John Lambies Doos Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Starting thread for this as it's first major of the year. Murray seeded 2, with draw happening this evening Scottish time. Murray not really been talked about which I think is good. He will obviously avoid djokovic if makes semi, but would meet fed or Stan who are very good on the Oz hard courts. Funny thing is I think one or both may fall before semi. Other Guys to watch out for are kyrios are raoinic imo (sorry bout spelling) Special mention to Hewitt in his last tournament. Former grand slam champion. I expect Murray to do well with a good chance of final. Djokovic should win if stays injury free. Usual suspects in ladies draw with past Oz open champion azarenko finding form. Looking forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 James Ward is out of qualifying but Dan Evans made it through to Round Three, one more win and he will make the main draw. Young American Taylor Fritz is also through to the final round of qualifying, he'll be a player to look out for in his first few slams, a potential for upsets. As might Hyeon Chung and Alexander Zverev. Genie Bouchard who had an absolutely horrendous 2015 looks to be picking up form again. Azarenka looks absolutely devastating currently, with Williams and Sharapova both nursing injuries I would certainly be looking on at her odds shortening as the tournament progresses, although she could get a horrendous draw. Murray played three singles matches at the Hopman Cup and you can't really tell what he's done in the off season. He lost to Kyrgios, but he never left first gear whilst Kyrgios played as well as he could have. Looking forward to the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Wawrinka/Nadal in Murray's half. David Ferrer seeded to face Murray in the QF. Tomic seeded to face Murray in the R16. Jao Souza seeded to face Murray in R32. Hyeon Chung to face Novak in first round and Alexander Zverev to face Murray in the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Andy Murray starts with Alexander Zverev who he recently beat in the Hopman Cup. The other Brits Kyle Edmund vs Damir Dzumhur Aljaz Bedene vs Steve Johnson Heather Watson vs Timea Babos Johanna Konta vs Venus Williams Murray's Projected Route R1 - Zverev R2 - Groth/Mannarino R3 - Sousa R4 - Tomic/Fognini QF - Ferrer SF - Wawrinka/Nadal F - Djokovic Projected Quarter-Finals Djokovic v Nishikori Federer v Berdych Wawrinka v Nadal Murray v Ferrer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Wawrinka/Nadal in Murray's half. David Ferrer seeded to face Murray in the QF. Tomic seeded to face Murray in the R16. Jao Souza seeded to face Murray in R32. Hyeon Chung to face Novak in first round and Alexander Zverev to face Murray in the first. That's a very decent draw for murray imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Dan Evans makes the main draw after winning his final qualifying match. Taylor Fitz wins the last six games to recover from a double break in the deciding set. Their opponents will be known later on today when all qualifiers have been completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Dan Evans will play Spaniard Feliciano Lopez. American Taylor Fritz will play Jack Sock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I signed up for the Eurosport player solely to watch the Australian Open. 6.99 for a month and HD streams of every court. Well worth it for the month. Just started watching Kyle Edmund on court ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Two minutes after I posted that all the streams died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Live tennis is back on Eurosport on sky. Shame the Edmund match is not on but the good news is that he has took the first set 6-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Yeah took it quite convincingly, his forehand gets better and better all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I see Stakhovsky has won the first set off Goffin 6-3. The interest in this match is that the winner of it will play the winner of the Edmund match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Edmund has lost the 2nd set on a tiebreaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Edmund got beat in 5 sets sets. Dzumhur won 1-6 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 he now plays Goffin who won in 4 sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Not a great day for the Brits as Heather Watson lost in 3 sets. Timea Babos won 6-7 7-5 7-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Edmund wilted, could barely get it over the net in the fourth and fifth sets, and his first serve in went from 60ish to about 30ish in the last two. Heather had plenty of chances to win that game. Played superbly down a break to get a break back, and then her game was littered with mental errors to surrender the break. Stopping play for a ball when down a break point, and also leaving a ball that she thought was going wide when she could have played an easy volley. Disappointing but not unexpected from them both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Looking good for 2/3 of the British players at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplewell Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Amazing win for Konta over Venus, Andy up 6-1 6-2 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Andy Murray beats Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-2 6-3 and will now now play Sam Groth who beat Adrian Mannarino in 4 sets 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-3. Dan Evans lost 6-1 6-0 6-4 to Feliciano Lopez Johanna Konta shocks number 8th seed Venus Williams 6-4 6-2 and will play Carina Witthoeft or Saisai Zheng both unseeded who play later on Today. Aljaz Bedene has just started his match against Steve Johnson and its currently 1-1 in the 1st set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Verdasco takes the 1st set against Nadal 7-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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