Australian Open [Men] - Grand Slam

[MargaretMcAleer]

So I read,they were a good junior doubles pair,also good friends.

BTW Roger Federer sent Thanasi a message after he won his first match.

 

[Moxie]

Well to be fair he injured himself playing Montreal 2017 with no match play prior coming straight from holiday/vacation whatever people wish to call it and entered the USO carrying a back injury. So yeah, it had a big impact on his USO and probably hands down one of the dumbest scheduling moves of his career.

Oh, I know, we can't stop bemoaning that portion of Fed's career and choices. I still don't believe that Roger made no effort at training, even though he has always seemed a bit casual about it. If he really did, bad on him, especially if he was that arrogant about his body at 35. He's also had back issues prior, so who knows what would have happened, anyway. My POINT was that Fed fans, like yourself and Darth, amongst others laid the 5-setter v. Tiafoe solely down to his back, and rather slagged off Tiafoe as too much of an also-ran to have otherwise done that well. What I'm saying is that Tiafoe, by giving Novak a run for his money yesterday, rather proves that he's not just a patsy to an elite player having a bad day.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Both players had to save BPs match between The Young Greek and Thanasi tight first set going to a t/breaker

 

[rafanoy1992]

Thanasi needs 1st set if he believes he can pull off the upset.

Thanasi wins the 1st set tiebreaker 7-5!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

SP for Thanasi


DF from the Young Greek and Thanasi wins the 1st set 76 (5) Oi Oi Oi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rafanoy1992]

For Thanasi, just focus on your service games for now as you have 1 set in your bag. Once it gets deeper in the 2nd set, then try to hit better returns in play.

As for Tsitsipas, he has to grind out on his return games and hopefully Thanasi starts to break down on his own service games.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Bad service game from Thanasi. Two double faults and a lot of unforced errors from him that service game. We will see how he recovers from that this 2nd set.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Thanasi serve let him down in crucial points in his service game,and UFE he was broken

 

[rafanoy1992]

Tsitsipas wins the 2nd set 6-4.

Thanasi did not play a bad at all in the 2nd set. He just played one bad service game and that proved to be the difference. Let's see if he can re-focus on his own service game at the start of 3rd set.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Just like in the 2nd set, Thanasi loses concentration and lost his own serve. He is getting a little bit tired so we will see.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Thanasi needs to change the pace in this match,The Young Greek is getting too much rhythm in this match

Double break now for the Young Greek 4-1

The Young Greek wins the 3rd set 61

Thanasi needs to find his first serve and FHand and try to make less UFE

 

[Moxie]

Let's face it, if Kokkinakis could take down Tsitsipas after being nowhere since forever, that would be a terrible outcome for Stefanos and all of his fans, and potentially tennis. I want to see Kokkinakis come back, but not so much today.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Let's face it, if Kokkinakis could take down Tsitsipas after being nowhere since forever, that would be a terrible outcome for Stefanos and all of his fans, and potentially tennis. I want to see Kokkinakis come back, but not so much today.

The potential 4th Round between Tsitsipas/Khachanov or Tsitsipas/Berrettini will be very interesting to see. Tsitsipas needs to up his level if he wants to win those potential matchups

 

[rafanoy1992]

Wow, Berrettini with three unforced errors in that service game and he lost the 3rd set in an instant.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Let's face it, if Kokkinakis could take down Tsitsipas after being nowhere since forever, that would be a terrible outcome for Stefanos and all of his fans, and potentially tennis. I want to see Kokkinakis come back, but not so much today.

I dont think that will happen,if it happen well all Kudos to him,I dont see your point that it would be a terrible outcome for Stefanos and his fans and tennis at all?????????????????there have been upsets in tennis at GS.

 

[Moxie]

Go, Tsitsipas, go McDonald over Coric. Forza Matteo e Fabio! Gotta get up early to watch Rafa. Buona notte, cari.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Great serving Thanasi but remeber you need to lose you dont want to upset The Young Greek and his fans or Moxie apparently or tennis!

 

[Moxie]

I dont think that will happen,if it happen well all Kudos to him,I dont see your point that it would be a terrible outcome for Stefanos and his fans and tennis at all?????????????????there have been upsets in tennis at GS.

Perhaps an exaggeration, but I want Stefanos to be a real contender. I don't want to see him get upset early. If these Gen-Xers/whatever can't put serious claims on Majors, back-to-back, then we're going back to the Wild West when the Big 3 are over. And the Big 3 also won't be over anytime soon.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Perhaps an exaggeration, but I want Stefanos to be a real contender. I don't want to see him get upset early. If these Gen-Xers/whatever can't put serious claims on Majors, back-to-back, then we're going back to the Wild West when the Big 3 are over. And the Big 3 also won't be over anytime soon.

Quite frankly I didnt' believe you said that? I am also a fan of other players but if they can beat,they were beaten by a better player on the day.,regardless if they are Gen-Xers/whatever.
So if Rafa makes it to play Sefanos and gets beaten I assume you will be okay with that.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Just like Tiafoe yesterday, this is probably Thanasi’s best slam match in terms of fighting hard both mentally and physically. Hopefully, he can keep it up this whole year!