Australian Open 2021 Discussion thread - page 2.

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Quote from: vennali on February 17, 2021, 04:42:42 AM

Was expecting a lot more fight from Zverev(even though I have bet on Nadal). This could potentially be a 3 setter by the looks of things. My only rational to bet on Nadal is that SHB's(Single hand backhands) generally struggle against heavy top spin and that too coming from a leftie. Would only be harder to return..unless you are a fan of slicing. Nadal doesn't seem to be as consistent as I expect him to be generally but is still playing well.

@vennali Nadal seems to have found his best form against Tsitsipas, and if he continues in this form then I believe that he’ll easily win this match. Furthermore I feel bad for Tsitsipas, because he’s trying really hard to put up a challenge for Nadal, but currently nothing is working for him.

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Quote from: Strongkored on February 16, 2021, 09:27:03 PM

Surprising result on women's section. A. Barthy lost to Muchova this is not the result that Australian public want, especially after a lockdown in a few days and will soon spectators be allowed watch a match in the stadium, they can not see their favorite tennis player playing because this result.

I watched the first set of Barthy vs Muchova where Barthy completely dominated and won 6-1 muchova seemed to have some heavy problems and almost seemed to cry.
The second set also started good for bathy then i switched of the TV and i was sure it would be an easy win for barthy. Now i read your comment that muchova won, pretty crazy, would have never thought that after the first set.

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Was expecting a lot more fight from Zverev(even though I have bet on Nadal). This could potentially be a 3 setter by the looks of things. My only rational to bet on Nadal is that SHB's(Single hand backhands) generally struggle against heavy top spin and that too coming from a leftie. Would only be harder to return..unless you are a fan of slicing. Nadal doesn't seem to be as consistent as I expect him to be generally but is still playing well.

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Quote from: jostorres on February 17, 2021, 03:39:46 AM

Quote from: vennali on February 16, 2021, 12:31:29 AM

Surprised to see how well Dimitrov has been doing this tourney. He always had the potential to reach the finals of a slam but the big 4 always seemed to be too strong for him. Low key rooting for him. Also, cant wait for Djokovic vs Zverev. In some tourneys this would be worthy of a finals.

I actually stopped watching the AO once Thiem was out of it and it was painful to watch. I don't like Djokovic to be honest because he clearly faked an injury it seems like. How is it possible that he was unable to even serve in the 4th set against Fritz but then suddenly came out so strong against Raonic.

I don't check results but I guess he already won against Zverev so good for him and I am not going to watch any further matches now, it seems like Djokovic does have that kind of attitude where he wants everyone to like him as Kyrgios said about him. I don't like Nick either but at least he is bad on the face instead of playing tantrums behind the back. Dimitrov only for as far as he did because Thiem was suffering fatigue.

I am not a fan of Djokovic also, but don't think he faked his injury; even against Raonic he wasn't in his best form.
He won indeed against Zverev and will now play against Karatsev. Lets hope that Karatsev can surprise the world one more time by winning against Djokovic, but chances are quite low.

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Quote from: vennali on February 16, 2021, 12:31:29 AM

Surprised to see how well Dimitrov has been doing this tourney. He always had the potential to reach the finals of a slam but the big 4 always seemed to be too strong for him. Low key rooting for him. Also, cant wait for Djokovic vs Zverev. In some tourneys this would be worthy of a finals.

I actually stopped watching the AO once Thiem was out of it and it was painful to watch. I don't like Djokovic to be honest because he clearly faked an injury it seems like. How is it possible that he was unable to even serve in the 4th set against Fritz but then suddenly came out so strong against Raonic.

I don't check results but I guess he already won against Zverev so good for him and I am not going to watch any further matches now, it seems like Djokovic does have that kind of attitude where he wants everyone to like him as Kyrgios said about him. I don't like Nick either but at least he is bad on the face instead of playing tantrums behind the back. Dimitrov only for as far as he did because Thiem was suffering fatigue.

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Quote from: Daniel91 on February 16, 2021, 05:56:51 AM

Karatsev is definitely the biggest surprise of this tournament.
He also beat Dimitrov and is now in the semifinals. How long will this tennis fairy tale last?
Osaka won convincingly and remains one of the main favorites in the women’s competition.
I expected Halep to offer stronger resistance to Serena Williams and I even thought she would beat Serena.
Obviously Serena has prepared very well for this tournament and is chasing a record number of GS titles.

Yes, the dark horse and the giant killer in this tournament.

Osaka is strong in this tournament, while others are faltering because of the current situation, it seems she is enjoying every bit of it and I wouldn't be surprised if she gets past Williams and be the first one ladies to reach the finals.

All Russian Rublev vs Medvedev, and then we have Nadal vs Tsitsipas in men's QF. I have Medvedev and Nadal winning here.

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Surprising result on women's section. A. Barthy lost to Muchova this is not the result that Australian public want, especially after a lockdown in a few days and will soon spectators be allowed watch a match in the stadium, they can not see their favorite tennis player playing because this result.

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Just watching the latest match wrapping up with Barty and the announcers have mentioned this:
The five day lockdown restrictions being done for Australia where the open is being held in Melbourne,
has been lifted starting tomorrow and fans will be allowed to be in the stands watching the matches for the rest of the tournament.
Well this is welcomed relief as I bet the players have suffered from not being cheered on by their fan base and does put a toll on those who actually get energized from the crowds responses to their aces and long games.

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More tennis racquet tantrums at the Australian Open...

Anyone else fed up with the unprofessional attitudes of the players year in, year out? If they're that angry with a racquet in public, imagine the anger they unleash on their support staff, officials and (worst of all) loved ones when the cameras aren't recording.

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Happy for my Favourite Ladies player Osaka, can she get past Williams who is also
going well after despatching Halep easy enough.

Karatsev is definitely the surprise of the tournament, really happy for him but hard to
see him progressing past Djokovic....

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Karatsev is definitely the biggest surprise of this tournament.
He also beat Dimitrov and is now in the semifinals. How long will this tennis fairy tale last?
Osaka won convincingly and remains one of the main favorites in the women’s competition.
I expected Halep to offer stronger resistance to Serena Williams and I even thought she would beat Serena.
Obviously Serena has prepared very well for this tournament and is chasing a record number of GS titles.

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Quote from: Koal-84 on February 16, 2021, 04:13:02 AM

The next surprise at the Australian open, the qualifier Aslan Karazew also defeated Dimitrov. The Russian plays the tournament of his life. Nadal made clear progress in 3 sentences.

The next match today will be exciting Zverev against Djokovic even if I assume Djokovic will win in a maximum of 4 sets.

Also am excited to see Zverev against Djokovic as well.
I have them taking it all the way to 4 sets with Novak edging out the german slightly.
Only due to having a grueling match a couple of days ago with the other german Taylor Fritz. Grin

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The next surprise at the Australian open, the qualifier Aslan Karazew also defeated Dimitrov. The Russian plays the tournament of his life. Nadal made clear progress in 3 sentences.

The next match today will be exciting Zverev against Djokovic even if I assume Djokovic will win in a maximum of 4 sets.

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Quote from: Strongkored on February 16, 2021, 01:27:22 AM

For this year's AO I only saw the results of the match without watching the match on TV, and you are right Dimitrov is good enough so far, but unfortunately he is left behind.
Not only Djokovic vs Zverev who can be said to qualify as the final match, but also 2 quarterfinals have the same value and will be an interesting match and also difficult to predict who will advance to the Semifinals.

As soon as I said that, man, Dimitrov falling short once again. I haven't watched any of Karatsev's matches but he seems to be on a fairlytale run. World no 116 and has taken down some quality opponents. Felix Auger- Aliassime, Schwartzman and now Dimitrov. All of them are good enough to reach semies of the tourney. I might have to tune in for his next match.

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For this year's AO I only saw the results of the match without watching the match on TV, and you are right Dimitrov is good enough so far, but unfortunately he is left behind.
Not only Djokovic vs Zverev who can be said to qualify as the final match, but also 2 quarterfinals have the same value and will be an interesting match and also difficult to predict who will advance to the Semifinals.

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Surprised to see how well Dimitrov has been doing this tourney. He always had the potential to reach the finals of a slam but the big 4 always seemed to be too strong for him. Low key rooting for him. Also, cant wait for Djokovic vs Zverev. In some tourneys this would be worthy of a finals.

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Quote from: Cnut237 on February 15, 2021, 02:36:54 AM

I don't think he's injured. It seems like every tournament there's a time when he suffers an 'injury' that's so bad he's on the verge of quitting the whole tournament, but then he generally recovers... often within the same match, and often within a few minutes, with absolutely no ill effects at all. The play acting is ridiculous because it happens so often. He has no need to do this. His skill and talent mean that he is one of the best in the world, there is absolutely no need for him to fake injuries to try to create some sort of psychological advantage over his opponents. I really hope he gets knocked out soon, because it's basically play-acting and it casts tennis in a bad light. And the thing is, one day he will actually be injured, and no-one will believe him. It's classic boy-who-cried-wolf.

Yeah, sorry but nobody bought that this time too. Imagine struggling for two matches and then winning your last one on the important set. He even went 2:0 before claiming the injury. I like his play but hate his acting. Sometimes I wonder if he purposely does it for friends betting on 3:2 outcome since those odds are crazy.

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I am curious about the next games. I think there will be surprises, as no spectators are allowed at the moment.

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I am thinking about to bet on the Djokovic vs Zverev match, my bet would be over 39.5 games, what do you guys think about it?

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Very bad day from Dominik Thiem and one of his worst matches at the last year i think. But he have the most time problems with Dimitrov...

Not much worked and in the third sentence there was apparently no will or condition problem?

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