Australian Open 2018

[Lleyton]

[Emu]

Wybrali fatalną porę na meczu Rubleva.

[DUN I LOVE]

Ja zdecydowanie muszę odespać. Organizm zaczął dziś w metrze się tego mocno domagać.

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Live blog for Day 4

https://ausopen.com/live-blog/C4

[Damian]

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[Damian]

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Five things we learned on Day 4

Spoiler:

1. Seeds scattered on scorching Thursday
The temperature may have been the talk of Melbourne Park on Day 4, but so was the sudden nosedive in the number of seeds. All told, eight of the 27 seeded players in action on Thursday are heading home before meeting another player with a number by their name, bringing the total tally of seeded casualties to 29 of 64 already.

Only twice since the introduction of 32 seeds at the slams in 2002 have more fallen before the third round at the Australian Open: in both 2002 and 2015, 30 seeds had been eliminated after two rounds.

While Stan Wawrinka’s hobbling loss to Tennys Sandgren was not much of a shock, the exits of No.7 seed David Goffin and Sam Querrey, the No.13 seed, were unexpected – the American against a player at his first AO, the Belgian to a man at his last.

The trend was even more marked in the women’s draw, where 10 of the top 16 seeds – including each one from No.9 to No.16 – have now been sent packing before the third round. Five fell today, with No.9 seed Johanna Konta’s off-key performance against lucky loser Bernarda Pera the real turn-up behind Garbine Muguruza’s demise (more on that shortly).

With former champions Maria Sharapova – unseeded on her AO return – and birthday girl Angelique Kerber meeting in the third round and Jelena Ostapenko the only other Grand Slam champion in the field, it really does feel like an open Aussie Open.



2. Playing her Wei
Of all the shock departures on Thursday, none comes bigger than that of reigning Wimbledon champion and No.3 seed Muguruza, who was ousted on Rod Laver Arena by Chinese Taipei’s Su-Wei Hsieh 7-6(1) 6-4 in a match of starkly contrasting styles.

For the uninitiated, Hsieh’s game is anything but orthodox. What her double-fisted strokes lack in pace, they make up for it placement, while her late chops at the ball make it almost impossible to read her intentions, constantly keeping her opponent guessing at what might be coming next. Case in point: Muguruza, who was left every bit as shook by the straight-sets defeat as her opponent was by the victory:
So where does Hsieh’s game style come from? “I was doing a lot of different training,” she explains. “I do the topspin, I mean, the flat balls and slice. I try to practice all the stuff, so against different players I try to do a little bit different stuff, not try to play the same game.”

Nevertheless, she’s not one to step out on court simply to bamboozle. Hsieh had a gameplan for the world No.3, and executed it to perfection. “Today I tried to be hitting the ball a little bit harder, because my girlfriend told me, ‘oh, she's hitting the ball very heavy’. I say, okay, I gonna try to don't let her destroy me on the court, so try to be aggressive, to get the first point going. I was going pretty good when I was hanging there.”

The plan will probably look a little different against her next opponent, No.26 seed Agnieszka Radwanska – something of a chess player on a tennis court herself. “Yes, I think totally different game as today. I think I will try to be enjoy more on my game and try to play Su-Wei style.”

Offbeat and unpredictable? Su-Wei style suits us fine.

3. Bye-bye Benneteau? Not just yet…
There is a small corner of the Twittersphere devoted to a cause that is yet to fulfil its promise – and time is running out. A quick search for the hashtag #JulienBenneteauTitleWatch allows you access to these defenders of the faith, waiting for the day that the Frenchman, a veteran of 10 ATP finals in his 18 years on tour, finally wins that elusive trophy.

Their watch will soon be ended, however, with Benneteau announcing late last season that he would call time on his career sometime in 2018 – which makes this his 13th and last appearance in the main draw at Melbourne Park. So it stands to reason that he should mark it in style, ousting No.7 seed and dark horse for a deep run Goffin in four sweat-soaked sets out on Show Court 2, 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1 7-6(4).

It was a battle of wills as much as skill as Benneteau, his serve betraying him towards the end, recovered from missing two match points in the fourth set to save Goffin’s sole set point to take the match into a fifth, clinching victory with a five-point burst from 4-2 down in the decisive tiebreak.

The title dream is still alive: Benneteau will face Italian No.25 seed Fabio Fognini for a place in the fourth round.

4. Quick grilled bagels
With the mercury is creeping towards 40 °C and there’s not a cloud in the sky, it pays to keep your time on court as brief as possible – and there’s no faulting Madison Keys and Karolina Pliskova’s blistering displays in that regard. Czech No.6 seed Pliskova set the bar in the second match on Hisense, racing away from Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-1 6-1 in just 44 minutes, to which Keys responded: hold my Gatorade.

Out on MCA, Keys was simply unstoppable for 11 games straight against Ekaterina Alexandrova. It looked as though the No.13 seed was set to post the first double-bagel at the Australian Open since Annika Beck blitzed Petra Martic in the first round back in 2014, but her Russian opponent rallied to avoid her place in the history books by winning the penultimate game of the 6-0 6-1 drubbing – match time, 41 minutes.
Keys may not have unlocked the chance to become just the ninth woman credited with a 6-0 6-0 score, but there was a double-bagel on Day 4 – kinda. Earlier in the day, Lauren Davis recovered from a set down against Andrea Petkovic to book her spot in the third round – final score, 4-6 6-0 6-0.

5. Funny man Ferrell gives Wozniacki serious props
“Right now I'm… well, that's part of the reason I wanted to hold this press conference. I'm retiring.”

The assembled reporters laughed, which may seem a little heartless – until you learn it was Will Ferrell behind the mic, vamping it up with Jim Courier. The American gave as good as he got while yukking it up with the Anchorman star, but found himself bowled over by Ferrell’s tennis acumen as he reeled off Courier’s Davis Cup teammates and captain from back in the day.

“Didn't set it up,” Courier confirmed, high-fiving the comedian.

And Ferrell’s appreciation for the sport didn’t stop there. He’s watched both Federer and Rafael Nadal from prime locations on Rod Laver Arena over the last few days, but it was Caroline Wozniacki’s comeback win over Jana Fett that left a lasting impression, describing it as “the perfect metaphor for just how tough it is, even when you're up 5-1. In fact, I turned to my wife and I said, ‘If she can get it to 5-3, she has a chance to win this whole thing.’

“I think it just shows the mental side of the game and how she was able to draw on her experience,” Ferrell added. “It's funny how, when a less experienced player is up 5-1 in the final set, the pressure is on them to close it out.

“You knew she was just sitting there going, Okay, if I just get one game, try to get another, otherwise no one expects me to win it at this point. It was just fun to see her kind of slow the game down and draw on that.”

Classy take, Mr Ferrell. Seriously - this time, at least...

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[DUN I LOVE]

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[Robertinho]

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[Damian]

Australian Open 2018 - wyniki II turnieju singlowego:

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) d. Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-3 6-4 7-6(4)
[28] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) d. John Millman (AUS) 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-1
[24] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) d. [Q] Casper Ruud (NOR) 6-4 6-2 6-3
Alex Dołgopołow (UKR) d. Matthew Ebden (AUS) 7-6(0) 6-3 6-4
[10] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-2 3-0 i krecz
[23] Gilles Muller (LUX) d. Malek Jaziri (TUN) 7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 3-6 6-2
Ryan Harrison (USA) d. [31] Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-4 7-6(5) 6-4
[6] Marin Cilić (CRO) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 6-1 7-5 6-2

[3] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) d. [Q] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-4 0-6 8-6
[30] Andriej Rubliow (RUS) d. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2
[17] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) d. Viktor Troicki (SRB) 7-5 6-4 7-6(2)
[15] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 3-6 6-3 1-6 7-6(4) 7-5
Kyle Edmund (GBR) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-2 6-2 6-4
Nikołoz Basilaszwili (GEO) d. [Q] Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 7-5 6-1 6-3
Andreas Seppi (ITA) d. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-1 6-3 6-4
Ivo Karlović (CRO) d. Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 7-5 4-6 12-10


[5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. [Q] Denis Kudla (USA) 6-7(6) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3
[26] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-3 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3
Maximilian Marterer (GER) d. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3
Tennys Sandgren (USA) d. [9] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 6-2 6-1 6-4
[14] Novak Djoković (SRB) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-3
[21] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) d. [WC] Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-4 6-2 7-6(2)
Hyeon Chung (KOR) d. Daniił Miedwiediew (RUS) 7-6(4) 6-1 6-1
[4] Alexander Zverev (GER) d. Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3

Julien Benneteau (FRA) d. [7] David Goffin (BEL) 1-6 7-6(5) 6-1 7-6(4)
[25] Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Jewgienij Donskoj (RUS) 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-1
[19] Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Guillermo Garcia Lopez (ESP) 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-3
[12] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) d. Karen Chaczanow (RUS) 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(0) 6-4
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d. [13] Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2
Nicolas Kicker (ARG) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-2 7-5 1-6 7-5
[29] Richard Gasquet (FRA) d. [Q] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 6-2 6-2 6-3
[2] Roger Federer (SUI) d. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-4 6-4 7-6(4)

[Damian]

Australian Open 2018 - pary III rundy turnieju singlowego:

[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs [28] Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
[24] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs Alex Dołgopołow (UKR)
[10] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) vs [23] Gilles Muller (LUX)
Ryan Harrison (USA) vs [6] Marin Cilić (CRO)

[3] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs [30] Andriej Rubliow (RUS)
[17] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) vs [15] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
Kyle Edmund (GBR) vs Nikołoz Basilaszwili (GEO)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Ivo Karlović (CRO)


[5] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs [26] Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Maximilian Marterer (GER) vs Tennys Sandgren (USA)
[14] Novak Djoković (SRB) vs [21] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
Hyeon Chung (KOR) vs [4] Alexander Zverev (GER)

Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs [25] Fabio Fognini (ITA)
[19] Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs [12] Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) vs Nicolas Kicker (ARG)
[29] Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs [2] Roger Federer (SUI)

[DUN I LOVE]

Jak Rafa jutro straci podanie, to pewnie trochę podskoczymy.

Spoiler:

23. Roland Garros 2014 1423
24. Roland Garros 2012 1366
25. Wimbledon 2014 1358
26. Australian Open 2018 1311

[Artras]

Strata podania przez Nadala ma nabijać licznik, ludzie do czego to doszło Jak Hiszpan podniesie w niedzielę puchar to się dopiero forum zagotuje.

[DUN I LOVE]

Celowo przesadzam. Np. wczoraj napisałem, że Rafa potrzebowałby 2 miesięcy na znalezienie nowej dziewczyny, gdyby Frania mu powiedziała, że ich związek się wypalił. Liczyłem, że Magda i Ania zareaguję, nie zareagowały. Na szczęście Sebastian był w pobliżu i skorygował do 2 minut.

[Damian]

Plan gier na piątek:

Rod Laver Arena - start o 1:
Luksika Kumkhum (THA) v Petra Martic (CRO)
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) v [4] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
[3] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v [30] Andriej Rubliow (RUS)

Nie przed 9:
[17] Nick Kyrgios (AUS) v [15] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)
[30] Kiki Bertens (NED) v [2] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

Margaret Court Arena - start o 1:
Denisa Allertova (CZE) v Magda Linette (POL)
[10] Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) v [23] Gilles Muller (LUX)
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) v [19] Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Nie przed 9:
[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) v [28] Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
[7] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) v [32] Anett Kontaveit (EST)

Hisense Arena - start o 1:
[6] Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) v Max Mirnyi (BLR)/Philipp Oswald (AUT)
Elise Mertens (BEL) v Alize Cornet (FRA)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Ryan Harrison (USA) v [6] Marin Cilic (CRO)

Show Kort 2 - start o 1:
Kyle Edmund (GBR) v Nikołoz Basilaszwili (GEO)

Show Kort 3 - start o 1:
Jessica Moore (AUS) & Ellen Perez (AUS) v [10] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) & Monica Niculescu (ROU)
[1] Latisha Chan (TPE) & Andrea Sestini Hlavackova (CZE) v Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) & Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Samantha Stosur (AUS) & Samuel Groth (AUS) v Priscilla Hon (AUS) & Matt Reid (AUS)
[24] Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (ARG) v Alex Dołgopołow (UKR)

[Damian]

Day 5 preview: An open Open

Spoiler:

As third round matches begin on Friday at Melbourne Park, the increasingly open singles draws create a sense of opportunity. At least one new finalist will feature on the second Saturday, with no woman in the bottom half of the draw having previously progressed to that stage in Melbourne.

MORE: Day 5 schedule of play

Who will seize their chances? Seedings suggest that Caroline Wozniacki (No.2) or Elina Svitolina (No.4) are the women best placed to do so – and with each suffering a scare in the second round, they’ll proceed with added determination.

Wozniacki, who saved two match points against Jana Fett, now faces Kiki Bertens. Should she find herself in a battle against the world No.32 Dutchwoman in their third career meeting, the world No.2 will draw on a well-entrenched spirit.

MORE: Full women’s draw

“Growing up in a sporty family where everyone is so competitive … you hate to lose,” Wozniacki explained of her fighting qualities. “You just learn and fight. You don’t give up, even if it’s a board game, tennis (or) soccer.”

Svitolina, the recent champion of Brisbane, is equally prepared to battle – and understands that may be required against an inspired compatriot in Marta Kostyuk. The Ukrainian teenager has lit up Melbourne Park as the youngest woman to progress this far in 22 years, and with her quarter of the draw populated by six unseeded players – including two other qualifiers in Luksika Kumkhum and Denisa Allertova – she could well make more history.

“First time I heard about her (was) when she won here. It's pretty cool that I'm playing someone from my country,” Svitolina admitted of her world No.521 opponent.

“I will try to prepare and, yeah, be ready for her game. For me it's very important for me to be there with my game and don't really think who is on the other side.”

Similar breakthroughs beckon in a fascinating men’s draw. While attention naturally focuses on top seed and 2009 champion Rafael Nadal, who faces Damir Dzumhur for the second time, other new contenders are emerging.

MORE: Full men’s draw

From Friday’s third round matches between Kyle Edmund vs Nikoloz Basilashvili and Ivo Karlovic vs Andreas Seppi, there’ll be a first-time Australian Open quarterfinalist. And while Grigor Dimitrov was a semifinalist at AO2017, he faces a tough challenge in fast-rising 20-year-old Andrey Rublev, a recent runner-up in Doha.

The must-watch battle for most, however, is the one between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nick Kyrgios, seeded No.15 and 17 respectively. The exciting local lists the Frenchman as a childhood idol alongside Roger Federer, and learned from his flashy on-court style.

“It was just the way he played his game. I liked his aggressive style of tennis. He had a big serve, big forehand. He played an entertaining style of tennis,” explained Kyrgios, who came to appreciate Tsonga as a person and a player when he watched first-hand as his idol progressed to the AO2008 final. “I went to all his practice sessions with a new ball. He signed it every day.”

Into the third round without the loss of a set – in contrast to Tsonga, who recovered from 2-5 deficit in the fifth set of his second-round with Denis Shapovalov – Kyrgios expects an entertaining contest.

“We played last year in Marseille. He beat me in a three-set battle,” he said of his only other match against Tsonga. “I've seen him play a lot. I know what he's going to bring. He knows what I'm going to bring. It's going to be a lot of fun.”

Idol or not, there’ll also be a more serious side as Kyrgios embraces his growing credentials. A quarterfinalist at AO2015 and more recently a champion in Brisbane, there’s a sense that like many at this wide-open Australian Open, he’s wise to the big opportunity.

https://ausopen.com/articles/news/day-5 ... -open-open

[Mario]

Napiszę, bo zapomnę, a w dodatku będę mógł się chwalić, że miałem rację.

Djokovic będzie ładował masę podwójnych w kluczowych momentach z tym swoim nowym ruchem serwisowym. Bardzo niepewnie to wygląda (albo balonik, albo praktycznie drugi pierwszy, na palcach jednej ręki można policzyć pewnie skierowane podania z prędkością ~150 km/h), kierunki też jak popadnie, w tym często do forehandu (u Monfilsa świadczy to o dużym rozregulowaniu w danym dniu, więc tu może być podobnie). Może kiedyś ogarnie, ale na ten moment, nieciekawie to wygląda.

[Emu]

Napiszę, bo zapomnę, a w dodatku będę mógł się chwalić, że miałem rację.

Djokovic będzie ładował masę podwójnych w kluczowych momentach z tym swoim nowym ruchem serwisowym. Bardzo niepewnie to wygląda (albo balonik, albo praktycznie drugi pierwszy, na palcach jednej ręki można policzyć pewnie skierowane podania z prędkością ~150 km/h), kierunki też jak popadnie, w tym często do forehandu (u Monfilsa świadczy to o dużym rozregulowaniu w danym dniu, więc tu może być podobnie). Może kiedyś ogarnie, ale na ten moment, nieciekawie to wygląda.

Cóż to by była za strata.

[Damian]

Plan gier w ES:

ES1:
Edmund vs Basilaszwili
Kostyuk vs Switolina
Dimitrov vs Rubliow
Cilic vs Harrison
Nadal vs Dzumhur
Kyrgios vs Tsonga (koniec meczu)
Bertens vs Wozniacki

ES2:
Allertova vs Linette
PCB vs Muller
Bondarenko vs Rybarikova
Kyrgios vs Tsonga (początek meczu)
Ostapenko vs Kontaveit

[DUN I LOVE]

"I love playing against one-handed guys because we need to keep it alive for as long as possible" - Federer on playing Gasquet;