2019 Australian Open

[spystud13 2,371]

Petra is awesome, saved 3 CPs. 

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My over hit. 

Edited January 26, 2019 by spystud13

[spystud13 2,371]

5-all. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Naomi will serve for the breaker. 

[George Clooney 378]

This has been a great match. I want Petra to win, but rooting against Osaka is difficult.

[spystud13 2,371]

Playing 3, can Naomi rebound? 

[George Clooney 378]

Osaka needs a mental reset badly.

[spystud13 2,371]

This could be bad, Naomi absolutely has to hold here. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Great hold. Let’s roll. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Whoa, big break! 

[spystud13 2,371]

Holy fuck, that dropper was horrid. But she backed it up. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Naomi is amazing. 

[spystud13 2,371]

This match is fucking unreal. Petra was just down 0-40 & holds. 

Edited January 26, 2019 by spystud13

[spystud13 2,371]

Petra serving to stay. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Can Naomi serve it out again? 

[spystud13 2,371]

Naomi!!!!!!!! I feel sad for everyone that missed it, incredible match. 

[George Clooney 378]

Well my schedule for tomorrow is fucked, but at least it was a great match.

[spystud13 2,371]

Chris Fowler fucking nailed it, what a great moment for her. She is not a star, she is a mother fucking superstar. 

Edited January 26, 2019 by spystud13

[perfectchaos007 6,673]

Osaka held it together at the end. Shoulda won in straights but props to her for regrouping in the 2nd

[Napoleon 8,689]

1 hour ago, spystud13 said:

Chris Fowler fucking nailed it, what a great moment for her. She is not a star, she is a mother fucking superstar. 

 

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Osaka held it together at the end. Shoulda won in straights but props to her for regrouping in the 2nd

Naomi seemed like she couldn't enjoy the victory, because it should have been in straight sets.

The 3rd set was more like "How did I almost let this fucker get away from me? I better win this match.

I would like her to get to the point that she looks like she actually enjoys football.

[spystud13 2,371]

Of course, a 21-year old tennis player that has just won back-to-back Slams should worship football. 

Jesus mother fucking shit. 

[LonghornGoodfella 114]

Does Djoker keep his domination over Nadal tonight? 8-2 in his last 10 meetings with him and hasn’t lost to Rafa on hard court since the 2013 Open final. 

I think so but should be a great match. 

[satyanash 14,529]

Think Nadal will take this one. He's in near-perfect form. Should be an absolute classic.

Edited January 26, 2019 by satyanash

[texas08 1,599]

fuck I hate the Australian open times

I’m sleepy AF but these are the classic matches we won’t see very soon

hate watching replayed sports

[perfectchaos007 6,673]

I’m in the west coast this weekend so it’s not that bad. Can’t complain about a 12:30 am start when it’s 2:30 am for central

[Napoleon 8,689]

12 hours ago, satyanash said:

Think Nadal will take this one. He's in near-perfect form. Should be an absolute classic.

Nadal is lucky not to have lost the first set 6-0.

[spystud13 2,371]

Is Rafa gonna at least make this interesting? Novak up a break again. 

[Bodowned 763]

Disappointing final. Novak occupies rent-free headspace in Nadal and it shows. Djoker is playing great, but Rafa’s UE count is totally uncharacteristic. Crazy to think he ever had the mental edge in this matchup.

Edited January 27, 2019 by Bodowned

[spystud13 2,371]

If we were playing doubles tonight, Rafa would be killing it. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Novak is just kicking the fuck out of him. 

[Napoleon 8,689]

You can tell in a rally when Djokovic takes over control of the rally and then it is soon over for Rafa. 

Djokovic with three ACES to close out the set. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Uniqlo REALLY fucked up letting Novak go. 

That was a fucking murderous game. 

Edited January 27, 2019 by spystud13

[spystud13 2,371]

Jesus, we should just skip Novak’s service games cause Rafa isn’t even competing. 

[Bodowned 763]

Djokovic is gonna end up with 25 slams. The dude has not lost an ounce of flexibility in the last 6 years and already survived a freakin’ elbow injury and came out better on the other side. He’s gonna end up being the undisputed GOAT at this point with his resumé.

[spystud13 2,371]

It’s funny as fuck he’s doing these droppers simply because he can. He can win off either wing, or he can do silly shit like this just for the fuck of it. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Good effort Rafa, one point on his serve yet again. 

[Bodowned 763]

The only person who can stop this man is Stanimal. Unfortunately, we’ve seen the last of his relevance. 

[spystud13 2,371]

What was the best men’s match this tourney? Fed/Tsitsipas? 

[SameSame 1,705]

Eeeh- uuhhhh, eeeh -uuhhh, eeeh -uuhhhh

[spystud13 2,371]

Dem. O. Lition. 

[SameSame 1,705]

That was quick 

[Napoleon 8,689]

Is Djokovic going to charge Raja for this 2 hour lesson he just gave him?

[spystud13 2,371]

That bunker is so funny. 

[Napoleon 8,689]

I noticed that this Aussie Open Chairwoman didn’t have a thick Aussie accent, but tonight I had to focus to find a word here or there with an accent. 

The reason...

Jayne Hrdlicka was born & raised in Kansas, went to Colorado College (in Colorado Springs), and got her MBA from Dartmouth. 

What she is doing chairing the Aussie Open?... No sé. 

[PittsburghTiger 6,190]

5 hours ago, texas08 said:

fuck I hate the Australian open times

I’m sleepy AF but these are the classic matches we won’t see very soon

hate watching replayed sports

 

5 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I’m in the west coast this weekend so it’s not that bad. Can’t complain about a 12:30 am start when it’s 2:30 am for central

In Germany this week so we watched after a late breakfast.  

That was impressive 

[PittsburghTiger 6,190]

2 hours ago, Bodowned said:

Djokovic is gonna end up with 25 slams. The dude has not lost an ounce of flexibility in the last 6 years and already survived a freakin’ elbow injury and came out better on the other side. He’s gonna end up being the undisputed GOAT at this point with his resumé.

We were talking about that as we watched. He’s at 15, now, right?

And he is 31-years old. And if he stays healthy he  most likely has a good five years. So 20 more majors.  It will be fun to watch.

[Bodowned 763]

1 hour ago, PittsburghTiger said:

We were talking about that as we watched. He’s at 15, now, right?

And he is 31-years old. And if he stays healthy he  most likely has a good five years. So 20 more majors.  It will be fun to watch.

The only hope seems to be serious injury or rapid physical deterioration to keep him from getting there. No one in the NextGen class looks like someone who can beat him on his best day any time soon. Rafa can likely still take him at the FO in 2019 and might be competing in 2020, but Novak should have the outright advantages on hard/grass courts and is probably the best player on clay outside of Rafa already. 

[HoustonFrog 368]

Best performance I’ve ever seen in a final. Didn’t help that Nadal brought his C game, but it wouldn’t have mattered.

If he stays healthy, he will eclipse 20 GS. He may beat Nadal at the FO this year


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[IPoopOnWhoop 104]

Compete domination.  I’ve always thought that if everyone played their A game that Djokovic beats anyone to have ever played.  I’m not even sure last night was him playing his best, because Nadal didn’t even bother showing up, but it was a still a level or two above everyone else out there.  

[satyanash 14,529]

Sheesh. Djokovic never let Nadal into this match, did he.

Watching the feet gives it away. Nadal's footwork looked sluggish, Djokovic's looked twice as fast.