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A kind of predictable result looking back, Sabalenka is too strong ATM. The final score
looks like an easy match for her 3-6, 2-6 in 76 minutes.  I dont think there is anyone who
can trouble her this year.

I believe Zheng is going into the top 10 and Sabalenka is closing in on the #1 position
to put pressure on Swiatek.

Several top players who were eliminated in the second and third rounds, especially those in the same draw as Zheng Qinwen, made it easier for her to advance to the final, this is not to demean her but it did help her quite a bit and she is one of the women's tennis players who is developing quite fast but is not yet capable enough to face the pressure in Grand Slam final, service looked bad in the second set and that gave Sabalenka a lot of points.
Aryna Sabalenka managed to defend the title which was extraordinary because in the opening tournament this year she lost quite easily in the final to Rybakina but at the Australian Open she played better and better, becoming champion without dropping a single set and her only toughest opponent here was Coco Gauff.

Men's final Sinner vs Medvedev, Sinner is his favorite and is quite far away, but Medvedev won't be easy for him to overcome and of course Medvedev doesn't want to fail for the second time in the Australian Open final because several years ago he failed to get it after two sets ahead of Nadal but Nadal managed to come back, my prediction is that this will be a match of more than three sets.

today final match woman single asutralia terbuka
Qinwen Zheng vs zabalenka.
surprisingly Qinwen Zheng was able to step up to the final of the Australian Open Grand Slam. whether Qinwen, who is ranked 15 WTA, can complete her surprise by defeating Zabalenka, who is ranked 2 WTA.
I think my prediction is that Qinwen will be able to keep up with Zabalenka's game.
maybe this match will run tight until 3 games.
because Qinwen's performance is good again.

Actually after I saw the first 2 rounds of Sinner I had a feeling he might go all the way, if he can overcome Djokovic. And well, we have all sees how he destroyed the Joker without facing 1 break point.
Medvedev made a good comeback of course, but also because Zverev let him. The mistakes he suddenly made were inexcusable but also very typical for him.
Honestly I already expected this after he lost the 3rd after Alcarez but he "finally" did it.

In German news I now saw some excuses like he had a fever the night before and got some injections to made his toes numb. Don't know if that's actually the truth or just some story now the explain his collapse in this game.

Anyway, I got Sinner. He showed no weakness the whole tournament and I would not be surprised if he gets a clear win like 3:0 or 3:1 in the final.

What stood out for me in this tournament is Hsieh Su-wei, the Taiwanese tennis player competing in the woman's doubles and mixed doubles. Yesterday she won the title in the mixed and today she is playing the woman's doubles final as well. Before the tournament she was on a "trying to find a partner" list for the mixed, which is so ridiculous. How does a doubles player of her caliber not have players lined up to play with her.
Anyway, I am really happy for her to play this great in these Australian Open, she totally deserves it and is as humble as they come!

Djokovic's loss was unexpected, but let such a superstar have the luxury of losing a few matches in his career, right? I think it's the first time he lost in the semifinals at the Australian Open. I was expecting Djokovic and Medvedev in the final. Djokovic didn't make it but Medvedev came from 2-0 down to reach the final. I think he deserves the tournament. I won't be upset if Sinner also wins, another young and successful tennis player is coming to the big leagues. We will be watching them for a long time after the Big 3 quit, so we need to get used to these finals.

Ladies final tomorrow. Sabalenka is going to face Zheng. Last year's AO champ is a favourite of course, but the young Chinese can shock the tennis world by beating WTA #2. Belarussian is showing perhaps the best women's tennis since Serena. She is more experienced and has more titles, including GS.

What worries me the most is the slight performance drop Sabalenka showed in a match against Gauff. She lost momentum and was kind of hesitant , confused and lost her focus a bit. If something similar will happen tomorrow vs Zheng, she could potentially lose the match. 

This was definitely a very good comeback by Medvedev. I was actually surprised to see this comeback from him. I did not think he would actually be able to win. But he definitely proved a lot of people wrong including me.

Now he is going to face Sinner in the final. I wonder how he is going to do in the final. He should be really confident at this moment after the performance that he had shown in the last match in the semi-final. Because there was no way anyone thought he would be able to win. But he pulled it off

Regards

Duke

Great comeback from Medvedev. Zverev was very close to reaching the final. But Medvedev still managed a turnaround. In any case, it was a great semi-final. Both were great. And Zverev can be proud of himself. He has made great progress in the last few weeks and he can build on that.

So now we have a final that nobody would have expected. I hope now that Sinner will win the final.

what a comeback by Medvedev
always thought of him as player that can't do comeback, can just lose what he has on him, but he proved my wrong

TBH, both SF matches finished unexpectedly for me, can't say that I envisioned Djokovic vs Zverev in final, but both were my favorites to come through
and Zverev was really close to pass into final, but missed out on crucial points in both tie-breaks

will be an interesting final, and Sinner is a favorite, IMO

I can say that Sinner played great tennis. He took the first set 6-1. I thought Novak must not have been able to concentrate on the game, but this time he lost the second set 6-2. It was a close fight in the 3rd set, but Novak won this set 7-6 as a result of a tie break. I don't think Old Wolf was in a good mood. When the 4th (last set for Novak) ended with Sinner leading 6-3, Novak was eliminated from this year's Australian Open.
I thought Alcaraz and Novak would play for the final, but it didn't happen.
The Australian Open is over for me as of today. Congratulations to whoever wins.

Woah, Sinner. I am so bummed I haven't watched it, it started at 4am local time.
When I woke up (7am), it was already over.

I read that Đoković did not have a single break point in the whole match. Crazy if true.

To be perfectly honest though, if Medvedev gets to the final, he'll be my favorite for the title.

B O O M - Sinner has arrived and exploded into the final by demolishing Djokovic.
He has dropped his first set of the tournament but in the end won 'easily' 1-6, 2-6, 7-6, 3-6

I agree bitbollo, more and more the next gen are making their mark, tbh Sinner should
be able to win the final now against either Medvedev or Zverev if he can be mentally
ready which we know he can be.

This is brilliant for Jannik and for my bet !

third set of the semifinal between Djokovic and Sinner. Italian guy has one point break as advantage and now he is serving for the final...

This match is probably a sort of "handover" between the two players.
I have been supporting the theory. for years that Sinner is a sort of predestined (and even Nike agrees with me, given that he invested 100 million USD in sponsorship...).

Be ready for next gen...

Personally I'm not all that surprised, he has been playing great, he seems to be carrying his
good form from the United Cup into this grand slam. Medvedev up next, you would think
having beaten Alcaraz he can beat Medvedev but things dont always work out that way!

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Its a Sabalenks v Zheng final, Coco couldnt beat Sabalenka today, thata a pity
for her and for my bet. It kind of has to be a Sabalenka title this year again I think.

Zverev got great win and he managed to beat pretty great player like Alcaraz, we saw that in the first and second sets Zverev managed to have the advantage and in the third set Alcaraz took over the game by winning it, but in the last fourth set both players really fight hard.
Alcaraz tried to play as well as he could in to get the win and was able to draw with score of 2 - 2 so that there would be additional matches to continue to have chance to win the match.
It just that Zverev didn't give up and he really showed how to fight to win, I don't really believe that Zverev managed to beat Alcaraz and of course this defeat made us Alcaraz fans experience some losses.

Congratulations to Zverev on his win and he earned safe spot due to the success in this match.

Zverev is probably not going to be my first pick as well, to be honest. Even though he performed really well and beat Alcaraz pretty easily, I think he might actually struggle in this match. And even though Medvedev actually had to work really hard to win the last match, I think he will be the favourite to win this match as well. I just hope that after such hard work, he will be ready 100% to play in this match. Of course, i am just talking about my opinion and there is actually no favourite in this match. It is definitely going to be a 50-50 match in my opinion and i am also expecting this match to be a close one.

I am really surprised from Zverevs performance. He showed (his) top tennis against Alcaraz. While he was on the brink of elimination in the previous rounds, he showed against Alcaraz that he has developed further. In particular his first serve  was much better than before. He had always have problems with that. Also the whole body language were much more focused and better than before.
But he also had a great development in the past and then his performance took five steps back again. So I do not see him as the favourite in the match against Medvedev.

Daniil Medvedev struggled against Hurkacz but won in five sets to reach the semifinals. Zverev is playing his best tennis since injury and played an incredible game against Alcaraz and passed an important test. He is one of the most in form men's singles players at the moment and it's nice to see Zverev so motivated again. Zverev has a tremendous serve and he will need it against Medvedev. There is a tension between the two players that spills off the court and it will be reflected in the match. It's hard to pick sides in this match but Zverev's recent performance seems to explain some things.

yes two womens semi finals starting with Gauff v Sabalenka in less than an hour.
The odds are Gauff 2.75 v 1.45 Sabalenka. I really hope Coco can get past Sabalenka, I
know deserves have nothing to do with this but she does deserve a crack at a grand slam
final. Like the Djokokvic v Sinner mens semi final I'm putting a small bet on Gauff, she
does have a chance.

That's a surprising result for the game Alcaraz against Zverev. I don't know what the odds were, but this game has bee a huge disappointment for Alcaraz. Starting the game being two sets down and only winning one game in the first set and three games in the second set, I wonder what was going on with Alcaraz. This almost looks as if he had some physical issues. He is far away from his best at the moment and Zverev should have been beaten by him.

Djokovic is unbelievable. The guy keeps bringing these impressive results and everyone wants to get an idea of how long he will keep playing on that level. I think he will give us another few years of unmatched tennis.