Tennis: Australian Open 2024

[K]

Rafa is out injured.

Qualifiers on now.


sb Men's Australian Open 2024 Winner

Djokovic 2.00
Alcaraz 4.00
Sinner 7.00
Medvedev 11.00
Zverev 23.00
Rune 34.00
De Minaur, Dimitrov 41.00
Rublev, Ruud 45.00
Tsitsipas 67.00


Why are Tsitsipas's odds so long?

[K]

sb Ladies' Australian Open 2024 Winner

Swiatek 3.20
Sabalenka, Rybakina 6.00
Gauff 8.00
Pegula, Osaka, Jabeur 21.00
Vondrousova, Zheng 31.00
Svitolina, Sakkari 41.00
Krejcikova 51.00

[Jezza]

Disappointing that Rafa is out.

That might be the last time we see him play in Australia.

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

As soon as i have been to the AO say for 2 days week 1 of the AO i normally switch off.

I prefer playing the game anyway.

More is see of it more i want to play.

nice to have a few nice drinks and eat something nice and check out a game or 2 is my plan.

[K]

Trouble!

Alex dM lost the 1st-set tiebreak to Raonic.


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Yesterday, the Djoker was made to work for his win against qualifier Prizmic:
62 67 63 64.

Today, Andy Murray lost in straight sets to 30th seed Etcheverry, 46 26 26.

[K]

A struggle, but de Minaur served out the 2nd set, and it's one set each.

[Jezza]

^ Raonic retired after sustaining an injury.

De Minaur through to the 2nd Round.

[Jezza]

Real shame to see Raonic pull the pin early.

Sad to see veterans such as Murray, Wawrinka, Nadal (withdrew) and Raonic all struggling. We're now close to an end of an era from the generation born in the late 80s/early 90s.

I guess nothing lasts forever.

Djokovic is the only one in his age group that's sustained his high performance.

[K]

Huge effort from Dominic Thiem but he lost in five sets and five hours to Felix Auger-Aliassime.

'Thiem exited the court at about 1.45am to a standing ovation from an audience who seemed well aware they had witnessed a contest that went beyond the realm of ordinary tennis and entered a special plane.'

(SMH)

[K]

...
Why are Tsitsipas's odds so long?

Back injury.

But he's talking up his 'miraculous' recovery!

[LaurieHolden]

Kokkinakis ready to go straight down to Middle Park Beach in those board shorts post this match.

[K]

de Minaur is cruising towards a straight-sets victory against Cobolli.

Shelton leads 2 sets to 1 against Mannarino, Djokovic 2 sets to nil against Etcheverry. They are on course for a grudge match.



Darren Cahill is in Sinner's camp.

[K]

AdM did win in straight sets...

But Shelton is staring down match points in the 5th!!

And Mannarino does it! Beats Shelton in 5. So no Djokovic-Shelton grudge match to keep the press happy.

[Jezza]

Women's #1 Iga Świątek lost this evening.

[Donny]

Beaten by an unseeded teenager, Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic.