Weeks 6 & 7 - Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard

Toby · Lower Club Player

RE: Weeks 6 & 7 - Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Toby wrote:
Bit harsh, he does applaud opponents good shots; they don't all do that.

very harsh but Im afraid I just cant find it in myself to like djoko at all. Im ambivalent towards rafa and fed, but djoko...all great players though.

indiana · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
I can see Thiem, Zverev, Medvedev or Tsitsipas getting the better of Novak. Id be amazed it either he or Rafa got into the final. Finally changing of the guard time for me watching all these guys.

Certainly I feel the current rankings don't lie in showing a big gap after the top 7 ( the traditional big 3 and these 4 names ) and then a further big gap after #8 Rublev ( the other player who might consistently seriously compete in the next year or two ) to #9 Schwartzman.

In the short term I still wouldn't rule out Djoko or Nadal here, or Djoko's next opponent, Raonic.

DF · Tennis legend

Cam v Nadal 3-3

DF · Tennis legend

First set gone 5-7

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Fighting hard though

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) WR 2 defeated Cameron Norrie WR 69 by 5, 2 & 5

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: (2) Rafael Nadal (ESP) WR 2 defeated Cameron Norrie WR 69 by 5, 2 & 5

Close and respectable and a decent week for cam

the addict · Tennis legend

A very good effort by Cam - made Rafa work for it

Jan · Hall of fame

Yes, Cam put up a good fight.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Dimitrov crushed Thiem in straight sets, really seems to have discovered his mojo. karatsev also through, quite a journey from qualies to qfs!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And Karatsev won from 2 sets down. Hes beaten Schwartzman and FAA here now.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Karatsev had a remarkable run in the Czech
Republic after last years USO. He reached the final of the large Prague Challenger losing to Stan. He then won Prague 2 , the week after and Ostrava the week after that for a 16-1 record, before slipping into a so so run through the European indoor season. With AO qualies, hes now 8-0 in 2021.

Toby · Lower Club Player

Hoping Tsitsipas wins this tournament, like his game and personality.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Mike Dickson in the Mail on Sunday points out that Cam's defeat marked the 8th out in the last 11 Grand Slams in which no Brit has made the second week of the singles. The 3 in question are all Johanna Konta in 2019 and the last British man to reach the last 16 was Kyle Edmunds' -semi final at the 2018 AO. He does add that the AO should prove a building block for Cam.