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January 16, 2024, 09:16:14 AM

Projected last 16, after 1st round. Djokovic has a favorable draw to make it to at least semis and potentially meat Sinner there. On the otherside, is it going to be Alcaraz vs Medvedev in the semis? Thinking way too ahead, I suppose.
Alcaraz got a mini heart attack early on when Gasquet was playing exceptionally well but Carlos stabilised fairly well and got things back on track, never looked back after the first set. In WTA, Rybakina holds on after being down 3 set points in the first set against Pliskova and somehow manages to turn it around. Took the match with ease after that.
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January 15, 2024, 10:10:45 PM
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2 from the picture board above are out, Wawrinka and Murray.

Wawrinka lost out to Mannarino in 5 sets, no tie breaks and got Bagled in the last.

Murray lost out to Etcheverry in 3 sets 3-6, 2-6 and 2-6. I know Murray has been discussed
here before but I really think this could/should be his last season.

on the womens side 7th seed Vondrousova was beaten by Yastremska in 2 easy sets 
6-1 and 6-2.

Lets see how the rest of the round 1 matches pan out to look at round 2

Too bad that 2 ex grandslam winners are already out but Murray should have called it a day about 2 years ago. It must be for the love of the sport that he keeps on trying as money is no real issue for him. To be honest, I did expect that Murray would have won this match but winning a grand slam is not possible for him anymore.
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January 15, 2024, 01:09:18 PM


Meanwhile, the two play against each other and as expected it is not an easy game for FAA. The first two sets went to FAA, but Thiem already showed more resistance in set 2 and now he has won set 3 in tiebreak. FAA was only 2 serves away from a victory. But Thiem has now forced him into set 4 and it looks like it will be a longer match.

FAA was supposed to get an easy win in this match. but the match ended up being very interesting and it definitely could have gone either way. When I saw the match going to the 5th set, I actually thought FAA might actually end up losing.  but Luckily for him, he was able to win the final set of the match.  however, he definitely did have to pass extra difficulty to get this win. FAA was able to win the final set by a score of 6-3. For a player of his skill and caliber, he had to work really hard to win this one. Do you guys think that he actually took things easy when he had an advantage of two sets to zero?
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January 15, 2024, 01:02:49 PM
An interesting match between FAA vs Thiem, and now the fourth set after the third set Thiem managed to take it to make the match longer and in the tie break FAA made several mistakes that gave points to Thiem, this is still difficult to predict even though FAA is the favorite to win but it is very possible that this will go to five sets.

Naomi Osaka was not smooth in her comeback in Australia Open, she did not play poorly but Caroline Garcia managed to overcome the pressure well because the crowd was on Osaka's side, and the match lasted two sets with the second tie break.

FAA had to work very hard and I don't think anyone expected that he would have to work so hard to win this match. At least I did not expect that. I thought the match should have been a lot easier for FAA. Remember that this is the first round of the Australian Open. Imagine how hard he will have to work towards the later part of the competition. He will play the next match against Garnier. In my opinion that match should also be easy for him. but who knows,  maybe his opponent will make him work just like he had to in the last match.

Naomi Osaka did try to win this match in my opinion. and I agree that her opponent was just better in this match. it was one of those matches for her,  whatever she was trying was not working out in favour of her.

Ah but Thiem is a very capable player, he can trouble pretty much any player,
hopefully 2024 will be a good year for Dominic...and Felix, two good guys.

Likewise for Naomi Osaka, she was close today but it was always going to be a tough
ask against Garcia who has been in great form and was very much ready for this match,
so hopefully Naomi can build into 2024.
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January 15, 2024, 10:50:45 AM
An interesting match between FAA vs Thiem, and now the fourth set after the third set Thiem managed to take it to make the match longer and in the tie break FAA made several mistakes that gave points to Thiem, this is still difficult to predict even though FAA is the favorite to win but it is very possible that this will go to five sets.

Naomi Osaka was not smooth in her comeback in Australia Open, she did not play poorly but Caroline Garcia managed to overcome the pressure well because the crowd was on Osaka's side, and the match lasted two sets with the second tie break.

FAA had to work very hard and I don't think anyone expected that he would have to work so hard to win this match. At least I did not expect that. I thought the match should have been a lot easier for FAA. Remember that this is the first round of the Australian Open. Imagine how hard he will have to work towards the later part of the competition. He will play the next match against Garnier. In my opinion that match should also be easy for him. but who knows,  maybe his opponent will make him work just like he had to in the last match.

Naomi Osaka did try to win this match in my opinion. and I agree that her opponent was just better in this match. it was one of those matches for her,  whatever she was trying was not working out in favour of her.
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January 15, 2024, 10:42:26 AM

After 2 days, The seeds that have been out of the tournament. As usual, wild on the WTA side of things. While only Jarry out of the tournament in the ATP. 4 Russian women seeded are out within 2 days. 10 more days to go for a Champ to be declared.
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January 15, 2024, 08:00:33 AM
An interesting match between FAA vs Thiem, and now the fourth set after the third set Thiem managed to take it to make the match longer and in the tie break FAA made several mistakes that gave points to Thiem, this is still difficult to predict even though FAA is the favorite to win but it is very possible that this will go to five sets.

Naomi Osaka was not smooth in her comeback in Australia Open, she did not play poorly but Caroline Garcia managed to overcome the pressure well because the crowd was on Osaka's side, and the match lasted two sets with the second tie break.
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January 15, 2024, 07:59:37 AM
Last year was pretty bad for FAA. After a good start, he had a pretty miserable time from the end of March. At the end of October he finally won his first tournament. In Basel Switzerland he won the final against Hurkacz. But after that his time got worse again. Now he has played his first tournament this year. And it is still seem to be going badly. In Auckland he lost in 2 sets against Daniel Altmaier.

Yes, and that loss was also in the round of 16. It was definitely not very good and people surely expected better from him.

On the 14th of January, he will be playing in the Australian Open and the match is relatively easy for him. I believe he is going to win that match without any problem. But I am not sure how his overall performance is going to be in the Australian Open. I will say currently the performance is not very good. So I am not very hopeful about him in the Australian Open to be very honest. But I hope the best for him.

His first match at the Australian Open is against Thiem. Yes, actually an relative easy match for him. But if you look at his current performance and the bad year 2023, I would say that no match will be easy for him.
Last year he has reached the last 16 at the Australian Open and his performance got worse afterwards. It seems he has been in a crisis for some time and hopefully get out of it soon.

Meanwhile, the two play against each other and as expected it is not an easy game for FAA. The first two sets went to FAA, but Thiem already showed more resistance in set 2 and now he has won set 3 in tiebreak. FAA was only 2 serves away from a victory. But Thiem has now forced him into set 4 and it looks like it will be a longer match.

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Dino Prižmić, a Croatian 18-year old guy that reached the main draw through the qualifiers, played a terrific match against Đoković.

Such matches made Dokovic stronger. He has certainly already analysed his mistakes and his next opponent, Popyrin, will have no chance.  
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January 15, 2024, 07:19:43 AM
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Who you think will reach the semis and eventually win the AO24?
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Well, even though it's the first GS of the year - pretty much the usual suspects.
In the men's draw it's between Alcaraz, Đoković, Sinner and Medvedev and in women's side Swiatek, Rybakina, Sabalenka and eventually Gauff.

I hope Sinner takes it, I've enjoyed his end of season performances.

Yeah, I mostly agree. In WTA draw, I'm not sure about Gauff. I don't believe she can win AO this year. Sabalenka, Rybakina and Swiatek are turning into something like the big trio of men's tennis: Federer, Rafa and Djokovic. Sabalenka is just sooo good! I followed her matches in Australia and I have to say I haven't seen such tennis since Serena! 
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January 15, 2024, 06:34:04 AM
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Who you think will reach the semis and eventually win the AO24?
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Well, even though it's the first GS of the year - pretty much the usual suspects.
In the men's draw it's between Alcaraz, Đoković, Sinner and Medvedev and in women's side Swiatek, Rybakina, Sabalenka and eventually Gauff.

I hope Sinner takes it, I've enjoyed his end of season performances.
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January 15, 2024, 04:00:36 AM
We are still here!

2 from the picture board above are out, Wawrinka and Murray.

Wawrinka lost out to Mannarino in 5 sets, no tie breaks and got Bagled in the last.

Murray lost out to Etcheverry in 3 sets 3-6, 2-6 and 2-6. I know Murray has been discussed
here before but I really think this could/should be his last season.

on the womens side 7th seed Vondrousova was beaten by Yastremska in 2 easy sets 
6-1 and 6-2.

Lets see how the rest of the round 1 matches pan out to look at round 2
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January 14, 2024, 10:51:36 PM
Tennis discussion thread is barely active even though Australian Open has started. Where are the tennis fans at? Who you think will reach the semis and eventually win the AO24?

A record 21 grand slam champs are playing in the Australian Open this year.
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January 14, 2024, 12:04:59 PM
Dino Prižmić, a Croatian 18-year old guy that reached the main draw through the qualifiers, played a terrific match against Đoković.
He lost 3-1, but other than in the 1st set actually held his own. He even had a break advantage in the middle of the 3rd set at 1-1 in sets.

He should be the next Croatian big tennis star, so keep an eye out. Today's performance should give him a lot of confidence.

Well, he was unable to win against Novak Djokovic but I think he had shown good signs. Tell me but of course, we all expected Djokovic to win this match. And that's exactly how it turned out to be.

But of course, it is probably going to be a great idea to keep an eye on the Croatian. He is really young and has a lot to improve and also has the time on his side. If he can stay healthy, he will definitely be a great tennis player in the future.
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January 14, 2024, 09:36:52 AM
There seemed to be concern that Djokovic would lose in the first round seeing how difficult it was for him to get through the match and it took him four hours to finally advance to the second round. Dino Prižmić was very good and calm but mentality and experience again brought Djokovic as the winner in this difficult match.

Speaking about youngsters on tour, young Russian player Alina Korneeva defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain 4-6 6-3 6-2. Russian teen who is ranked 180 in WTA is just 16 years old.

Brenda Fruhvirtová is one of the young tennis players who also made it through to the second round but unfortunately, she will meet defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, and it looks like this will still be Sabalenka's match.

For the women's section in recent years, almost no one has managed to defend the title, it will be a question of whether Aryna Sabalenka will be able to win again or we will see a new champion, and Iga Swiatek still looks very impressive and if I'm not mistaken she hasn't been defeated since becoming champion in China Open last year
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January 14, 2024, 09:13:35 AM
Dino Prižmić, a Croatian 18-year old guy that reached the main draw through the qualifiers, played a terrific match against Đoković.
He lost 3-1, but other than in the 1st set actually held his own. He even had a break advantage in the middle of the 3rd set at 1-1 in sets.

He should be the next Croatian big tennis star, so keep an eye out. Today's performance should give him a lot of confidence.

Yeah, I googled him before the match against Nole and I already knew it's not going to be an easy match for the Serb.  Grin

Very promising indeed, I mean how many 18yo boys are there on tour right now? In recent history, only Alcaraz was able to perform at this level.

Speaking about youngsters on tour, young Russian player Alina Korneeva defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain 4-6 6-3 6-2. Russian teen who is ranked 180 in WTA is just 16 years old.

Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka has swept off the court German Ella Seidel. The German only barely managed to escape a double bagel at 6:0, 5:0. Nice start for a AO champion.
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January 14, 2024, 08:04:31 AM
Dino Prižmić, a Croatian 18-year old guy that reached the main draw through the qualifiers, played a terrific match against Đoković.
He lost 3-1, but other than in the 1st set actually held his own. He even had a break advantage in the middle of the 3rd set at 1-1 in sets.

He should be the next Croatian big tennis star, so keep an eye out. Today's performance should give him a lot of confidence.
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January 14, 2024, 05:50:34 AM
Berrettini has pulled out of his AO match against Tsitsipas with an injury. Things continue
to be hard for Mateo, such a pity.

Earlier Sinner and Arnaldi have progressed.

Djokovic is playing now and has dropped a set against Prizmic and has been broken
now in the third set, he's gonna win and Djokovic' odds now are 1.25



On the womens side Wozniacki got a walkover against Linette

I'm also happy to see Leylah has progressed to the second round.
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January 13, 2024, 11:21:17 AM
he is
very talented but tries to enjoy himself a bit more than others! Its enjoyable to watch.
Yes, watching him play is quite entertaining but it will be debatable if he plays against a player who doesn't like his behavior such as his underarm serve, like what if he met Kyrgios, a player who also likes to serve underarm.

The Australian Open will start tomorrow, Jannick Sinner will face van de Zandschulp I think this will still be easy for Sinner as well as Novak Djokovic vs Dino Prižmić young Croatian tennis player, and one match that will probably be quite close is Fabian Marozsan vs Marin Čilić maybe the match will go longer than three sets.

And in the women's section, Caroline Wozniacki will face Magda Linette. Linette is very likely to stop Wozniacki in the early rounds, but the problem that the Polish player often faces is inconsistent performances, such as when she lost in Adelaide and this may very well go three sets.

Thats an easy first round match for Djokovic and not too bad for Sinner.

There are a few difficult ones on both sides, Womens and Mens.

Garcia plays Osaka - thats also a tough draw for both

Tiafoe v Coric - another tough draw but Tiafoe is favourite @ 1.53 v 2.50

Mannarino v Wawrinka - that could be a tough match for both.

Berrettini v Tsitsipas - its going to be difficult for Mateo.



Results from Adelaide:

Winners are Ostapenko easily in 2 sets and Lehecka easily over 3 sets.

That are some interesting matches! Osake just came back so I think Garcia is the favorite to win it. Wawrinka, based on his experience should win it but can maybe go all the way, similar for Tsitsipas vs Berrettini. Will look at the odds to see if there are some value bets.
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January 13, 2024, 10:03:01 AM
he is
very talented but tries to enjoy himself a bit more than others! Its enjoyable to watch.
Yes, watching him play is quite entertaining but it will be debatable if he plays against a player who doesn't like his behavior such as his underarm serve, like what if he met Kyrgios, a player who also likes to serve underarm.

The Australian Open will start tomorrow, Jannick Sinner will face van de Zandschulp I think this will still be easy for Sinner as well as Novak Djokovic vs Dino Prižmić young Croatian tennis player, and one match that will probably be quite close is Fabian Marozsan vs Marin Čilić maybe the match will go longer than three sets.

And in the women's section, Caroline Wozniacki will face Magda Linette. Linette is very likely to stop Wozniacki in the early rounds, but the problem that the Polish player often faces is inconsistent performances, such as when she lost in Adelaide and this may very well go three sets.

Thats an easy first round match for Djokovic and not too bad for Sinner.

There are a few difficult ones on both sides, Womens and Mens.

Garcia plays Osaka - thats also a tough draw for both

Tiafoe v Coric - another tough draw but Tiafoe is favourite @ 1.53 v 2.50

Mannarino v Wawrinka - that could be a tough match for both.

Berrettini v Tsitsipas - its going to be difficult for Mateo.



Results from Adelaide:

Winners are Ostapenko easily in 2 sets and Lehecka easily over 3 sets.
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January 13, 2024, 03:13:11 AM
Ostapenko(WTA rank 12) vs Kasatkina(WTA rank 15) about to start. I don't think Kasatkina has a chance in this match, even though it doesn't show that the match is going to be one-sided, according to the odds. 1.53x on Ostapenko, I'd gladly take those odds on the former French Open Champ. Her power striking and aggressive playstyle could overwhelm Kasatkina, who's known to have dodgy and slow serves. Holding wouldn't be easy for Kasatkina, if Ostapenko finds her rhythm on the return of serves. Ostapenko has been consistent enough during her previous games while Kasatkina has been really lucky to get 2 walkovers in a row where she was supposed to play against Siegmund and Pegula, both had withdrawn due to injury concerns. Unless Ostapenko isn't fit and tired, should be a fairly easy 2 set win for her. 6-4, 7-5 is what I predict.
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