Brisbane ATP 250 - Jan 4th to 11th 2015

[GameSetAndMath]

Let the games begin :exclamation:

The draw for Brisbane is out.

Fed has a bye in 1st round. Fed plays the winner of a wild card and a qualifier in the
second round. Possible QF opponent is Simon and SF opponent is Grigor. Possible final
opponent is Raonic/Nishikori/Hewitt

Looks like Fed will at least be able to match his last year's results here. Fed is expected
to play his first match on Wednesday night.

 

[TsarMatt]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 5th to 12th

Rusty defending his title.

Nard Dog has Querrey in R1, and should win.

I very much look forward to this - a pretty good line-up for a 250 event. Let's hope it's not too hot.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Rusty defending his title.

Nard Dog has Querrey in R1, and should win.

I very much look forward to this - a pretty good line-up for a 250 event. Let's hope it's not too hot.

He apparently claims that his partying days are over; But, I don't completely buy it though.
Even R1 is not a gimme. I think it could go either way and will be competitive.

 

[TsarMatt]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Yeah, I'm not convinced with that either. We'll see - he always tends to put in a bit more effort in front of the Aussie crowd.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Yes, that is true.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Victor Troiki is in the qualifying tourney here. He needs to win three matches to get placed
in MD. But, he is the second seed among 32 players in the qualifying draw.

 

[TsarMatt]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Forecast for Brisbane tomorrow: 29c (84F). Perfect conditions.

 

[kskate2]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

^ Good news. I'm looking forward to seeing some live tennis that's not an exho.

 

[isabelle]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Can't wait to see old lion LLeyton again, hope he can defend his title

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Some interesting doubles pairings in Brisbane,

Dimitrov/Kokkinakis,Raonic/Tomic and Nishikori/Dolgopolov.

 

[TsarMatt]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Took a screenshot of the draw:

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Roger-Grigor could be a nice semi.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

RE: Brisbane ATP 250 - JAN 4th to 11th

Troiki has won his first match in qualifying. He faces the son Mecir in the second round.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Troiki has won his second match in qualifying. One more to go and it is against Denis Kudla.

 

[tented]

Order of Play for Monday, January 5:

http://www.tennisfrontier.com/news/atp-tennis/brisbane-international-monday-january-5-order-of-play-scores/

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Great bhand down the line from Kokkinakis to break Benneteau for the 1st set 64!!!!!!!!

 

[herios]

R1. First match, first surprise:
Duckworth - Simon 6-2, 6-2.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kokkinakis breaks Benneteau and consolidates to lead 5-2 in the 2nd set
Note Benneteau did have the trainer on in the 1st set,looks like a hip problem,still cant take anything away from how well Kokkinakis has played in this match.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kokkinakis will serve for the match 5-3,his proud parents are in the stands watching.
Benneteau has struggled with his fhand wing today
Kokkinakis with 3 Match Points and finishes it off with a Ace!!!!!!!!

Kokkinakis d Benneteau 64 63

Well played Kokkinakis!!!!!!!!!!

 

[shawnbm]

You have to play fairly solid and at a high level to take down Julian in most cases. Nice win to start the year for Kokkinakis.