Australian Open 2021

[DUN I LOVE]

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[Damian]

Five matches to watch on Day 1 of AO 2021

Spoiler:

Australian Open 2021 gets underway with a packed schedule of matches on Monday – here’s our pick of the best of them.

Denis Shapovalov [11] vs Jannik Sinner
In what promises to be a blockbuster, the top-ranked Canadian faces off against the in-form Italian, who claimed the Great Ocean Road title on Sunday. Expect scintillating shotmaking in this first-ever meeting between the pair who, at 21 and 19 respectively, may look back on this clash as the foundation of a long rivalry.

MORE: Day 1 schedule of play

After two weeks of practice in Adelaide last month with AO 2009 champion Rafael Nadal, Sinner meets another southpaw in Shapovalov, who similarly delivers his best results on hard courts. The Canadian is seeking to better his third-round appearance in Melbourne in 2019, where he fell to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in four sets.


Sinner comes into AO 2021 with winning momentum
Naomi Osaka [3] vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Power and precision? Expect both in this intriguing match-up. AO 2019 champion Osaka, unbeaten since February 2020, thrives on hard courts and at just 23, can navigate her way through a major like a veteran. The Japanese fan favourite can expect a spirited challenge from the Russian, who has reached three of her six career Grand Slam quarterfinals here in Melbourne.

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Osaka will need to be on her guard against Pavlyuchenkova
Last year, Pavlyuchenkova toppled seeds including Karolina Pliskova and Angelique Kerber en route to the final eight. The duo has a 1-1 head-to-head record, each recording straight-sets wins – Osaka’s being the most recent, in September 2019.

Kei Nishikori vs Pablo Carreno Busta [15]
This is a rematch two years in the making. The Japanese former world No. 4 came back from a two-sets-to-love deficit against Carreno Busta at Australian Open 2019 to clinch victory after a grueling five-setter that featured three tiebreaks and lasted over five hours. A stalwart on tour and seeded at majors for the bulk of the past decade, Nishikori has reached four quarterfinals in Melbourne, but he’ll need to produce his best to post an upset over Carreno Busta.

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Carreno Busta was in fine form for Spain in the ATP Cup
The 29 year-old’s best results come on hard courts – the Spaniard made the semifinals of the US Open just five months ago, a feat he’d previously achieved in 2017.

Bianca Andreescu [8] vs Mihaela Buzarnescu [LL]
Tennis fans have been waiting for Andreescu’s comeback with bated breath. Sidelined by injury since 2019, shortly after capturing her maiden Grand Slam in New York, many are wondering if the Canuck will pick up where she left off: unflappable, explosive and fearless.

MORE: ‘Happy to be back’: Andreescu calm ahead of return

The 20 year-old's return to competitive tennis pits her against Buzarnescu, a left-handed Romanian who isn’t afraid of big stages or players in the top 10 – she eliminated Elina Svitolina in straight sets at Roland Garros 2018, and took a set off Simona Halep during their second-round match at Wimbledon 2019.

Grigor Dimitrov [18] vs Marin Cilic
Get your popcorn ready. It’s a role reversal from the last time these players dueled at Roland Garros 2019, when the unseeded Dimitrov upset Cilic, then seeded 11th, in a memorable five-setter. The Bulgarian, who posted his best result in Melbourne in 2017 by reaching the semifinals (lost to Nadal), will need to dig deep to earn victory over the Croat, who he’s beaten just twice in six head-to-head meetings.

Cilic, the former world No. 3, reached the Australian Open 2018 final, where he lost to Roger Federer. Despite being unseeded in Melbourne last year, Cilic took out seeds Roberto Bautista Agut and Benoit Paire, both in five-set marathons.

https://ausopen.com/articles/news/five- ... -1-ao-2021

[Nando]

[CajraX]

Polskie okno, czyli to co mentorzy mtenis lubią najbardziej

[Rroggerr]

To byłby dobry przykład poczucia humoru i dystansu do samego siebie, żeby wstać o tej czwartej rano i odpalić Majchrzak-Kecmanovic.

Poza Grzesznikiem, to takich naprawdę ciekawych meczów bez dorabiania żadnej ideologii chyba nie ma.

[DUN I LOVE]

Poza Grzesznikiem, to takich naprawdę ciekawych meczów bez dorabiania żadnej ideologii chyba nie ma.

Tak pewnie będzie do przyszłej niedzieli, chociaż i ten Grzesznik może jutro szybko wywiesić bialą flagę. Wczoraj i dziś łącznie około 5 godzin spędził grając mecze o stawkę.

[Damian]

Australian Open 2020 - drabinka turnieju singlowego:

[1] Novak Djoković vs Jeremy Chardy 
Francis Tiafoe  vs Stefano Travaglia 
Reilly Opelka  vs Yen Hsun Lu 
Albert Ramos  vs [27] Taylor Fritz 
[17] Stanislas Wawrinka  vs Pedro Sousa 
Marton Fucsovics  vs [WC] Marc Polmans 
Corentin Moutet  vs John Millman 
Federico Coria  vs [14] Milos Raonic 

[10 Gael Monfils  vs Emil Ruusuvuori 
Yoshihito Nishioka  vs Pedro Martinez Portero 
Aljaz Bedene  vs Alexander Bublik 
[Q] Sergiy Stakhovsky  vs [23] Dusan Lajović 
[32] Adrian Mannarino  vs Dennis Novak 
Miomir Kecmanović  vs Kamil Majchrzak 
[LL] Taro Daniel  vs [Q] Maxime Cressy 
Marcos Giron  vs [6] Alexander Zverev 


[3] Dominic Thiem  vs Michaił Kukuszkin 
Dominik Koepfer  vs vs [LL] Hugo Dellien 
[Q] Frederico Ferreira Silva  vs vs Nick Kyrgios 
Yasutaka Uchiyama  vs [29] Ugo Humbert 
[18] Grigor Dimitrov  vs Marin Cilić 
[WC] Alex Bolt  vs Norbert Gombos 
[Q] Kimmer Coppejans  vs Jiri Vesely 
Kei Nishikori  [/b] vs [15] Pablo Carreno Busta 

[11] Denis Shapovalov  vs Jannik Sinner 
Yuichi Sugita  vs [Q] Bernard Tomic 
[LL] Damir Dzumhur  vs James Duckworth 
[LL] Cedrik Marcel Stebe  vs [20] Felix Auger Aliassime 
[25] Benoit Paire  vs Jegor Gierasimow
Gianluca Mager  vs [Q] Asłan Karasiew 
Federico Delbonis  vs Juan Ignacio Londero 
[Q] Elias Ymer  vs [8] Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 


[7] Andriej Rubliow  vs Yannick Hanfmann 
Thiago Monteiro  vs Andrej Martin 
[WC] Li Tu  vs Feliciano Lopez 
Sam Querrey  vs [31] Lorenzo Sonego 
[24] Casper Ruud  vs Jordan Thompson 
Nikołoz Basilaszwili  vs Tommy Paul 
[WC] Christopher Oconnell  vs Jan Lennard Struff 
Radu Albot  vs [12] Roberto Bautista Agut 

[13] David Goffin  vs [WC] Alexei Popyrin 
Lloyd Harris  vs [LL] Mikael Torpegaard 
Mackenzie McDonald  vs Marco Cecchinato 
Guido Pella  vs [22] Borna Corić 
[28] Filip Krajinović  vs [LL] Robin Haase 
Pablo Andujar  vs [Q] Quentin Halys 
Roberto Carballes Baena  vs Attila Balazs 
Vasek Pospisil  vs [4] Daniił Miedwiediew 


[5] Stefanos Tsitsipas  vs Gilles Simon 
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis  vs vs Soon Woo Kwon 
[Q] Botic Van De Zandschulp  vs vs [Q] Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 
Mikael Ymer  vs [26] Hubert Hurkacz 
[19] Karen Chaczanow  vs [WC] Aleksandar Vukic 
Ricardas Berankis  vs [WC] Sumit Nagal 
[Q] Tomas Machac  vs [Q] Mario Vilella Martinez 
Kevin Anderson  vs [9] Matteo Berrettini 

[16] Fabio Fognini  vs Pierre Hugues Herbert 
[Q] Henri Laaksonen  vs Salvatore Caruso 
Pablo Cuevas  vs Andreas Seppi 
Tennys Sandgren  vs [21] Alex De Minaur 
[30] Daniel Evans  vs Cameron Norrie 
Ilja Iwaszka  vs [Q] Roman Safiullin 
[Q] Michael Mmoh  vs [Q] Viktor Troicki 
Laslo Djere  vs [2] Rafael Nadal 

[Marcelo]

Polskie okno, czyli to co mentorzy mtenis lubią najbardziej

To byłby dobry przykład poczucia humoru i dystansu do samego siebie, żeby wstać o tej czwartej rano i odpalić Majchrzak-Kecmanovic.

Nie ma takiej potrzeby. Wcześniej gra Świątek, a więc człowiek będzie już na dobre wybudzony.

[Damian]

Australian Open 2020 - drabinka turnieju deblowego:

[1] Juan Sebastian Cabal / Robert Farah vs Nikoloz Basilashvili / Andre Begemann
Attila Balazs / Marton Fucsovics vs Alexander Bublik / Andrey Golubev
Marcelo Demoliner / Santiago Gonzalez vs Marcelo Arevalo / Matwe Middelkoop
Miomir Kecmanovic / Casper Ruud vs [13] Robin Haase /Oliver Marach
[12] Jeremy Chardy /Fabrice Martin vs Simone Bolelli /Maximo Gonzalez
Lorenzo Sonego /Andrea Vavassori vs Romain Arneodo /Benoit Paire
Laslo Djere /Stefano Travaglia vs Andrew Harris /Alexei Popyrin
Marcos Giron /Cameron Norrie vs [6] Jamie Murray /Bruno Soares

[3] Marcel Granollers /Horacio Zeballos vs Nicholas Monroe /Frances Tiafoe
Vasek Pospisil /Denis Shapovalov vs [WC] Alex Bolt /Jordan Thompson
Adrian Mannarino /Gilles Simon vs Marcus Daniell /Philipp Oswald
Dominik Koepfer /Tennys Sandgren vs [14] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen
[10] John Peers /Michael Venus vs Alex de Minaur /Matt Reid
Rohan Bopanna /Ben McLachlan vs [WC] Ji Sung Nam /Min-Kyu Song
Tomislav Brkic /Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi vs Pablo Andujar /Pedro Martinez
Jonny O'Mara /Artem Sitak vs [5] Rajeev Ram /Joe Salisbury

[7] Marcelo Melo /Horia Tecau vs Filip Krajinovic /Dusan Lajovic
Radu Albot /Daniel Evans vs Andres Molteni /Hugo Nys
Aljaz Bedene /Jiri Vesely vs Luke Bambridge /Dominic Inglot
Pablo Carreno Busta /Marc Lopez vs [9] Ivan Dodig /Filip Polasek
[15] Max Purcell /Luke Saville vs Guillermo Duran /Albert Ramos-Vinolas
Pablo Cuevas /Guido Pella vs [WC] Matthew Ebden / John-Patrick Smith
[WC] Thanasi Kokkinakis /Nick Kyrgios vs Lloyd Harris Julian Knowle
Ariel Behar /Gonzalo Escobar vs [4] Wesley Koolhof /Lukasz Kubot

[8] Pierre-Hugues Herbert /Nicolas Mahut vs Gianluca Mager Yoshihito Nishioka
Yannick Hanfmann /Kevin Krawietz vs Divij Sharan /Igor Zelenay
[WC] James Duckworth /Marc Polmans vs Nikola Cacic /Frederik Nielsen
Ricardas Berankis /Mikhail Kukushkin vs [11] Henri Kontinen /Edouard Roger-Vasselin
[16] Ken Skupski /Neal Skupski vs Felix Auger-Aliassime /Hubert Hurkacz
Federico Coria /Diego Schwartzman vs John Millman /Thiago Monteiro
[WC] Petros Tsitsipas /Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Mackenzie McDonald /Tommy Paul
Yen-Hsun Lu /Sam Querrey vs [2] Nikola Mektic /Mate Pavic

[DUN I LOVE]

Panowie, a jak kursy buków?

@Barty @Kiefer

[Kiefer]

[Damian]

Australian Open 2021 - plan gier na poniedziałek:

Rod Laver Arena - start o 1:
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – [3] Naomi Osaka (Sidor)
Laura Siegemund – [10] Serena Williams (Nijaki)
[3] Dominic Thiem – Mikhaïl Kukushkin (Olejniczak)

Nie przed 9:
[WC] Lizette Cabrera – [2] Simona Halep (Sakowicz/Celt)
[1] Novak Djokovic – Jérémy Chardy (Stopa)

Margaret Kort Arena - start o 1:
Kirsten Flipkens – Venus Williams (Lewandowski)
Bernarda Pera – [23] Angelique Kerber (fragment) (Lewandowski)

Nie przed 4:30:
Marcos Giron – [6] Alexander Zverev (Wolfke/Przysiężny)

Nie przed 9:
Greet Minnen – [9] Petra Kvitova (Wolfke)
[11] Denis Shapovalov – Jannik Sinner (Sidor)

John Cain Arena - start o 1:
[17] Stan Wawrinka – Pedro Sousa
Misaki Doi – Ajla Tomljanovic

Nie przed 6:
[8] Bianca Andreescu – [LL] Mihaela Buzarnescu

Nie przed 9:
[Q] Frederico Ferreira Silva – Nick Kyrgios (końcówka)

1573 Arena - start o 1:
Federico Coria – [14] Milos Raonic
[15] Iga Światek – Arantxa Rus (Furjan/Wiktorowski)

Nie przed 4:30:
[27] Ons Jabeur – Andrea Petkovic

Nie przed 6:
Kei Nishikori – [15] Pablo Carreno Busta

Kort 3 - start o 1:
Corentin Moutet – John Millman
[19] Marketa Vondrousova – Rebeca Peterson fragment (Synówka)
[18] Grigor Dimitrov – Marin Cilic (końcówka) (Olejniczak)
[7] Aryna Sabalenka – Viktoria Kuzmova

Kort 5 - start o 1:
Zarina Diyas – Tamara Zidansek

Nie przed 4:30:
[32] Veronika Kudermetova – Marta Kostyuk

Nie przed 7:
Frances Tiafoe – Stefano Travaglia

Kort 6 - start o 4:
Miomir Kecmanovic – Kamil Majchrzak (Domański)

Nie przed 6:
Federico Delbonis – Juan Ignacio Londero

Kort 7 - start o 1:
[Q] Rebecca Marino – [WC] Kimberly Birrell
[Q] Mayo Hibi – [LL] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
[LL] Damir Dzumhur – James Duckworth

Nie przed 6:
[Q] Elias Ymer – [8] Diego Schwartzman

Kort 8 - start o 1:
Yaroslava Shvedova – Camila Giorgi
[Q] Sara Errani – [30] Qiang Wang

Nie przed 4:30:
[25] Benoit Paire – Egor Geramisov
Yuichi Sugita – [Q] Bernard Tomic

Kort 10 - start o 1:
Gianluca Mager – [Q] Aslan Karatsev

Nie przed 6:
[Q] Kimmer Coppejans – Jiri Vesely

Kort 12 - start o 1:
Reilly Opelka – Yen‐Hsun Lu
[Q] Timea Babos – [LL] Ysaline Bonaventure
Aljaz Bedene – Alexander Bublik
Alizé Cornet – [Q] Valeria Savinykh

Kort 13 - start o 1:
[10] Gaël Monfils – Emil Ruusuvuori
Su‐Wei Hsieh – [Q] Tsvetana Pironkova

Nie przed 5:
[24] Alison Riske – Anastasia Potapova

Nie przed 7:
[LL] Cedrik‐Marcel Stebe – [20] Felix Auger‐Aliassime

Kort 14 - start o 1:
Nina Stojanovic – Irina‐Camelia Begu
Marton Fucsovics – [WC] Marc Polmans
Dominik Koepfer – [LL] Hugo Dellien

Nie przed 6:
Vera Zvonareva – [17] Elena Rybakina

Kort 15 - start o 1:
Albert Ramos‐Vinolas – [27] Taylor Fritz

Nie przed 5:
Varvara Gracheva – Anna Blinkova
[LL] Taro Daniel – [Q] Maxime Cressy

Kort 16 - start o 1:
[32] Adrian Mannarino – Dennis Novak
Katie Boulter – Daria Kasatkina

Nie przed 5:
Fiona Ferro – Katerina Siniakova
[Q] Sergiy Stakhovsky – [23] Dusan Lajovic

Kort 17 - start o 1:
Polona Hercog – Caroline Garcia
Yoshihito Nishioka – Pedro Martinez
Yasutaka Uchiyama – [29] Ugo Humbert

Nie przed 6:
Patricia Maria Tig – Sorana Cirstea

[Damian]

Despite Eight Titles, Djokovic Needs New Playbook For 2021 Australian Open

Spoiler:

Thiem, Zverev also feature in Day 1 action

Toss the playbook out the window.

The trusted and time-tested warm-ups, the routines, the rituals employed in the lead-up to the year’s first major? Yeah, you can scrap those, too. This is an Australian Open like no other, after all, one held amidst a global pandemic; one that’s seen athletes quarantined and the run-of-the-mill practice session become a treasured commodity.

Hotel rooms became improvised gymnasiums, fitted with stationary bikes, yoga matts and hand weights. Mattresses became backboards, entryways suddenly ideal for suicide sprints. But sometimes you’ve just got to make do.

“Players are so used to routines. They like to be in control. They’re not in control,” observed Chris Evert, a two-time Australian Open champion. “I think it’s going to demand a lot of patience and a lot of flexibility and who’s going to really adjust and adapt the best under those precarious circumstances.”

“This is obviously totally unprecedented,” echoed John McEnroe, who’ll partner with Evert in the ESPN broadcast booth throughout the fortnight. “I guess you have to sort of go into it in ‘be-prepared-for-anything’ mode. Look at the glass half-full instead of half-empty. Some players will be better at that than others.”

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Novak Djokovic is among those who are learning to adjust on the fly. Though Serbia fell short in its title defence at the ATP Cup (l. to Germany, 2-1), the full-throttle match play should serve the top seed well as he sets out in pursuit of a record ninth Norman Brooks Challenge Cup at Melbourne Park. The two-time defending champion, who in 2020 matched boyhood idol Pete Sampras by finishing year-end No. 1 in the FedEx ATP Rankings for a sixth time, will be the featured opening-night attraction in Rod Laver Arena when he faces veteran Frenchman Jeremy Chardy. Djokovic is a perfect 13-0 against his fellow 33-year-old, including a straight-sets victory on these same courts in their first encounter back in 2009.

Another former champion, 17th seed Stan Wawrinka, will also be in action Monday. The 2014 titlist is set to face Portugal’s Pedro Sousa in what will be their first meeting.

Tennis aficionados are gleefully envisioning a third-round tussle between countrymen Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 11th and 20th seeds, respectively. But both Canadians — first-round casualties last year — have their work cut out for them if that is to become a reality.

As luck would have it, Shapovalov drew fast-rising Italian Jannik Sinner in the opening round, a highly anticipated match-up in Margaret Court Arena. Sinner comes in hot, having won his second ATP Tour title at the Great Ocean Road Open on Sunday. The #NextGenATP Italian enters the Australian Open on a 10-match winning streak, after finishing his 2020 campaign with another title run at the Sofia Open.

The 20-year-old Auger-Aliassime, who advanced to his seventh ATP Tour final at the Murray River Open, will meet lucky loser Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany on Court 13.

“Felix has an opportunity to be potentially the best player in the world in the future. There’s not many players that you can say that about,” said McEnroe of the World No. 21.

The question for both Sinner and Auger-Aliassime will be how they recover after the quick turnaround from Sunday’s ATP 250 finals. Will they have anything left in the tank?

Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime aren’t the only Canadians hitting the court on Day 1. No. 14 seed Milos Raonic, who’s reached the quarter-finals or better on five occasions in Melbourne, opens against Argentine Federico Coria in 1573 Arena.

<a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nova ... iew'>Novak Djokovic</a> defeated <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/domi ... w'>Dominic Thiem</a> in five sets to win the 2020 <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/ ... Australian Open</a> final.

Last year's finalists Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem could meet in this year's semi-finals.
No. 3 seed Dominic Thiem, who broke through for his first major singles title last year at the US Open, will face Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin in Rod Laver Arena. Thiem’s foil at Flushing Meadows, No. 6 seed Alexander Zverev, is scheduled to take on former UCLA standout Marcos Giron of the United States. Zverev helped lead Germany past Serbia in Group A play at the ATP Cup, teaming with Jan-Lennard Struff in doubles to down Djokovic and Nikola Cacic for the clincher, 7-6(4), 5-7, 10-7.

Marin Cilic, an Australian Open finalist in 2018, won’t have the luxury of slowly working his way into form on the speedy courts of Melbourne Park. The 32-year-old Croat is sure to be tested from the get-go against Grigor Dimitrov, a semi-finalist in 2017. Cilic holds a 4-2 advantage in his ATP Head2Head rivalry against the talented Bulgarian, though Dimitrov claimed their most recent clash at Roland Garros in 2019, a thrilling 6-7(3), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 nail-biter.

Homegrown favourite Nick Kyrgios’ return to Grand Slam tennis is also among the most intriguing storylines as the 2021 Australian Open gets underway. Out of precaution, the Canberran opted out of both Roland Garros and the US Open in 2020, playing only nine matches all year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His first-round opponent will be Portuguese qualifier Frederico Ferreira Silva, ranked No. 184.

Also on the Day 1 schedule are four-time quarter-finalist Kei Nishikori vs. No. 15 Pablo Carreno Busta; Elias Ymer vs. No. 8 Diego Schwartzman; No. 10 Gael Monfils vs. Emil Ruusuvuori; Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. No. 27 Taylor Fritz; and Reilly Opelka vs. Yen-Hsun Lu.

How they fare under these unique circumstances is anybody’s guess. That patience Evert spoke of, that ability to adjust, will surely come in handy.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/austral ... -1-preview

[DUN I LOVE]

Banerek wjechał.

2 godziny i ruszamy z #AO21.



AO twitter

[Barty]

Australian Open 2021 is ready to roll

Spoiler:

Author Alex Sharp
The Melbourne Summer Series, alongside the star-studded ATP Cup, provided the platform for The Happy Slam to burst into life.

Australian Open 2021 is now here, and there are an abundance of storylines to keep an eye on over the next fortnight.

World No.1 Ash Barty will headline the home charge at Melbourne Park. The Australian, despite an 11-month absence from competitive tennis, seamlessly returned to elite action at the WTA Yarra Valley Classic.

Barty lifted the trophy having toppled AO 2020 finalist Garbine Muguruza 7-6(3) 6-4 on Sunday.

The top seed, who opens her home major against world No.77 Danka Kovinic on Tuesday, also launched her Australian summer with a trophy last year.

The 24-year-old was hailed champion in Adelaide in the week prior to AO 2020, before a semifinal showing at Melbourne Park. Can the world No.1 conjure up another captivating deep run?

Over on the men’s side, the green and gold contingent are led by the likes of Alex de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios. However, the chasing pack have two parts of the ‘Big Three’ contingent to oust.

Rafael Nadal, who won his sole Australian Open crown in 2009, has since been a four-time finalist on Rod Laver Arena .

Rewind to October at Roland Garros and the ‘King of Clay’ levelled Roger Federer on 20 Grand Slams. Can the Spaniard break clear at the top of the all-time men’s major roster?

Novak Djokovic will have a big say. The world No.1, facing Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Monday night, is the reigning champion with an unprecedented eight Australian Open titles to his name, and 17 majors.

Strong victories over Alexander Zverev and Denis Shapovalov at the ATP Cup indicate the Serbian is primed for another impressive fortnight on his favourite courts.

The young guns will hope to disrupt the order.

Jannik Sinner, fresh from winning back-to-back titles at the Great Ocean Road Open at the weekend, together with Russia’s Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev becoming ATP Cup champions, illustrates they are finding from at the right time.

And US Open champion and AO 2020 finalist Dominic Thiem now has the big-time experience that means he is sure to be in the mix too.

Perhaps the most captivating narrative of all see Serena Williams continue to chase that elusive 24th major title. Seven times an Australian Open champion, last in 2017, no one can count out the 10th seed.

Unfortunately for Serena fans the task is only getting tougher with recent major winners such as Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep and defending champion Sofia Kenin all in contention.

Let the shocks, marathon matches, sublime shots and Melbourne memories begin.

https://ausopen.com/articles/news/austr ... ready-roll

[DUN I LOVE]

Jakie u was plany na pierwszą noc? Oglądacie, śpicie czy może wykazujecie się dystansem do siebie i wstajecie na Majchrzak - Kecmanović o 4 rano?

[Damian]

Nie mam zamiaru chodzić półprzytomny w robocie, choć Iga przeleciała mi przez chwilkę.

[DUN I LOVE]

Nie mam zamiaru chodzić półprzytomny w robocie, choć Iga przeleciała mi przez chwilkę.

Ja zawsze robiłem tak (pewnie zrobię tak i najbliższej nocy), że nastawiałem budzik na 6 i oglądałem godzinkę przed wyjście do biura. Pytanie tylko, czy jest na co patrzeć nad ranem (ja mam chociaż Thiema (tu tyko pilnuję wyniku) i Zworka).

[Damian]

Nie mam zamiaru chodzić półprzytomny w robocie, choć Iga przeleciała mi przez chwilkę.

Ja zawsze robiłem tak (pewnie zrobię tak i najbliższej nocy), że nastawiałem budzik na 6 i oglądałem godzinkę przed wyjście do biura. Pytanie tylko, czy jest na co patrzeć nad ranem (ja mam chociaż Thiema (tu tyko pilnuję wyniku) i Zworka).

Zobaczymy, sporo pracy organizacyjnej przed spisem powszechnym, ale może jakiś urlopik wpadnie w przyszłym tygodniu.

Oglądajcie i dużo piszcie. Dobranoc

[DUN I LOVE]

Dobrej nocy, @Damian


Jest OOP na wtorek, Rafael ok. 5 rano. Mniej więcej w tym samym czasie co Dunił.
https://ausopen.com/schedule#!23421