryna catches a forehand clean, it's over. 

[spystud13 2371]

Fun early slate tonight. 

Svitolina/Kuzmova
Karolina/Brengle
Giorgi/Swiatek
Sevastova/Andreescu

All available on the DTV channels. 

[gsoda3 3245]

6 hours ago, spystud13 said:

I did, Katie gave it what she had but just doesn't have the weapons. When Aryna catches a forehand clean, it's over. 

what do you think is katie's ceiling? 

[spystud13 2371]

Top 20, maybe. She’s already 22, but doesn’t hit with as much power as her height says she should. And like most lanky players, movement ain’t her strength. 

She’s basically the exact opposite of Domi, but I highly doubt Katie ever sees a Slam final. 

[spystud13 2371]

1 hour ago, spystud13 said:

Svitolina/Kuzmova
Karolina/Brengle
Giorgi/Swiatek
Sevastova/Andreescu

Elina in straights
Karolina serving for the 3rd set bagel
Camila in straights
Bianca just forced a decider

 

 

[spystud13 2371]

Sevastova ends Bianca’s run. 

[gsoda3 3245]

nishikori/karlovic. no one wants to win.