Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying - hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying - hard

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

In the MD, Kyle will be seeded 13, although with Sacha Zverev now a doubt having pulled a hamstring in Adelaide, he may go up one more in the pecking order.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Evo would be a player I would definitely want to avoid in the first round of a qualifying tournament.

Vandenburg · Futures level

Looking forward is a tough draw for EVO.

seagull · Hall of fame

Anyone found pdf draws?

flamingowings · All-time great

seagull wrote:
Anyone found pdf draws?

Well, there are these, if this is of help:

https://ausopen.com/draws#!womens-qualifying-singles (print icon on the top right)

https://ausopen.com/draws#!mens-qualifying-singles

flamingowings · All-time great

Dan starts play at 11 pm on court 15, Jay follows that match with Ward 5th on court 8.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Tuesday 8th of January 2019 07:43:16 AM

M_Turner04 · Social player

Their matches should be on eurosport player if you have it!

JonH · All-time great

flamingowings wrote:
Dan starts play at 11 pm on court 15, Jay follows that match with Ward 5th on court 8.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Tuesday 8th of January 2019 07:43:16 AM

Just checking, are any of the men playing today (as in overnight Monday/Tuesday day time) UK time?

JonH · All-time great

steven wrote:
One rubbish draw, one even-looking draw and one really nice draw, though whether the results will bear that out remains to be seen!
QR1: Jay Clarke WR 237 v (q1) Lorenzo Sonego ITA WR 104 (CH 86 in Oct)
Top Q seed in QR1 - ouch!
QR1: Dan Evans WR 190 v (q23) Rogerio Dutra Silva BRA WR 134 (CH 63 in 2017)
The Brazilian has just won the Playford Challenger, though Dan must have a decent chance if he's up for it.
QR1: James Ward WR 187 v (wc) Maverick Banes (AUS) WR 301 (CH 216 in Aug)
Banes is 0-5 in Aus Open qualifying, though he did win a set in QR1 for the first time last year.

Cant see Jay qualifying, also not sure I feel confident about Dan at all (dont think his recent form has been inspiring) but fancy Wardy doing well in qualies

M_Turner04 · Social player

JonH wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Dan starts play at 11 pm on court 15, Jay follows that match with Ward 5th on court 8.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Tuesday 8th of January 2019 07:43:16 AM
Just checking, are any of the men playing today (as in overnight Monday/Tuesday day time) UK time?

Yeah Dan's on at 11pm british time. Then Clarke straight after so hopefully Dan wins quickly . You might be able to catch Ward at 7amish as he's on last depending on the lengths of the previous matches.

FriendofLouieG · Lower Club Player

JonH wrote:
steven wrote:
One rubbish draw, one even-looking draw and one really nice draw, though whether the results will bear that out remains to be seen!
QR1: Jay Clarke WR 237 v (q1) Lorenzo Sonego ITA WR 104 (CH 86 in Oct)
Top Q seed in QR1 - ouch!
QR1: Dan Evans WR 190 v (q23) Rogerio Dutra Silva BRA WR 134 (CH 63 in 2017)
The Brazilian has just won the Playford Challenger, though Dan must have a decent chance if he's up for it.
QR1: James Ward WR 187 v (wc) Maverick Banes (AUS) WR 301 (CH 216 in Aug)
Banes is 0-5 in Aus Open qualifying, though he did win a set in QR1 for the first time last year.

Cant see Jay qualifying, also not sure I feel confident about Dan at all (dont think his recent form has been inspiring) but fancy Wardy doing well in qualies

I agree with these sentiments. I will be surprised if any of them get beyond QR2.

flamingowings · All-time great

Pessimistic about everyone tonight. 0 from 4 but 2 close ones. Hope I am very wrong!

JonH · All-time great

it doesnt feel like a very inspiring opening to the season so far from a GB perspective. Even the doubles guys havent lifted things so far this week!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Pessimistic about everyone tonight. 0 from 4 but 2 close ones. Hope I am very wrong!

Going for two wins - come on, flamingowings - game face on smile