Well she's better now than she's ever been imo. No idea if it will stay that way tho.
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Well she's better now than she's ever been imo. No idea if it will stay that way tho.
BigJonsson
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Shocker that. Lisicki's year starts and ends with the grass tournaments.
Should've done doubles with Hingis, that's where her career is now. They just won in Brisbane- Hingis only doing mixed this AO though.
Yeah, weird that she's not in the doubles. I guess that she wanted to concentrate on the singles, not that that went very well.
perfectchaos007
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Eugenie serving for the match. Wonder if the on court interviewer will ask her what she thinks of Bieber's Calvin Klein ads
Randy Monk
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This Kokki kid is pretty good
PhantomZone
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Snappy dresser as well lol
littletran22
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Holy shiet Kygrios just went apeshit he was going great the 1st set and now he just lost it...
That guy ain't gonna go far. I was rooting for him too
That guy ain't gonna go far. I was rooting for him too
Isn't it "by whom"? (Not being snarky, just wondering here.)
Anyway, that's Thanassi Kokkinakis. I first saw him play a show match for charity. BTW: That name is as Greek as it gets. Same for Kyrgios, which is Greek for "Mister".
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That guy ain't gonna go far. I was rooting for him too
you mean not far in the aus open or in his career? a bit unfair to say his career based off just this, though im quite upset if he loses this match, i think the guy is great, plus, he is playing with injuries.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Kokkinakis going hard in 5th at 7v6 with Gulbis serving. Come on Kokki!!!
That Aussie crowd, SoGood.gif.
EDIT: kid is only 18 and pulled a win, congrats to him. He also saved match points against him too.
That Aussie crowd, SoGood.gif.
EDIT: kid is only 18 and pulled a win, congrats to him. He also saved match points against him too.
greenleaves
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Kokkinakis looked really solid out there. Didn't look tired at all in the fifth set. Gulbis had a lot of chances, but Kokkinakis didn't give him any chance to be aggressive on break points or match points.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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True, usually the young ones physically fall flat at the end of the 5th. I agree solid stuff and a good heart in his game.
PhantomZone
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Marias dress is a tame version of that preview. I am disappointed.
Genie looks extremely cute though.
Uh oh with the yellow hat the Australian media (particularly Channel 7) will take that as a sign of her being Australian and will thus start giving her the nickname "Aussie" Eugenie as they have done with many other foreign players over the years.
Shpeshal Nick
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That pause on Delbonis' serve is getting on my fucking nerves.
thehypocrite
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Is this the era of delpotro? or is on hold again?
Rafa=FedKilla
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Woah woah wow! She almosts looks as incredible as Rafa did last night. Impeccable form. I don't see him losing serve until the finals.....Marias dress is a tame version of that preview. I am disappointed.
Genie looks extremely cute though.
Wafflecakes
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Serena needs to win again. It has been too long for the AO.
Rafa=FedKilla
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When did Tomljanovic switch to Australia?
End of last year IIRC.
NID, considering its a Major. She would find a way to flop sooner or later.
Both Kerber and Lisicki are already out? What a bummer for German tennis.
Lisicki's result was kinda expected, Kerber's loss was surprising. Her late night matches in Sydney (one finished at 3:10 am) have probably taken their toll. Kerber needs a more clever schedule with her demanding playing style.
Well, bring on the Witthöft and Lottner future.
John Dunbar
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if nadal actually gets gasquet-berdych as his r4-quarter combo then you know tennis gods are having a laugh.
Petkovic/Görges will avenge us!
perfectchaos007
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Match starts in 4 hours
Even an out of form Vika should probably still beat Slow One. I wouldnt complain if that contrary happened though. Lol
perfectchaos007
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I thought it was tough in the US to watch the AO. Can't imagine how tough it is in Euroland.
In the US, its pretty easy to stay up for all the matches sans the 4 prime time matches.
We have two of the four Slams so I can't feel too sorry for us Euros. Waking up to Tennis (AO) and Tennis at prime time (USO) is pretty nice too.
Yeah...theres a lot of games tomorrow that start at 7 PM EST for us right...? I am looking at the schedule at www.livescore.in/tennis/...
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Did anyone see the new technology racquet some of the pros are using this year? Babolat had a presentation with Nadal about his new stats tracking racquet he and others are using at the AusOpen this year:
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Source (more at the link)
Why would you go for a slice forehand if you are virtually already in the perfect position to prepare for a killer shot
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Did anyone see the new technology racquet some of the pros are using this year? Babolat had a presentation with Nadal about his new stats tracking racquet he and others are using at the AusOpen this year:
Source (more at the link)
That's pretty great, didn't know Nadal was using it. The Babolat Play racquets are still a little bit too expensive (300 Euros here for a Pure Drive, and it was 400€ until recently), but in a few years, I bet a majority of the models will have some kind of tracking tech implemented. It's really fun to have stats on your game.
I recently tried this device from Artengo, which has the particularity to adapt to any racquet. Some stats can be useful to adjust a few things. Unfortunately, the device is a little bit too heavy. The Babolat Play models have the same weight as standard models, so that's better in my book.
The two problems I see are, at least for the time being, that stats are not that detailed (you can't have things like shot placement, 1st serve percentage, successful net approaches, hell, even errors, which are all too difficult to accurately track) and you don't have a way to know how accurate the stats you have really are.
Did anyone see the new technology racquet some of the pros are using this year? Babolat had a presentation with Nadal about his new stats tracking racquet he and others are using at the AusOpen this year:
Source (more at the link)
As a former high school coach, this would be amazing.
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