Tennis: Australian Open 2022

[PanniniClaus]

Leyla's start time keeps moving..

 

[MsMeow]

Leyla's start time keeps moving..

She plays after the Schwartzman match so hopefully soon. He's up 2 sets to love but is either injured or cramping.

He just won, she's up next.

 

[MXD]

Samantha Stosur won her first round match.

She was 476th.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Tough first set for our girl..

 

[MsMeow]

Down a set and a break already. This isn't a good match for Leylah.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Down a set and a break already. This isn't a good match for Leylah.

She looks to be in a hurry and she's breezing... 10 straight points lost?

 

[MsMeow]

She looks to be in a hurry and she's breezing... 10 straight points lost?

Inglis is playing well, too, but Leylah is flat. I think we also have to remember she's only had one excellent tournament.

 

[kihei]

Felix wins a tight first set against Ruusuvuori 6-4...and then gets bageled the next set. Go figure.

 

[AlanHUK]

watching Murray's match, you can tell the ability is still there but I don't think the endurance is

and as i posted that he breaks in the 5th

 

[kihei]

FAA and Andy both going to fifth sets at the same moment.

 

[AlanHUK]

Murray wins in the 5th, great match

 

[kihei]

Felix plays some clutch tennis in the last two sets to win it in five. Ruusuvuori played very well and looks promising.

 

[Tuggy]

Nice comeback win for Felix.

Too bad for Fernandez and Marino.

 

[kihei]

Stephens/Raducanu. You would think Sloane would be interested in this one. If she is fit, I like her chances.

After three games, I don't like her chances anymore.

6-love in 17 minutes.

Sloane up 3-2 and a break despite not playing much better than in the first set. It is like watching two clones malfunction simultaneously.

Er, about that prediction. Oh, who knows? Stephens wins the second set 6-2 somehow and is now playing better tennis. Emma looks very nervous.

Pendulum swings back. Emma serves first and holds, boosting her confidence while Sloane returns to the undead, 6-1 Raducanu.

 

[AlanHUK]

I'm wondering if having COVID in the build up has helped her mentally by getting rid of internal pressure she seems to have put on herself after the US Open win.

Our media in the UK won't have helped that, and they seem to have been quiet recently when it comes to her


edit: seems to be turning into a who will lose the match rather than who will win, so many unforced errors from both

 

[kihei]

Stephens has 32 errors through the first two sets (14 games).

 

[MsMeow]

Emma is starting to roll in the third.

 

[Elvis P]

Idk how Sloane missed that volley. She had the form of a novice who's never been to the net before. Poorly seeded match. First round seeding of a major winner should be an art, not a science.

 

[kihei]

I'm wondering if having COVID in the build up has helped her mentally by getting rid of internal pressure she seems to have put on herself after the US Open win.

Our media in the UK won't have helped that, and they seem to have been quiet recently when it comes to her


edit: seems to be turning into a who will lose the match rather than who will win, so many unforced errors from both

She got through tonight which will help. And she should get through round two against Kovinic who is #99 in the world. But then her game and her nerves will really be tested against, likely, Halep and then Muguruza. Raducanu still looks very fragile to me, like that feeling of pressure is never very far beneath the surface.

 

[kihei]

Nick and Daniil meet in the next round. I'll definitely turn on the sound for that one.

 

[MsMeow]

Denis is up next.

Somehow he goes from two breaks up to serving at 5-6.

Denis squeaks past 7-6

 

[kihei]

Alcaraz put on quite a show, annhilating Lajovic 1, 2 and 5. What a display of ultra-elite athleticism, tremendous power and wonderful touch.

 

[kihei]

In the match of the tournament so far, Korda came from behind twice to defeat Moutet, 10-8 in the fifth set tiebreaker. Korda doesn't have many gears, but Moutet in the end couldn't quite match Seb's high level.

 

[kihei]

Hanfmann gave it his all but still got clobbered by Nadal 2, 3 and 4. Rafa is rounding in to form, not quite there yet, but he had way too much game for Hanfmann

 

[Foppberg]

Alcaraz put on quite a show, annhilating Lajovic 1, 2 and 5. What a display of ultra-elite athleticism, tremendous power and wonderful touch.

He's a treat to watch. Of all the young players coming up on the men's side he's the one I'm most intrigued about, him and Sinner.