2019 Australian Open, Melbourne - ATP GRAND SLAM

[herios]

Sasha trashes his racquet. Like the DF was due to the racquet.

 

[Fiero425]

Seventh double fault. Sascha is just looking totally disheartened out there.

That's a serious problem with this child! I thought Lendl had exercised those demons, but the possession is taking place now! It's ugly! :whistle:

 

[britbox]

Sasha,Marat Safin would be proud of the way you smashed your racket

I think he got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.Lendl is not amused.

Yeah, a penny for Lendl's thoughts right now...

 

[tented]

Looking at Zverev’s history at majors:
https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/player-activity?year=all&tournament=gs
This isn’t a huge surprise.

 

[britbox]

This is frankly embarrassing for a fourth seed. He's sulking like a toddler.

 

[herios]

Sasha loved the Canadian baguette. Milos had some more in his bag, so he gave him an encore.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Yeah, a penny for Lendl's thoughts right now...

Remember he was Andy Murray's coach

 

[Moxie]

If Alexander can't find some well of belief and real tennis at this point, a lot of people are going to lose faith in him.

 

[tented]

This is frankly embarrassing for a fourth seed. He's sulking like a toddler.

Lendl should go sit in Raonic’s box.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Needed some time to cope up. Congratulations to Perseus on his victory last night. He surely deserved it. In particular, he was mentally strong in that second set and survived multiple long games to stay in the match. Contrary to opinion of some folks, I feel Fed played reasonably well (though not his best). There are several GS losses in which Roger sucked. This is not one of them.

 

[herios]

Looking at Zverev’s history at majors:
https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/player-activity?year=all&tournament=gs
This isn’t a huge surprise.

Exactly. Why would be different this time?
The problem is he knows it too and it makes him tighter than he should be .

 

[kskate2]

This is frankly embarrassing for a fourth seed. He's sulking like a toddler.

Where's the guy that called him Bratrev?

 

[britbox]

Lendl should go sit in Raonic’s box.

That would be funny. Reminds me of the Don King story in boxing where he arrives with the champion and leaves with the champion - not necessarily the same person

 

[kskate2]

Perseus is in the ESPN studio. Further fueling Mox's attention claim on Alex's brain

 

[herios]

Stefanos in the ESPN booth .what a nice guy!
I am so happy for him.

 

[Moxie]

Perseus is in the ESPN studio. Further fueling Mox's attention claim on Alex's brain

I forgot to say one thing about his interview, and this one: I think he might be a filmmaker in the future. He's a story teller, and a few other things he said about making a drone film yesterday. Sorry...back to your regularly scheduled match.

 

[tenisplayrla08]

I certainly gave Raonic a good chance to win this match. Just because he has the steady foundation (the serve) to stay in a set with Zverev. He's more experienced. And we've seen Zverev struggle at this level of slams. And before this level.

I did not see 6-1 6-1 Raonic coming though. And it looks like Raonic isn't even having to do much. Zverev giving it away. Raonic solid. He's hit some nice forehand winners. But Zverev just not there. Which, again, is not surprising. This is a bit ridiculous. Yeah. 21 year olds are prone to bad matches. But to be #4 in the world and lose 2 sets 6-1 (even to a top player like Milos) is just ... no good.

 

[Moxie]

Alex seems to get to the business end of a Major, and the burden of expectations takes him down. I may forgive him one more time, if he makes a good showing of this misery, by the end. If he folds up, we may be quits.

 

[Moxie]

I don't know if Raonic is getting enough credit for improving his net game.

 

[britbox]

Sascha showing some life and the crowd warming to the task.