SMB Tennis thread (note there is a specific Wimbledon 22 thread)
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JL1985
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Almagro, Tipsarevic and Bahgdatis as well.
The Bridge Lad
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Biggest title to date for Emma Raducanu who just turned 17 last month, beating compatriot Naiktha Bains in an Indian 25k event.
I've mentioned her for a few years now, but it could be a breakthrough year for her next season. Best prospect on the women's side since Robson by some distance.
I've mentioned her for a few years now, but it could be a breakthrough year for her next season. Best prospect on the women's side since Robson by some distance.
MarcoG
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I know I'm a broken record but this ATP Cup is another reason the new Davis Cup is just bad. This tournament is better if anything, gives players like Dimitrov the chance to actually compete at the highest international level.
But anyway, the proper season starts this week! Shame about Murray pulling out of the Australian Open but better to be safe than sorry I guess.
Only nine days away from qualies for the first Slam of the season.
But anyway, the proper season starts this week! Shame about Murray pulling out of the Australian Open but better to be safe than sorry I guess.
Only nine days away from qualies for the first Slam of the season.
JL1985
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The Bridge Lad
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I think there's still a lot of flaws with this ATP Cup, but it is good to see tennis return, even if it is a relatively short off season compared to most other sports. 3 WTA events this week as well - Brisbane premier, and internationals in Auckland and Shenzhen, and because it's so close to a slam, pretty much all the big names are involved.
Can't wait for the AO to start. Not really in a position to take holiday this time, so not sure how best to watch, but still looking forward to it all the same.
Can't wait for the AO to start. Not really in a position to take holiday this time, so not sure how best to watch, but still looking forward to it all the same.
Born Never Asked
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Nadal just cant get near Djokovic on a hard court can he.
chopsfc007
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Andrescu out of the aussie open
The Bridge Lad
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Aye, a big shame, but she's probably going to be injury plagued throughout her career unfortunately. She's actually unbeaten in slams since the AO last year, but that's part of the problem.
I can see Serena finally getting to 24 slams here. She won her first title since coming back from maternity in the early hours, and looked good throughout the week. She's just 9/2, but that's probably where my money would/will go.
MarcoG
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Not a great start to the tournament...
There's gonna be a lot of seething going on from certain players when Federer is given night matches all tournament again.
Just seen that Nicolas Jarry has just been provisionally banned for doping as well. 'Substances so incredibly low that they are equivalent to trillionths of a gram' according to his statement so this has legs. Always been a huge fan of the excuses we get from players when this happens, Sara Errani's mam making a broth and accidentally dropping PED's/cancer medication in was an interesting one, the mysterious woman that was never discovered who Gasquet kissed when he was tested positive for cocaine also a strong favourite.
There's gonna be a lot of seething going on from certain players when Federer is given night matches all tournament again.
Just seen that Nicolas Jarry has just been provisionally banned for doping as well. 'Substances so incredibly low that they are equivalent to trillionths of a gram' according to his statement so this has legs. Always been a huge fan of the excuses we get from players when this happens, Sara Errani's mam making a broth and accidentally dropping PED's/cancer medication in was an interesting one, the mysterious woman that was never discovered who Gasquet kissed when he was tested positive for cocaine also a strong favourite.
The Bridge Lad
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I've looked forward to this for months, but it does feel strange with all that's going on over there. There was a lot of rain last night which delayed a lot of the qualifying, but that'll be good for the air in the short term. Both British men out of Qs at the first hurdle, Harriet Dart through, Naiktha Bains out, and Sam Murray was one who had her match delayed due to the weather, so she might possible have to play 2 matches in one day to catch up, unless they have matches on Saturday instead.
The draw is out at 7am UK time. I don't think Eurosport are showing it, but it'll likely be on a Facebook page or something. It looks like Eurosport are dramatically cutting their production costs, and the vast majority of presenters / pundits will be in the UK not on site in Melbourne.
Women:
en.wikipedia.org
Top half has Barty, Serena and Osaka, so possibly more value in backing someone in the bottom half to win each way.
Gauf vs Venus II, and Sharapova vs Vekic are probably the 2 stand out women's matches IMO.
Men:
en.wikipedia.org
Federer ended up in Novak's half, so that's a potential semi final. Possibly Nadal vs Kyrgios again in R4.
Have you got any combined bets on @chopsfc007 mate?
The draw is out at 7am UK time. I don't think Eurosport are showing it, but it'll likely be on a Facebook page or something. It looks like Eurosport are dramatically cutting their production costs, and the vast majority of presenters / pundits will be in the UK not on site in Melbourne.
Women:
2020 Australian Open – Women's singles - Wikipedia
Top half has Barty, Serena and Osaka, so possibly more value in backing someone in the bottom half to win each way.
Gauf vs Venus II, and Sharapova vs Vekic are probably the 2 stand out women's matches IMO.
Men:
2020 Australian Open – Men's singles - Wikipedia
Federer ended up in Novak's half, so that's a potential semi final. Possibly Nadal vs Kyrgios again in R4.
Have you got any combined bets on @chopsfc007 mate?
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chopsfc007
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Gauff - venus should be interesting erm not really got halep on one but i will have more funds for the first weeks play anyway as im out on the drink Saturday so putting less on the football have you got much on.I've looked forward to this for months, but it does feel strange with all that's going on over there. There was a lot of rain last night which delayed a lot of the qualifying, but that'll be good for the air in the short term. Both British men out of Qs at the first hurdle, Harriet Dart through, Naiktha Bains out, and Sam Murray was one who had her match delayed due to the weather, so she might possible have to play 2 matches in one day to catch up, unless they have matches on Saturday instead.
The draw is out at 7am UK time. I don't think Eurosport are showing it, but it'll likely be on a Facebook page or something. It looks like Eurosport are dramatically cutting their production costs, and the vast majority of presenters / pundits will be in the UK not on site in Melbourne.
Women:
2020 Australian Open – Women's singles - Wikipedia
Top half has Barty, Serena and Osaka, so possibly more value in backing someone in the bottom half to win each way.
Gauf vs Venus II, and Sharapova vs Vekic are probably the 2 stand out women's matches IMO.
Men:
2020 Australian Open – Men's singles - Wikipedia
Federer ended up in Novak's half, so that's a potential semi final. Possibly Nadal vs Kyrgios again in R4.
Have you got any combined bets on @chopsfc007 mate?
The Bridge Lad
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Nowt on yet pal, but will go through the draws in more detail tomorrow night and go from there.
chopsfc007
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Definitely putting accumalators on maybe combine it with the darts masters thats on soon
MarcoG
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Must be one of the most bland first round draws in ages! Other than the two you listed there's nothing particularly that stands out.
Medvedev v Tiafoe and Djokovic v Struff probably the main ones on the men's side
The Bridge Lad
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Day 1 order of play
Rod Laver Arena
12am
(3) Naomi Osaka (Jpn) v Marie Bouzkova (Cze)
Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v (8) Serena Williams (USA)
Steve Johnson (USA) v (3) Roger Federer (Swi)
8am
(1) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) v Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr)
Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) v (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser)
Margaret Court Arena
12am
(13) Denis Shapovalov (Can) v Marton Fucsovics (Hun)
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) v (7) Petra Kvitova (Cze)
Venus Williams (USA) v Cori Gauff (USA)
8am
(6) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) v Salvatore Caruso (Ita)
(24) Sloane Stephens (USA) v Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Melbourne Arena
12am
(8) Matteo Berrettini (Ita) v Andrew Harris (Aus)
Kristie Ahn (USA) v Caroline Wozniacki (Den)
Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) v (18) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)
Samantha Stosur (Aus) v Catherine McNally (USA)
1573 Arena
Sam Querrey (USA) v (25) Borna Coric (Cro)
Reilly Opelka (USA) v (12) Fabio Fognini (Ita)
(10) Madison Keys (USA) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus)
(12) Johanna Konta (Gbr) v Ons Jabeur (Tun)
Court 3
Martina Trevisan (Ita) v (14) Sofia Kenin (USA)
Ann Li (USA) v Lizette Cabrera (Aus)
Jordan Thompson (Aus) v Alexander Bublik (Kaz)
John Millman (Aus) v Ugo Humbert (Fra)
Court 5
Julia Goerges (Ger) v Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk)
Kaia Kanepi (Est) v Barbora Krejcikova (Cze)
Marin Cilic (Cro) v Corentin Moutet (Fra)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) v Marcos Giron (USA)
Court 7
Christina McHale (USA) v (13) Petra Martic (Cro)
Jannik Sinner (Ita) v Max Purcell (Aus)
Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) v (22) Maria Sakkari (Gre)
(14) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) v Lloyd George Harris (Rsa)
Court 8
(22) Guido Pella (Arg) v John-Patrick Smith (Aus)
(18) Alison Riske (USA) v Yafan Wang (Chn)
Marc Polmans (Aus) v Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz)
Kaja Juvan (Slo) v (23) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr)
Court 10
Mohamed Safwat (Egy) v Gregoire Barrere (Fra)
Magda Linette (Pol) v Arantxa Rus (Ned)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa) v Norbert Gombos (Svk)
Court 11
Saisai Zheng (Chn) v Anna Kalinskaya (Rus)
Christian Garin (Chi) v Stefano Travaglia (Ita)
Leonardo Mayer (Arg) v Tommy Paul (USA)
Court 12
Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Ricardas Berankis (Lit)
Tamara Zidansek (Slo) v Na-Lae Han (Kor)
Madison Brengle (USA) v Caroline Garcia (Fra)
Tatsuma Ito (Jpn) v Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind)
Court 13
Viktorija Golubic (Swi) v Lin Zhu (Chn)
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) v (9) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)
Pablo Andujar (Spa) v Michael Mmoh (USA)
Bernarda Pera (USA) v (29) Elena Rybakina (Kaz)
Court 14
(30) Daniel Evans (Gbr) v MacKenzie McDonald (USA)
Tennys Sandgren (USA) v Marco Trungelliti (Arg)
Fiona Ferro (Fra) v Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v Greet Minnen (Bel)
Court 15
Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) v Laslo Djere (Ser)
Kyle Edmund (Gbr) v (24) Dusan Lajovic (Ser)
(27) Qiang Wang (Chn) v Pauline Parmentier (Fra)
Nao Hibino (Jpn) v Shuai Peng (Chn)
Court 19
(25) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) v Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi)
Radu Albot (Mol) v (32) Milos Raonic (Can)
(31) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) v Dennis Novak (Aut)
Polona Hercog (Slo) v Rebecca Peterson (Swe)
Court 22
Paula Badosa Gibert (Spa) v Johanna Larsson (Swe)
Sorana Cirstea (Rom) v (32) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze)
Quentin Halys (Fra) v Filip Krajinovic (Ser)
(21) Benoit Paire (Fra) v Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger)
The 3 Brit's where there's probably more hopes, all play on Monday, with Watson, Dart (who came through quals), and Boulter all playing their R1 match on Tuesday. I'm looking to get up around 5am every day, so will likely be able to able to watch the 3rd matches on each court when I get up (assuming I don't hit snooze).
Yep, I was looking at the Tiafoe match as the possible pick on the men's side, but thought it was a stretch including it as a stand out. On the women's side there's the likes of Muguruza, Wozniacki, Garcia and Goerges who are usually seeded, but aren't this time, but they've all drawn lower ranked players in matches they should win. They'll likely meet a seed in R2 if they get through, instead of R3 like usual, so that might make R2 a bit more interesting.
I mean there are plenty of matches featuring some of my more preferred players, which I'll look forward to, but certainly not must see for the neutral. I'm just hoping Venus doesn't pull out late with her not having played yet in 2019.
Rod Laver Arena
12am
(3) Naomi Osaka (Jpn) v Marie Bouzkova (Cze)
Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v (8) Serena Williams (USA)
Steve Johnson (USA) v (3) Roger Federer (Swi)
8am
(1) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) v Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr)
Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) v (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser)
Margaret Court Arena
12am
(13) Denis Shapovalov (Can) v Marton Fucsovics (Hun)
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) v (7) Petra Kvitova (Cze)
Venus Williams (USA) v Cori Gauff (USA)
8am
(6) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) v Salvatore Caruso (Ita)
(24) Sloane Stephens (USA) v Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Melbourne Arena
12am
(8) Matteo Berrettini (Ita) v Andrew Harris (Aus)
Kristie Ahn (USA) v Caroline Wozniacki (Den)
Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) v (18) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)
Samantha Stosur (Aus) v Catherine McNally (USA)
1573 Arena
Sam Querrey (USA) v (25) Borna Coric (Cro)
Reilly Opelka (USA) v (12) Fabio Fognini (Ita)
(10) Madison Keys (USA) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus)
(12) Johanna Konta (Gbr) v Ons Jabeur (Tun)
Court 3
Martina Trevisan (Ita) v (14) Sofia Kenin (USA)
Ann Li (USA) v Lizette Cabrera (Aus)
Jordan Thompson (Aus) v Alexander Bublik (Kaz)
John Millman (Aus) v Ugo Humbert (Fra)
Court 5
Julia Goerges (Ger) v Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk)
Kaia Kanepi (Est) v Barbora Krejcikova (Cze)
Marin Cilic (Cro) v Corentin Moutet (Fra)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) v Marcos Giron (USA)
Court 7
Christina McHale (USA) v (13) Petra Martic (Cro)
Jannik Sinner (Ita) v Max Purcell (Aus)
Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) v (22) Maria Sakkari (Gre)
(14) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) v Lloyd George Harris (Rsa)
Court 8
(22) Guido Pella (Arg) v John-Patrick Smith (Aus)
(18) Alison Riske (USA) v Yafan Wang (Chn)
Marc Polmans (Aus) v Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz)
Kaja Juvan (Slo) v (23) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr)
Court 10
Mohamed Safwat (Egy) v Gregoire Barrere (Fra)
Magda Linette (Pol) v Arantxa Rus (Ned)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa) v Norbert Gombos (Svk)
Court 11
Saisai Zheng (Chn) v Anna Kalinskaya (Rus)
Christian Garin (Chi) v Stefano Travaglia (Ita)
Leonardo Mayer (Arg) v Tommy Paul (USA)
Court 12
Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Ricardas Berankis (Lit)
Tamara Zidansek (Slo) v Na-Lae Han (Kor)
Madison Brengle (USA) v Caroline Garcia (Fra)
Tatsuma Ito (Jpn) v Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind)
Court 13
Viktorija Golubic (Swi) v Lin Zhu (Chn)
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) v (9) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)
Pablo Andujar (Spa) v Michael Mmoh (USA)
Bernarda Pera (USA) v (29) Elena Rybakina (Kaz)
Court 14
(30) Daniel Evans (Gbr) v MacKenzie McDonald (USA)
Tennys Sandgren (USA) v Marco Trungelliti (Arg)
Fiona Ferro (Fra) v Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v Greet Minnen (Bel)
Court 15
Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) v Laslo Djere (Ser)
Kyle Edmund (Gbr) v (24) Dusan Lajovic (Ser)
(27) Qiang Wang (Chn) v Pauline Parmentier (Fra)
Nao Hibino (Jpn) v Shuai Peng (Chn)
Court 19
(25) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) v Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi)
Radu Albot (Mol) v (32) Milos Raonic (Can)
(31) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) v Dennis Novak (Aut)
Polona Hercog (Slo) v Rebecca Peterson (Swe)
Court 22
Paula Badosa Gibert (Spa) v Johanna Larsson (Swe)
Sorana Cirstea (Rom) v (32) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze)
Quentin Halys (Fra) v Filip Krajinovic (Ser)
(21) Benoit Paire (Fra) v Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger)
The 3 Brit's where there's probably more hopes, all play on Monday, with Watson, Dart (who came through quals), and Boulter all playing their R1 match on Tuesday. I'm looking to get up around 5am every day, so will likely be able to able to watch the 3rd matches on each court when I get up (assuming I don't hit snooze).
Must be one of the most bland first round draws in ages! Other than the two you listed there's nothing particularly that stands out.
Medvedev v Tiafoe and Djokovic v Struff probably the main ones on the men's side
Yep, I was looking at the Tiafoe match as the possible pick on the men's side, but thought it was a stretch including it as a stand out. On the women's side there's the likes of Muguruza, Wozniacki, Garcia and Goerges who are usually seeded, but aren't this time, but they've all drawn lower ranked players in matches they should win. They'll likely meet a seed in R2 if they get through, instead of R3 like usual, so that might make R2 a bit more interesting.
I mean there are plenty of matches featuring some of my more preferred players, which I'll look forward to, but certainly not must see for the neutral. I'm just hoping Venus doesn't pull out late with her not having played yet in 2019.
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Big Norrie on Tursday as well.
Born Never Asked
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Anyone had any bets ? Had a decent sized one on Djokovic at 6/4, just cant see how he dosnt win it injury permitting. Fancy a Medvedev Djokovic final which is a decent price at 7/1.
chopsfc007
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What you betting on
