2018 Australian Open, Melbourne - ATP GRAND SLAM

[GameSetAndMath]

Sunday's schedule:

11.30am Pablo Carreno Busta (10) v Marin Cilic (6)
2:00 pm Rafael Nadal (1) v Diego Schwartzman (24)
4:00 pm Kyle Edmund v Andreas Seppi
6:00 pm Grigor Dimitrov (3) v Nick Kyrgios (17)

I'm picking Cilic, Nadal, Edmund and Kyrgios.

I second all your picks.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

After three round are over and 16 men remain, it is time to look at the odds again.

1. Roger 33/20 (about 38% chance)
2. Rafa 11/4 (about 27% chance)
3. Novak 6 (about 14% chance)
4. Nick 9 (about 10% chance)
5. Grigor 16
6. Cilic 28
7. Thiem 33
8. Berdych 35
9. Chung 80
10. Edmund 100

The other six players PCB (150), Shortman (200), Fog (200), Seppi (500), Tennys (500), and Fucsovics (500) are not even given 1% chance.

 

[Moxie]

I second all your picks.

Yeah, but PCB IS giving Cilic a run for it, as I hoped.

 

[Moxie]

After three round are over and 16 men remain, it is time to look at the odds again.

1. Roger 33/20 (about 38% chance)
2. Rafa 11/4 (about 27% chance)
3. Novak 6 (about 14% chance)
4. Nick 9 (about 10% chance)
5. Grigor 16
6. Cilic 28
7. Thiem 33
8. Berdych 35
9. Chung 80
10. Edmund 100

The other six players PCB (150), Shortman (200), Fog (200), Seppi (500), Tennys (500), and Fucsovics (500) are not even given 1% chance.

Isn't that a big odds differential, given Roger's draw and Rafa's?

 

[Moxie]

Cilic is beginning to take control of that match. PCB lost the break advantage in the 3rd, and now looks to be playing catch-up.

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

Can someone give an objective comment on the speed of the surface this year?

I felt it has dramatically slowed down. :/
I might be biased, but yeah, slowed down.

 

[Moxie]

PCB blew a chance to serve out the match. Now in a TB.

 

[Moxie]

Can someone give an objective comment on the speed of the surface this year?

I felt it has dramatically slowed down. :/
I might be biased, but yeah, slowed down.

On the question of "objective," I'm going to say no. Did you see the article I provided earlier today?

 

[Ricardo]

Can someone give an objective comment on the speed of the surface this year?

I felt it has dramatically slowed down. :/
I might be biased, but yeah, slowed down.

That is just bs, slowing it down so players have to rally a lot longer to win points. Just reward players with good defence, while offensive players suffer.

 

[Moxie]

That is just bs, slowing it down so players have to rally a lot longer to win points. Just reward players with good defence, while offensive players suffer.

Yes, but Darth insists that they have sped up the courts, and this is where the controversy comes in. That's why I asked Shivashish if he'd see the article I posted. I can repost.

 

[Moxie]

What a shot from Nadal! No-look overhead.

 

[kskate2]

@Moxie All the commies insist the courts are playing faster this year

 

[kskate2]

Can ESPN stop this double box nonsense. I cannot see what's going on when half my screen is reduced to the size of a postage stamp :cuckoo:

 

[Moxie]

I put one on ESPN3.com, though they are like 3 points behind.

 

[Ricardo]

What a shot from Nadal! No-look overhead.

FYI the backhand overhead is done the same way.

 

[brokenshoelace]

I might be the only one who wasn't at all impressed by Nadal this tournament and this match shows why. The first set scoreline really doesn't reflect things.

 

[Ricardo]

I might be the only one who wasn't at all impressed by Nadal this tournament and this match shows why. The first set scoreline really doesn't reflect things.

Exactly Rafa is playing crap tbh, he can play way better.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Nadal's rally backhand has been a little too spinny this tournament and it's a problem. He's also really struggling to put points away even from dominant positions and oh my god does his touch suck this week. But yeah, Johnny Mac continues to call him the best volleyer out of the top guys, which is insane.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Courts are definitely NOT playing slow.

 

[brokenshoelace]

Rafa needs to clean things up next match otherwise he's in serious trouble against Cilic.