Australian Open 2022

[Robertinho]

Mimo lepszej dyspozycji Cilicia od kilku miesięcy to jednak nie spodziewałem się, że Rubliow przegra. Jeden z tych wyników, który nie powinien mieć miejsca na tym etapie kariery nextgena. I dlatego wypada docenić Fritza, który chyba trochę niespodziewanie wyeliminował RBA, bądź co bądź lidera ATP race i znanego z gry z dobrego grania w styczniu. Kolejny Amerykanin, Cressy, rewelacja sezonu póki co.

Fritz to zdecydowanie idzie w dobrą stronę, napisałbym, że ktoś wreszcie spełni oczekiwania @Mario , ale nie wiem, jakie miał/ma wobec niego oczekiwania. Na pewno ja bym z przyjemnością przeprosił Taylora za wyzywanie od łamag.

[no-handed backhand]

Nieźle postraszył Tsitsipasa na trawie Fritz.

[jaccol55]

Sasza vs Shapo o 5, a Busta vs Berrettini i Monf vs Novak Kecmanovic później.

Dzięki, AO.

[no-handed backhand]

Maxime Cressy d. [WC] Christopher O'Connell 6‑2 6‑7(6) 6‑3 6‑2 C. Bernardes

Staś wydłubał oko Nel.

[Bombardiero]

Sonego* vs Monfils
Carreno Busta vs Berrettini
Zverev vs Opelka
Karatsev vs Nadal
Ruud vs Sinner
Bautista Agut vs Tsitsipas
Cilic vs Auger-Aliassime
Cressy/Schwartzman vs Medvedev

11/16 się sprawdziło (tego Schwartzmana podałem tylko w przypadku jakichś większych kłopotów ze zdrowiem u Cressy'ego po Sydney).

[Razing]

Sasza vs Shapo o 5, a Busta vs Berrettini i Monf vs Novak Kecmanovic później.

Dzięki, AO.

No właśnie wie ktoś o co chodzi z tym wciskaniem najlepszych meczów na sam początek?
#PseudoSlamIsReal

[Damian]

[Damian]

Pierwszy raz w IV rundzie w WS:
Miomir Kecmanovic
[20] Taylor Fritz
Maxime Cressy

Pierwszy raz w IV rundzie w AO:
[14] Denis Shapovalov
Adrian Mannarino
[32] Alex de Minaur
[11] Jannik Sinner

[Bombardiero]

Rozumiem, że ten Mannarino taki groźny według organizatorów, że trzeba mu było całkowicie skrócić czas odpoczynku, bo inaczej byśmy nie doświadczyli starcia Saszy z Rafciem?

[DUN I LOVE]

Rozumiem, że ten Mannarino taki groźny według organizatorów, że trzeba mu było całkowicie skrócić czas odpoczynku, bo inaczej byśmy nie doświadczyli starcia Saszy z Rafciem?

Mnie bardziej zastanawia, czy to nie jest przypadkiem sygnał, że ćwierćfinały też będą grane w takiej samej kolejności we wtorek (wtedy potencjalny mecz Nadal vs Zverev byłby o 4-5 rano).

[bogas1985]

Mysle ze te dzienne sesje to na zyczenie Rafy, kiedys wspominal chyba ze woli grac w dzien.

[Kamileki]

Roczniki panów z 4 rundy:
1986, 1986, 1988, 1988
1991 (Busta)
1996, 1996, 1997, 1997, 1997, 1998, 1999, 1999, 1999, 2000, 2001

AO 2022 niemal idealnie obrazuje dziurę pomiędzy rocznikiem 1988 i 1996.
W bitwie pokoleń ewidentnie najbardziej nawalili Ruscy - wtopił Karacew z Mannarino, Rubliow z Ciliciem, a Kaczanow gładko spłynął z Nadalem.

[Bombardiero]

Mnie bardziej zastanawia, czy to nie jest przypadkiem sygnał, że ćwierćfinały też będą grane w takiej samej kolejności we wtorek (wtedy potencjalny mecz Nadal vs Zverev byłby o 4-5 rano).

Jak pójdą w tę stronę z tymi ćwiartkami, to już będzie totalna porażka, no ale jakoś trzeba będzie się dostosować. Jutro chyba sobie daruję i skorzystam z odtworzenia, ale to zależy w dużej mierze od mojego naturalnego budzika.

[Kamileki]

Rozumiem, że ten Mannarino taki groźny według organizatorów, że trzeba mu było całkowicie skrócić czas odpoczynku, bo inaczej byśmy nie doświadczyli starcia Saszy z Rafciem?

Mnie bardziej zastanawia, czy to nie jest przypadkiem sygnał, że ćwierćfinały też będą grane w takiej samej kolejności we wtorek (wtedy potencjalny mecz Nadal vs Zverev byłby o 4-5 rano).

Coś mi się nie chce wierzyć, aby nie umieścili Nadala i Zvereva jako mecz sesji wieczornej.

[Bombardiero]

[Bombardiero]

[Bombardiero]

[Damian]

Australian Open



Australian Open 2022 - plan gier na sobotę:

Rod Laver Arena - start o 01:
M. Keys vs [8] P. Badosa Żbik
[4] B. Krejcikova vs [24] V. Azarenka Furjan

Nie przed 04:
A. Mannarino vs [6] R. Nadal Furjan

Nie przed 09:
[1] A. Barty vs A. Anisimova Wolfke
[19] P. Carreno Busta vs [7] M. Berrettini Stopa

Margaret Court Arena - start o 01:
[3] V. Kudermetova / [3] E. Mertens vs [14] Y. Xu / [14] Z. Yang Lewandowski

Nie przed 03:
[21] J. Pegula vs [5] M. Sakkari Lewandowski

Nie przed 05:
[3] A. Zverev vs [14] D. Shapovalov Domański(po meczu Nadala)

John Cain Arena - start o 01:
M. Philippoussis / P. Rafter vs W. Ferreira / S. Groth

Nie przed 02:30:
[12] K. Krawietz / [12] A. Mies vs [5] J. Peers / [5] F. Polasek

Nie przed 04:30:
[WC] J. Kubler / [WC] C. O’Connell vs [6] T. Puetz / [6] M. Venus

Nie przed 08:30:
M. Kecmanovic vs [17] G. Monfils Sidor/Sierzputowski

Kia Arena - start o 01:
A. Danilina / B. Haddad Maia vs A. Bolsova / U. Eikeri
[1] D. De Groot vs D. Mathewson

Nie przed 06:
[WC] T. Kokkinakis / [WC] N. Kyrgios vs [15] A. Behar / [15] G. Escobar

Nie przed 07:30:
[1] D. Alcott vs N. Vink

1573 Arena - start o 01:
P. Paukstyte vs [WC] T. Preston
[WC] C. Errey vs J. Weekes
[Q] A. Nayar vs M. Safi IRI
A. Smejkalova vs [WC] C. Aulia
[WC] A. Braund vs [14] D. Prizmic

Court 3 - start o 01:
R. Peterson / A. Potapova vs M. Linette / B. Pera
[WC] E. Perez / [WC] M. Middelkoop vs S. Mirza / R. Ram
[8] J. Murray / [8] B. Soares vs S. Bolelli / F. Fognini

Nie przed 05:30:
[3] M. Granollers / [3] H. Zeballos vs P. Andujar / P. Martinez
[8] B. Artnak / [8] V. Petr vs L. Alvarez Valdes / R. Pacheco Mendez

Court 5 - start o 01:
[WC] M. Batyutenko vs M. Rankin
H. Barton vs T. Tokac
Ma. Mushika vs [9] C. Naef
[Q] D. Valente vs [2] D. Shnaider
I. Buse / D. Dinev vs [WC] A. Despoja / [WC] H. Lamchinniah
M. Laki / D. Pavlou vs [4] L. Hietaranta / [4] S. Sierra

Court 6 - start o 01:
Z. Zhu vs [WC] L. Shuker
S. Houdet vs G. Reid
T. Sretenovic vs D. Pavlou

Nie przed 07:30:
A. Lapthorne vs [WC] D. Ramphadi
A. Michelsen / A. Vallejo vs Q. Duong / A. Harazaki

Court 7 - start o 01:
K. Montjane vs J. Griffioen
T. Egberink vs [WC] B. Weekes
K. Cross vs A. Gureva

Nie przed 07:30:
D. Wagner vs [2] S. Schroder
A. Mert / L. Radivojevic vs [2] P. Marcinko / [2] J. Svendsen

Court 8 - start o 01:
A. Van Koot vs [2] Y. Kamiji
[1] S. Kunieda vs J. Gerard
G. Fernandez vs [2] A. Hewett

Nie przed 07:30:
H. Davidson vs K. Sugeno
[7] A. Gureva / [7] E. Pridankina vs F. Urgesi / D. Valente
V. Ferrara / G. Pedone vs [6] C. Naef / [6] A. Xu

Court 12 - start o 01:
L. Mikrut vs [16] L. Midon
[3] A. Vallejo vs [Q] A. Harazaki
D. Dietrich vs [5] I. Buse
P. Buldorini vs B. Zgola
D. Dietrich / J. Kobierski vs [7] H. Barton / [7] J. Mensik

Court 13 - start o 01:
[14] V. Mboko vs [Q] E. Micic
[1] B. Kuzuhara vs D. Minighini
L. Radivojevic vs [WC] Y. Yan
[Q] Z. Larke vs [7] J. Svendsen
G. Bailly / A. Ghibaudo vs N. Ciavarella / D. Minighini
[WC] L. Fairclough / [WC] Y. Yan vs A. Todoni / H. Vandewinkel

Court 14 - start o 01:
W. Shin vs [Q] R. Murali
[9] R. Pacheco Mendez vs L. Boika
D. Glushkova vs [15] L. Hietaranta
[Q] F. Urgesi vs A. Okutoyi
[4] K. Ivanovski / [4] K. Zhzhenov vs O. Colak / A. Kim
A. El Aouni / A. Okutoyi vs Ma. Mushika / Mi. Mushika

Court 15 - start o 01:
[12] C. Wong vs [WC] A. Jasika
V. Petr vs A. Basile
A. Gea vs [7] E. Butvilas
[8] S. Costoulas vs A. Sagandikova
[1] E. Butvilas / [1] M. Poljicak vs A. Gea / L. Jones
M. Kupres / R. Stoiber vs C. Kuhl / T. Sretenovic

Court 16 - start o 01:
L. Gavrielides vs J. Nicod
[WC] E. Winter vs K. Zhzhenov
[10] Y. Bartashevich vs [Q] H. Kinoshita
[1] P. Marcinko vs A. Blokhina
A. Basile / D. Verbeek vs [WC] C. Camus / [WC] C. Errey
D. Glushkova / A. Nayar vs H. Kinoshita / S. Saito

Court 17 - start o 01:
Q. Lopez vs L. Havlickova

Nie przed 03:
J. Cristian / A. Petkovic vs K. Flipkens / S. Sorribes Tormo
[8] E. Shibahara / [8] B. McLachlan vs N. Kichenok / S. Gonzalez
[5] K. Mladenovic / [5] I. Dodig vs [WC] A. Rodionova / [WC] M. Polmans
TBD vs TBD

[Damian]

Preview: Nadal, Zverev Look To Book QF Spots

Spoiler:

Spaniard and German will set a quarter-final showdown by winning fourth-round matches Sunday in Melbourne
Of the eight men set to compete in the Australian Open fourth round Sunday, only Alexander Zverev and Gael Monfils remain perfect at nine-for-nine in sets played. But it’s Rafael Nadal, who just dropped his first set of the tournament against 28th seed Karen Khachanov, who may be feeling the best about his game.

Supercharging his return from a recurring foot injury that kept him out of action since early August, the sixth seed—who won the Melbourne Summer Set title prior to the Aussie Open—is playing better than even he had hoped for.

“I am just enjoying every single day, no? Today I played my best match without a doubt since I came back,” he said following his 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 win over the Russian. “That is a very positive and special thing for me.

“I played here at the night session with a great crowd against a very good opponent, [was] able to increase my level… I’m very happy.”

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Nadal admitted to having doubts about not only his return in time for Australia, but his return to the Tour in general. Despite the lingering foot issue—one he said cannot be fixed, but only managed—his game is rounding into form for the business end of the year’s first Slam.

After excelling against his first Top 60 opponent of the new year in Khachanov, Nadal gets World No. 69 Adrian Mannarino in the fourth round. The Frenchman upset 10th seed Hubert Hurkacz and 18th seed Aslan Karatsev on the way to what is his best AO showing.

“Mannarino is playing great,” Nadal said in a press-conference scouting report. “I think the match against Hubert [was] a surprise. He was playing at I think a very high level. To win against a player like Hubert in straight sets with that result is because you did a lot of things well. I saw a little bit of that match.”

The winner of that matchup will take on either Zverev or Denis Shapovalov in the quarter-finals. The pair has never met at a Grand Slam, splitting their last two meetings at the ATP Cup in 2020 and ’21. Zverev, who won the most recent match, holds a 4-2 edge in their ATP Head2Head record.

Playing in his first daytime match of the Melbourne fortnight on Friday, the German felt the ball “flying a lot more” in the hot third-round conditions, though his 30 unforced errors were his fewest of the tournament. High expectations are now the standard for the World No. 3, who was not totally pleased after a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Moldova’s Radu Albot.

Zverev has gotten into the routine of practising shortly after each of his matches—a luxury afforded by a trio of straight-setters. “It’s just something I do to get rhythm,” he explained. “Wanted to get some rhythm on my serve, some rhythm on my groundstrokes.”

The Tokyo Olympic gold medallist is quickly becoming a veteran of the game’s biggest stages, having reached the fourth round or better in each of his last eight major appearances. A win over Shapovalov will see him match his 2021 AO result with a quarter-final berth—and he says he’s still “quite full of energy” after spending just six-and-a-half hours on the court in the tournament.

Shapovalov has taken the long road into his first Australian Open fourth round. The Canadian has spent nearly 11 hours on court across 13 sets, including a 4-2 record in tie-breaks. In the third round, he faced one of the few men on Tour who might possess a bigger serve than Zverev’s, finding success against 23rd seed Reilly Opelka with three breaks in 12 chances. He’ll face another tall task against the 6’ 6” Zverev, who’s dropped serve just twice.

Gael Monfils was perfect on serve until Cristian Garin broke him thrice in the third round, but the Frenchman countered with seven breaks of his own in a 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-3 victory. He faces Miomir Kecmanovic in the fourth round, after the Serb upset 25th seed Lorenzo Sonego on Friday. It will be a rematch of their lone career meeting at the 2021 Rolex Paris Masters, where Monfils won in three.

<a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael ... view'>Gael Monfils</a>

Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP Tour

Rediscovering his top form as a newly married man, the 35-year-old has dropped just one set in eight 2022 matches, including a flawless run to the Adelaide International title. It’s a welcome change from a sluggish start to 2021 for Monfils, which included a first-round loss as the 10th seed in last year’s Aussie Open.

“To be honest I tried to not even remember last year,” he told the press. “I just can say that I'm here, I'm good. I feel good, as I say. I worked a lot, hard, and just been playing great tennis for many months now since America last year. So I'm just me.”

The one set he did lose this season came just before he retired with a neck problem against Thiago Monteiro at the Adelaide International 2. Against Garin, Monfils tweaked his ankle in the opening set, but was more concerned with reaggravating a neck problem as he rolled onto the floor. On the evidence of the final two sets against Garin, he seems to have recovered just fine.

Battling it out for the other quarter-final spot in the top half will be Matteo Berrettini and Pablo Carreno Busta, with the Italian coming off one of the matches of the tournament in a five-setter against Carlos Alcaraz. Berrettini spent over four hours locking horns with the Spaniard, ultimately advancing in a first-to-10, fifth-set tie-break—the first extended tie-break of Berrettini’s career. While the 18-year-old Alcaraz fell just short, he may have done his countryman PCB a favor by keeping the sixth seed on court for so long.

Neither Berrettini nor Carreno Busta have been beyond the fourth round at the Australian Open. Even more curiously, the men have yet to meet despite four full seasons as contemporaries on the ATP Tour. The two did practise together once, and will come in with a full understanding of the challenges ahead.

“It's gonna be an interesting one,” Berrettini previewed. “He's a really solid player. He's playing good. He likes to play here in Australia. He likes to play on hard. Even though everybody thinks he can play just on clay, I think he's a really good player on hard.”

That opinion is backed up by the Spaniard’s two US Open semi-final runs (2017, 2020), a stage Berrettini reached in 2019 in New York. Carreno Busta also has two hard-court titles (Winston-Salem 2016, Chengdu 2019) among his six ATP trophies, while five-time ATP Tour champion Berrettini is yet to go all the way on the hard stuff.

Down to the last 16, the stakes only get higher from here as the Happy Slam gets serious for the remaining men’s singles title contenders.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/austral ... -7-preview

[DUN I LOVE]

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