Australian Open [Men] - Grand Slam

[Bonaca]

Looks like the Greek Clown is on his way to Nadal!
Nadal will go the hard way: Clown-Wiener Schnitzel- Daniil- Roger or Novak. Wow thats pretty hard.

 

[don_fabio]

Nick is a bit like a tall version of Santoro. You just don't know where some of his shots will land on the court.

Looks like the Greek Clown is on his way to Nadal!
Nadal will go the hard way: Clown-Wiener Schnitzel- Daniil- Roger or Novak. Wow thats pretty hard.

Nick will have a hard job against KK to go through, but I have a gut feeling he will, crowd is all behind him and he is playing 100% serious.

 

[don_fabio]

OMG first tweener after set and a half, but at 40:0 on a serve

 

[Bonaca]

Nick is a bit like a tall version of Santoro. You just don't know where some of his shots will land on the court.

Nick will have a hard job against KK to go through, but I have a gut feeling he will, crowd is all behind him and he is playing 100% serious.

Me too. Karen not that good at the moment.

 

[Bonaca]

Polish Stanislas loses first set! Good job.

 

[Bonaca]

Was Kyrgios joking about Nadals tics after the 5:4, 30:15?? Had a conversation with umpire and made the moves Nadal makes before serving, including the disgusting butt-thing.
This guy is really a disrespectful bastard.
But damn funny!

 

[don_fabio]

Me too. Karen not that good at the moment.

KK about to lose 2nd set after winning the first

 

[don_fabio]

Was Kyrgios joking about Nadals tics after the 5:4, 30:15?? Had a conversation with umpire and made the moves Nadal makes before serving, including the disgusting butt-thing.
This guy is really a disrespectful bastard.
But damn funny!

I didn't get it what really happened, did umpire warn him for taking too long to serve? Was he picking his butt?

 

[El Dude]

Mikael Ymer holding his own. He was a Next Genner I had my eye on a couple years ago, but he faded (I think injury related). But he's really been coming along lately. It will be interesting to see how far he can rise.

 

[don_fabio]

40 shot rally, Kyrgios the pusher haha

 

[rafanoy1992]

While I think Kyrgios will be a more dangerous matchup for Nadal than Khachanov, I actually would not mind Nadal facing Kyrgios in the 4th round. Like I said before, for Nadal, it is all about reserving some physical energy for the later rounds of the tournament. Because Kyrgios play fast (sometimes too fast), Nadal would not have to worry about going into long rallies. If Kyrgios does decide to play long rallies, then big advantage to Nadal. Also, this is a slow high-bouncing court, so that means Nadal will able to absorb some of Kyrgios aggressive shots.

 

[Bonaca]

I didn't get it what really happened, did umpire warn him for taking too long to serve? Was he picking his butt?

Yes i think so. And he is making the Nadal moves, so i think he was referring to him. Funny bastard.

 

[rafanoy1992]

In other matches, Khachanov immediately breaks Ymer in the 3rd set.

Herbert just took the third set over Goffin, just like that Herbert breaks Goffin at the start of the 4th set.

Carreno Busta lost the 3rd set 6-1, after winning the first two sets comfortably.

 

[Bonaca]

While I think Kyrgios will be a more dangerous matchup for Nadal than Khachanov, I actually would not mind Nadal facing Kyrgios in the 4th round. Like I said before, for Nadal, it is all about reserving some physical energy for the later rounds of the tournament. Because Kyrgios play fast (sometimes too fast), Nadal would not have to worry about going into long rallies. If Kyrgios does decide to play long rallies, then big advantage to Nadal. Also, this is a slow high-bouncing court, so that means Nadal will able to absorb some of Kyrgios aggressive shots.

No doubt who will win. But it will be psycological interesting. He will provoke him and try to hit him withh the ball like in London. It will take something from Nadal, i think.

 

[Bonaca]

While I think Kyrgios will be a more dangerous matchup for Nadal than Khachanov, I actually would not mind Nadal facing Kyrgios in the 4th round. Like I said before, for Nadal, it is all about reserving some physical energy for the later rounds of the tournament. Because Kyrgios play fast (sometimes too fast), Nadal would not have to worry about going into long rallies. If Kyrgios does decide to play long rallies, then big advantage to Nadal. Also, this is a slow high-bouncing court, so that means Nadal will able to absorb some of Kyrgios aggressive shots.

Remember what Giraffe did to Nadal when serving well last time they met. Clown can also serve well. It could be tighter than you think.

 

[don_fabio]

Seppi blew off a chance to go up 2:0, he got broken at 5:4

 

[rafanoy1992]

Remember what Giraffe did to Nadal when serving well last time they met. Clown can also serve well. It could be tighter than you think.

I would not be surprised if it is a tight match. All I know it would not be as physical compared to a potential match with Thiem or Medvedev that's for sure.

 

[don_fabio]

Goffin in trouble out of nowhere, heading to 5th against Herbert.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Anderson wins the 2nd set tiebreaker 7-5. Yeah, he should win this match now

A couple seconds later, Wawrinka wins the 2nd set 7-5 after being down 4-5.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Holy cow, Herbert just broke Goffin in the 5th set! What a turn of events in that match...

Anderson just broke Fritz and he is now two games away from the 3rd round.

Wawrinka broke Seppi and he is now two games away from winning the 3rd set.