Raonic hanging tough despite the injury but he'll need some magic to win this 5th set.
Djokovic is such an overwhelming favorite that Murray will end up winning.
If history is any indication, it will be an ugly match with plenty of service breaks, patented Djokovic losing of concentration in the 2nd or 3rd set, Andy dominating followed by disappearing, etc.
Key: who can keep up a higher first serve % and who can somewhat protect their 2nd serve
Is this the first time that we have gotten to a "Part II" of a Grand Slam tournament?
What really disappoints me is I don't even think Milos played that well. His ground strokes (well, the backhand at least) were absolutely atrocious for the first 2.5 sets. Then he started smashing backhand winners and played a perfect tiebreak, and then unfortunately the injury was too much.
Based on his interview it didn't sound too promising either.
I guess it is a positive that he is now hanging with top five guys without playing at an absolutely perfect level, but....what a missed opportunity
Is this the first time that we have gotten to a "Part II" of a Grand Slam tournament?
Somehow I would have thought the Australian Open would be the least likely of the Slams, based on time zone and relative stature vis a vis the other Slams, to accomplish this feat. I guess the new Milos sparked a lot of curiosity.Looks like it. The 2012 Aussie Open hit 1000 but the tournament was finished, so this will be the longest by a good margin!
Djokovic is such an overwhelming favorite that Murray will end up winning.
If history is any indication, it will be an ugly match with plenty of service breaks, patented Djokovic losing of concentration in the 2nd or 3rd set, Andy dominating followed by disappearing, etc.
Key: who can keep up a higher first serve % and who can somewhat protect their 2nd serve
Is this the first time that we have gotten to a "Part II" of a Grand Slam tournament?
That was my first thought when I saw the old thread this morning. Wow.
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Somehow I would have thought the Australian Open would be the least likely of the Slams, based on time zone and relative stature vis a vis the other Slams, to accomplish this feat. I guess the new Milos sparked a lot of curiosity.