Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - men's singles (outdoor hard)

Jan · Hall of fame

Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - men's singles (outdoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Cam loses - disappointed

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

He's been playing pretty poorly all this event
Not sure why
But it hasn't been good

seagull · Hall of fame

For me it was a mistake to play Auckland (although we know why he did).

Had some great matches at United Cup, didn't need any more a week before GS.

Blue_Belle · Club Coach

I heard that Cam is carrying an injury.

Elegant Point · Satellite level

indiana wrote:
And Bautista Agut is the last seeded player in the bottom quarter. There's a great opportunity for someone. Fingers crossed its Andy.
Wow, yes I hadn't realised that Fritz, Zverev etc had exited from the section above which will now produce a quarter finalist from (WC) Popyrin, Shelton, Wolf and (LL) Mhoh.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 19th of January 2023 09:58:33 PM

Shelton(Florida where his dad is the coach), Wolf (Ohio State), and Brooksby (Baylor), along with Cam (TCU) all went through the college tennis system, although I believe Brooksbys time was short. Great advert for the student athlete pathway and with Mhoh, things are looking bright for American tennis.. Disappointed Cam just lost - come on Andy biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Blue_Belle wrote:
I heard that Cam is carrying an injury.

Definitely some knee strapping or something

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Cam loses - disappointed

L32: Jiri Lehecka (CZE) WR 71 defeated (11) Cameron Norrie WR 12 by 6-7(10) 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4

Very disappointing. cry He apparently had treatment on his left knee early in the fnal set, but says that that didn't affect the outcome of the match, according to the Beeb.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
For me it was a mistake to play Auckland (although we know why he did).

Had some great matches at United Cup, didn't need any more a week before GS.

I agree - most serious contenders avoid the week before slams (Dan has now taken this view) and Cam also had the middle east exhibs in December as well, so was certainly match fit.

He may have a clause or emotional reason to play NZ, being born there, but maybe he should have missed the United Cup if that was the case? The United Cup is hardly a "big" deal in terms of representing your country, however much fun it turned out to be

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Good to see Martin Samuel back pounding the beat for The Times.

Stu Fraser's report on the match, almost a blow-by-blow account of the key points in the match, ending with the $64,000 question:

[...] how on earth does he recover for the third round against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut on Saturday?

Includes a photo of Kokkinakis, presumably with the racket he mashed up in the third (?) set & those ghastly shorts he was wearing, not to mention those hideous tattoos on his left thigh which I hadn't noticed before.

Andy's thoughts on the scheduling of his match in another Fraser article, which also refers to the issue with the quality of the balls.

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Stircrazy wrote:
[...] how on earth does he [Andy] recover for the third round against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut on Saturday?
Includes a photo of Kokkinakis, presumably with the racket he mashed up in the third (?) set & those ghastly shorts he was wearing, not to mention those hideous tattoos on his left thigh which I hadn't noticed before.

Apparently ice baths and compression sleeves on his legs and focusing on recovery rather than hitting any more balls. Amazing how robust his bionic hip is and Andys team certainly have their work cut out - would love him to win the tournament, especially as I voted for 24 wins at the AO biggrin

Im not a fan of Kokkinakis frosted hair hmm

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Sebastian Korda needs to get over the line here, could be another early hours of the morning finish if Medvedev gets back into it.

-- Edited by Neil Gee on Friday 20th of January 2023 01:04:39 PM

-- Edited by Neil Gee on Friday 20th of January 2023 01:07:04 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: Andy Murray WR 66 vs (24) Roberto Bautista (ESP) WR 25 (CH = 9 in November 2019)
Can't see him winning that one, but you write off this man at your peril!

Beeb preview of the match, due to start at about 08.00 tomorrow.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Evo about to start will provide a few updates as we go. Mrs Jaggy starting soon against Bencic so might switch

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Good match up so far, have a 3-1 sets Rublev feeling but Dan has a chance overall. Will need to be aggressive I think.

3-3 on serve with Rublev first set.