2019 Australian Open, Melbourne - ATP GRAND SLAM

[Federberg]

oh dear is Sascha about to lay an egg? Come on man... I have high hopes for you this year. Don't dimitrov me!!

 

[Federberg]

5th set it is, the egg has been laid will it hatch?

 

[Federberg]

Sascha!!!!! Came thru as a boss in the end. Maybe he's maturing with Lendl

 

[isabelle]

hard match for Sasha vs Jeremy, he has to increase his level soon, hope Ivan can help him the best

 

[Vince Evert]

yeah he looked the goods in the fifth winning it 6-1 to reach the 3rd round. Really looking forward to his next match vs Alex Bolt.

 

[Moxie]

Djoker serving for a straight sets win, but apparently not an esp. convincing performance today, per the commies.

 

[herios]

Djoker serving for a straight sets win, but apparently not an esp. convincing performance today, per the commies.

I just caught the end of his match this morning. Cahill said he will need to improve in the later rounds. That is fine by me, I am happy he did finish this match in 3 sets, considering how late it was. A good rest is what he needs the most.

 

[kskate2]

Schedule of Play - Day 5: Friday, January 18, 2019

Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Women's Singles 3rd Round
A. Barty (15) vs M. Sakkari

Not before 1:00pm AEDT
Men's Singles 3rd Round
T. Fritz vs R. Federer (3)

Not before 3:30pm AEDT
Women's Singles 3rd Round
M. Sharapova (30) vs C. Wozniacki (3)

Night session - From 7:00pm AEDT
Men's Singles 3rd Round
A. de Minaur (27) vs R. Nadal (2)

Women's Singles 3rd Round
K. Birrell (WC) vs A. Kerber (2)

Margaret Court Arena
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Men's Singles 3rd Round
S. Tsitsipas (14) vs N. Basilashvili (19)

Not before 1:00pm AEDT
Women's Singles 3rd Round
A. Anisimova vs A. Sabalenka (11)

Women's Singles 3rd Round
S. Stephens (5) vs P. Martic (31)

Night session - From 7:00pm AEDT
Women's Singles 3rd Round
D. Collins vs C. Garcia (19)

Men's Singles 3rd Round
M. Cilic (6) vs F. Verdasco (26)

Melbourne Arena
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Men's Singles 3rd Round
T. Berdych vs D. Schwartzman (18)

Not before 1:00pm AEDT
Women's Singles 3rd Round
A. Sasnovich vs A. Pavlyuchenkova

Men's Singles 3rd Round
G. Dimitrov (20) vs T. Fabbiano

Not before 5:00pm AEDT
Women's Singles 3rd Round
P. Kvitova (8) vs B. Bencic

1573 Arena
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Women's Doubles 2nd Round
B. Krejcikova (1)/ K. Siniakova (1) vs M. Adamczak/ J. Moore

Men's Doubles 2nd Round
A. Mannarino/ A. Mies vs B. Bryan (4)/ M. Bryan (4)

Men's Singles 3rd Round
R. Bautista Agut (22) vs / K. Khachanov (10)

Court 3
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Men's Doubles 2nd Round
H. Kontinen (12)/ J. Peers (12) vs K. Skupski/ N. Skupski

Men's Singles 3rd Round
F. Tiafoe vs A. Seppi

Not before 3:00pm AEDT
Men's Doubles 2nd Round
R. Harrison/ S. Querrey vs A. Krajicek/ A. Sitak

Mixed Doubles 1st Round
A. Sharma (WC)/ J. Smith (WC) vs M. Inglis (WC)/ J. Kubler (WC)

Court 7
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Women's Doubles 2nd Round
S. Aoyama/ L. Marozava vs K. Christian/ A. Muhammad

Men's Doubles 2nd Round
P. Herbert (5)/ N. Mahut (5) vs D. Molchanov/ I. Zelenay

Men's Doubles 1st Round
D. Inglot (10)/ F. Skugor (10) vs T. Daniel/ J. Millman

Women's Doubles 2nd Round
V. Kudermetova/ S. Santamaria vs E. Mertens/ A. Sabalenka

Court 8
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Men's Doubles 2nd Round
K. Krawietz/ N. Mektic vs I. Dodig (13)/ E. Roger-Vasselin (13)

Men's Doubles 2nd Round
P. Carreno Busta/ G. Garcia-Lopez vs M. Gong (WC)/ Z. Zhang (WC)

Women's Doubles 2nd Round
S. Stosur/ S. Zhang vs S. Hsieh (8)/ A. Spears (8)

Men's Doubles 1st Round
G. Duran/ D. Schwartzman vs B. Ellis (WC)/ A. Popyrin (WC)

Court 13
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Women's Doubles 2nd Round
L. Hradecka (6)/ E. Makarova (6) vs I. Bara/ M. Niculescu

Men's Doubles 2nd Round
O. Marach (1)/ M. Pavic (1) vs M. Gonzalez/ N. Jarry

Not before 3:00pm AEDT
Men's Doubles 1st Round
M. McDonald/ T. Sandgren vs J. Chardy/ F. Martin

Court 19
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Women's Doubles 2nd Round
N. Kichenok/ Y. Wang vs N. Melichar (4)/ K. Peschke (4)

Women's Doubles 2nd Round
H. Chan (7)/ L. Chan (7) vs X. Jiang/ Q. Wang

Women's Doubles 2nd Round
S. Cirstea/ J. Ostapenko vs A. Klepac (5)/ M. Martinez Sanchez (5)

Court 20
Day session - From 11:00am AEDT
Mixed Doubles 1st Round
Z. Yang/ R. Bopanna vs A. Groenefeld (5)/ R. Farah (5)

Not before 1:00pm AEDT
Men's Doubles 2nd Round
R. Carballes Baena (A)/ A. Rublev (A) vs L. Mayer/ J. Sousa

Not before 3:00pm AEDT
Women's Doubles 2nd Round
K. Flipkens (13)/ J. Larsson (13) vs H. Dart/ A. Kontaveit

 

[herios]

He expended so much energy against Paire that he can't stand up straight.

While Paire will always be a tough customer on HC, not to be able to defeat Popyrin for Thiem is a very bad performance. If he was injured would be another story, but to be spent is unacceptable, mainly because he hardly played this year.

 

[Fiero425]

I think I am always gonna feel bad for Goffin. Like... he's got game. And he's speedy. Not necessarily the most fun to watch. But I'm a fan. But he's just so small. Like, against the vast majority of folks he's good enough. Hence the top 10 and 20. But Copil right now just has the extra umph. Of course, Copil has found another level the last year or so and may be seeded here in the next couple of slams. So Goffin isn't playing some also ran. But he's still no top 10 player. And Goffin just... even if he comes back to win. It's gonna be a struggle. He just doesn't have that extra power boost. Which on the one hand it's like, he's gotten as far as he has without it and that's awesome. Kudos to him. He's hit above his station. On the other hand it just feels completely unfair. Even though that's dumb. It just... is. It is what it is.

Idk. Poor guy. (I mean. You can't feel too bad for him because ya know, he's not poor financially. And his stress level should be pretty low. He makes a million or hundreds of thousands a year to hit a ball around.)

He survived in 4; impressive nonetheless! Love his game even though the power level isn't there! :whistle:

 

[Moxie]

I know ow why you say that. Because your boy sucks indoors as well.

Obviously, they had to close the roof, but then I was wondering if it then has to stay closed, even if it stops raining. I say that because it's an outdoor event, and we're rules nerds around here.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Sascha!!!!! Came thru as a boss in the end. Maybe he's maturing with Lendl

Ya, but you know what will happen to him. Two consecutive five setter win and then followed by a loss.

He needs to learn to escape with a victory without spending himself in early rounds. Otherwise, he has no chance.

 

[DarthFed]

I now fully expect Coric to reach the semis just looking at the draw.

 

[Federberg]

Ya, but you know what will happen to him. Two consecutive five setter win and then followed by a loss.

He needs to learn to escape with a victory without spending himself in early rounds. Otherwise, he has no chance.

agreed

 

[DarthFed]

agreed

He has an easy third rounder at least but then Raonic. The problem is, even if well rested, I would expect Milos to beat him at a major at this point.

 

[Chris Koziarz]

He has an easy third rounder at least but then Raonic. The problem is, even if well rested, I would expect Milos to beat him at a major at this point.

I also expect Raonic to beat Zverev at the next round. And such result should not be considered an upset even if Raonic has lower hanking.

 

[Moxie]

Tsitsipas takes the first, 6-3. I'm watching the other Greek at the moment, Sakkari, but saw the scores. Basilashvili had a break back point when Stephanos was serving for it, but he held on.

 

[herios]

Same here, watching the ladies on Laver, just checked the results. Diego Schwartzman wins the first set over Tomas.

 

[Moxie]

By the scores, both men's matches look to be the battles they're meant to be. Quick WTA moment: I like Sakkari for her flair, but she makes some poor choices. Barty more solid. But I'm putting Sakkari on my "like" list. She's young.

 

[herios]

Niko Basil evens the affair.