Australian Open

Oh my. Not even Cristiano Malgioglio would have dared that look.

What kind of absurdity is Berrettini - Murray at first turn?

Unfortunately Berrettini wasted a match point in the 5th set and lost at tie break.

Both deserved to go further.

DAY 2 THOUGHTS

-Murray/Berrettini, the years first dramatic epic. Shame Berrettini kind of tossed that final set breaker away before it got going, because the way he worked his way back into it after how Murray was toying with him the first two sets was great, and it had turned into a really awesome match that deserved a better ending. He'll be haunted by how he fucked up his match point for a while.

-Still, very happy for Murray (and Zverev).

-About three-quarters of the people who featured on Break Point are gone. Thanks, Netflix.

-The fucking RAIN. What is this, Wimbledon?

-Djokovic's soft draw now rendered all the softer by the fact that the two guys battling for the spot to face him, who would have done well to win games in the first place, will now not even get the days rest between matches.

-His performance, hitting the ball harder than Berrettini to make up for the dead balls and the slow conditions, was pretty amazing.

-RUNE. All the casuals crying about Kyrgios' exit, and the actual one to watch in that section of the draw nicely breezes through against one of the better first-round opponents you can have. Actually, talk of soft draws aside, if Novak has to go through both him and his bogeyman (Carreno-Busta) back to back, that'd be pretty impressive.

-If Casper Ruud gets through his next two rounds I'll be impressed.

-Muguruza's shit 2022 carrying over into 2023 is sad admittedly tough opponent though she had.

-That bottom half of the womens draw is a joke. Tough to call when the three best players in it (Sabalenka, Jabeur, Garcia) all like to wet the bed on the big occasion. Meanwhile, in the top half, Swiatek, Andreescu, Rybakina and Gauff (and Ostapenko) are all in the same quarter.

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Who is dressing these guys?

Nice result.

Unfortunately it can't undo the injustice from last year

Absolutely, goddamn right ^

It's funny what a year can do - I'm not saying Djokovic will win it now - a year later - but I damn sure am saying Nadal wouldn't have beat him last year and that's a swing of TWO slams (-1 / +1) over political bullshit ....... 

It's amazing what a year can do - like last year Nicole Kidman was winning her 2nd Oscar and Nadal was called "the GOAT" in a lot of places and on MAR - this year Cate Blanchett unleashed TAR for ffs - no one thinks Kidman is a Blanchett.......... and the guy who was thrown out of the country is now getting standing ovations.......... and will end up with what..........maybe 25 Slams? More?

It's as close to justice as you can get.........I mean in terms of message board revenge and stuff 

Zverev - out which matters because they won't show his awesome gf anymore

Ruud - out so there goes his shot at world number 1 to Brooksby as the Americans are acting like imperialistic swine

Rune - wins and wants Djoko and he'll get him - Do ya feel lucky punk? Well do ya?

Djokovic - practically broke this dudes ankle and wins the 1st set 6-1, LOSES 7-6 in the 2nd ......in progress ......but reinjured his leg - badly:

Djoko hammy is spammy, could cost him his shot at a 22nd Slammy ...... too much?

DAY 4 THOUGHTS

-Before today, Andy Murray was in a 4-way tie with Federer, Boris Becker and Aaron Krickstein on 10 wins each coming back from 2 sets to nothing. He now stands alone at 11. Legend. To do that after the Berrettini match, in what was about 5 minutes shy of the longest match in the history of the Australian Open is fucking nuts.

-In 2019 Roberto Bautista Agut beat Murray here in 5 sets, and after the defeat Andy was given a retirement ceremony. 4 years later... The rematch

-Ons Jabeur looked like she almost died on the court today. Tough to tell if serious, or if she just choked again.

-Cannot believe Carreno-Busta fucked his match up  (I can. He is a master of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory) Somewhere Novak Djokovic is sleeping easy tonight. 

-Popyrin EPIC. Another member of Break Point goes down.

-Jenson Brooksby AWESOME against Casper Ruud. He's another of those flat hitters that these conditions cater to perfectly.

-Zverev going out is not that much of a surprise given how long he's been out, but that a pigeon shit on him in the process can't have done his ego any favours. They say that is good luck, but... He was winning the match when that happened...

I'm a rookie at reading these American odds, but... Whose tea did Tsitsipas piss in?  More than worth a bet.

Medvedev down 2 sets and now down a break in the 3rd to Korda...ya know, man, if Djokovic loses this tournament because of his hamstring - I may just give it up and admit Andy Murray is the GOAT or something ........... the vile Djoko gets an easy draw, his rivals knocked out (or about to be), all the conditions in his favor for play, a perfect Revenge Narrative.....come on dude, the tennis Gods are intervening in your favor ffs - get them to shoot dope into your hammy for the love of God......

ibbi
You seem obsessed with Sinner 's ass... 🤔

DAY 6 THOUGHTS

-Ben Shelton, 20 years old, never left the United States before, Falcons fan, into the 4th round after knocking out Aussie in straight sets in front of his home crowd. Beautiful.

-Sir Andy going down in a valiant effort, limping for half the match, but fighting till the end. The second set was amazing. Bobby Agoo such a slick dude.

-Rune and Rublev both looking good. Could be an amazing display of hitting in a couple of days.

-Djokovic-de Minaur will have a hell of an atmosphere. Novak will finally have an opponent who certainly has the game to keep him out there for a while and make him work and see what kind of shape he's actually in. Also kind of a mental midget too, so we'll see.

-LOVE that either Shelton or Wolf is going to be in a QF. Good for them. Sad for Brooksby, but Tommy Paul is great too even if he no longer looks like he just walked in off Jersey Shore. This resurgence in American mens tennis is cool to see. Wonder if any of them can stop Roberto

-DONNA VEKIC FOR THE SEMI-FINAL! What a career turnaround! GO GET IT, GIRL!