2023 Tennis
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What a bummer of a way to start this years thread. To add some content I watched the Djokovic vs Shapovalov 2nd set this morning and I remain convinced Shapo will never have the mental fortitude to have sustained top 10 success on the ATP tour. Looking forward to some early morning tennis the next few weeks though!
Djokovic was probably going to win anyway, but this is looking like a cakewalk. Is he going to be hovering around -180 to win?
He plays Medvedev in the semis in Adelaide today, let's see how that goes before calling him a massive fave.
Djokovic beats Medvedev 6-3, 6-4, and Wertheim agrees he is an overwhelming favorite:
View: https://twitter.com/jon_wertheim/status/1611702452373405697?s=46&t=xMtYN92BIhh_ZczI4g6zSw
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Given how unfair he was treated last year, I am sure Djoker is a man on a mission in this event. He was easily the best player in the world before, and probably would have won a minimum of 1 more Major championship, and good chance 2 had he been allowed to participate.
Could he lose? Sure, guys twist and ankle, tweak a knee, so anything is possible. But should he be an overwhelming favorite, yes he should. I would be a major upset for anyone in this field to beat him
Could he lose? Sure, guys twist and ankle, tweak a knee, so anything is possible. But should he be an overwhelming favorite, yes he should. I would be a major upset for anyone in this field to beat him
But if betting would you take the field djokovic? Crazy in a sport like tennis that I’d probably lean djokovic.
don’ bet on Osaka, she withdrew
don’ bet on Osaka, she withdrew
Naomi Osaka is pregnant.
View: https://twitter.com/naomiosaka/status/1613223970891010049?s=46&t=WpqvoLDmG5skJgIv9st8OA
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I would definitely bet Djokovic over the field. And of course there were probably at least 8-10 French opens where Nadal over the field was right bet. But this is on a neutral surface, so that makes it really amazing.
Congrats to Osaka. Hopefully this is able to finally allow her some peace I wouldn't be surprised if this represents basically the end of her tennis career.
Generally annoyed there is no eSPN3 coverage. It's either on E+ or the linear cable coverage, and Tennis Channel gets nothing
Kyrgios pulls out with a knee injury that will require surgery. Was really looking forward to see what Nick would do this year at this event.
Stan played Andy in the 1st Round in the 2020 French Open. Easy one to miss since it was played in September.
Good call!
Berrettini finally breaks through and is about to go up 4-2, now we're having fun.
They're in a tiebreak for the 4th. Berrettini is on set point #3. #2 was on his serve. Edit: And Berrettini breaks Murray on #3 to send it to a fifth set. Gotta think he's a favorite to win at this point as I don't trust Murray's fitness.
That tiebreaker was incredible, the 24 shot rally at 5-5 was so tense. Murray needed to win that, have to think Berrettini is the fave now as @Mr. Wednesday said.
Got lucky and woke up in time to see most of the Djokovic match, he was a bit rusty at the start but absolutely dominated the third, barely losing a point.
Big match today is Gauff/Raducanu, first match of the night session, so after 3 AM EST.
Big match today is Gauff/Raducanu, first match of the night session, so after 3 AM EST.
Nadal down 5-3 in the 2nd. Just left the court with an injury. Honestly, don't know that he'll return after this 3 minutes.
He is gonna give it a go, but this set looks lost, so he'll have to battle the injury and win 3 straight. Uphill batte, and McDonald has been playing great.
Raducanu fought hard in the second set, down 4-2 and she won three straight games and had two set points at 5-4. But she couldn’t finish it and Coco played a better breaker and took it 7-4. Fun match, I hope Raducanu can stay healthier.
Just woke up to find out about Nadal losing and Coco winning. It's hard to follow the Australian Open if you're not a night owl.
Yeah, I fell asleep midway through the 3rd set on the Nadal match.
Honestly, people will talk about the injury, but prior to that, McDonald was just blistering him. Nadal couldn't get going, especially on McDonald's first serve. If anything, the injury break hurt McDonald. He came back out clearly tight, and wasn't sure how to handle it. Crowd was nuts in favor of Nadal, rightfully so, but McDonald started missing his first serve, a couple double faults, and wasn't making Nadal move around (which given the injury was nearly impossible for Rafa). The kid deserved the win, IMO, with or without the injury.