Australian Open 14th-27th January

Nadal is out ffs

Hes suffering from a virus which has hampered his recovery. Think its fair to say his career is at an end

Anyway predictions

Mens - Djokovic

Womens - Serena

Murray will face Robin Haase in the first round.

Never heard of pub teamer Hasse but Murray must be happy with morale boosting win in Brisbane. . .although hard to solely focus on tge event when half the country is ablaze

Ablaze?

Hasse was 2 sets up v Murray at the US Open 2011. Should win

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/20973192

Rest of the draw

Quite a tough first round draws for the big 3.

Van Nistelrooy is a decent player.

Mathieu and Paire could cause some problems too if they have a good day.

Potential Murray v Del Potro quarter-final. :popcorn: They haven't played each other in about ten years.


Azarenka would have just been humbled by Serena in the final, so I suppose the pain will be lessened by going out to her in the semis.

Konta and Keothavong both failed to qualify.

Baker and Ward one match away from the main draw.

Fed could have a fun time playing Raonic in the fourth round.

Tennis. :bow:

Baker qualified for the main draw by beating Youngy 6-4 1-6 6-3. He'll play Rosol in the first round. Rosol :lol:. Awlful one-hit wonder.

Ward was beaten 6-3 7-5 by Reister, so failed to qualify.

Order of play for Monday:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/9731435.stm

Hewitt v Tipsarevic. :popcorn:

Hewitt vs Tipsy is in a first set tie-break. Amazing shot from Tipsy at the start of it.

Spirit of Djokovic. :bow:

4-0 Tipsy leads.

Four set points for Tipsy!

Tipsy takes the first set 7-6 (7-4)! Nearly 70 minutes for that set. :lol:

Djokovic unsurprisingly beat Mathieu 6-2 6-4 7-5.

David Ferrer just beat Rochus 6-3 6-4 6-2. :bow:

Sharapova beat Puchkova 6-0 6-0. :lol:

Muzza is first up tonight, at midnight.

Rusedski on Djokovic:

I think he's going to be tough to beat. :faint:

Hewitt leads 3-0 in the second set! And to serve.

Tipsy got one of the breaks back, 3-2.

Im going to the evening session at Rod Laver on Saturday. Hopefully someone good is on!

I think that will be Federer's match or Murray's (if they make it there). One of them will be in the evening session I am sure, most likely Fed. If I am not completely wrong it would be Fed against Tomic based on seedings, so that would have the homecrowd behind Tomic to some extent.

Tipsy is serving to stay in the second set at 5-3!

Break point for Tipsy.

Very well saved by Hewitt.

Not really the time for a dropshot, Hewitt. Adv. Tipsy.

And he gets the break back! 5-5.

Set point for Tipsy!

Federer would be good, and seeing him slap Tomic around would be lovely!

Saved. Hewitt can take it in to another tie-break.

Stunning backhand up the line from Tipsy. Deuce again.

And another but this time with the forehand. :blink:

Set point!

Wow. Brilliant from Tipsy, he takes the second set 7-5.

Eurosport. :haha:

Wrong place to the cut action off.

"Surely not even Lleyton Hewitt can think about this sort of come..."

Tipsarevic won 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 6-3.

Not been a good day for the Aussies really.

Ivanovic just beat Czink 6-2 6-1.

Hewitt :lol:.

The +1 wins in the exhibition tournament gave him false On Paper™ hope.


Watson gritted and GHELled her way to a 2-6 6-3 6-2 win against Cadantu.

Will Murrays match be televised on normal tv?

Nope. BBC only have the final this year I think.

Any of the tennis clique watching the Murray v Van Nistelrooy match?

Charlie :rose:.

Rors :rose:.

Syn :rose:.

Rors is missed on here.

Best Villa fan we ever had.