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the addict


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Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - Main Draw - Melbourne (Hard)
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Main draw is out

R1:- Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR87 v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) WR52

R1:- Jodie Burrage (GBR) SR86 WR173 v Leolia Jeanjean (FRA) WR149 [Q]

R1:- Katie Boulter (GBR) WR23 [22] v Rebecca Marino (CAN) WR98

R1:- Emma Raducanu (GBR) WR60 v Ekaterina Alexandrova (***) WR27 [26]

 



-- Edited by the addict on Thursday 9th of January 2025 07:52:56 AM

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Id say those draws are as good as one could hope for in round one of a slam. Emma clearly has a seed but its not the worst seed and one shed need to expect to win if shes anticipating good things

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According to one of the other sites, Dart, Martic, Lepchenko and Lys are the LL contenders

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Martic gets the LL spot - and a decent draw

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Yeah unfortunately for Harriet she doesn't get the spot and I'm not sure any further withdrawals are anticipated.

Sonay definitely has a chance but she, like Emma, is going to be coming in here cold which is not ideal.



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Potential second round opponents

Sonay - Sabalenka
Jodie - Gauff
Katie - V Kudermetova
Emma - Anisimova

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JBM was Katie's conqueror at the US Open last year as I recall so might not be an easy one for Sonay.

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Anisimova retired yesterday. She may be TBC.

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the addict wrote:

Potential second round opponents

Sonay - Sabalenka
Jodie - Gauff
Katie - V Kudermetova
Emma - Anisimova

 Clearly, Sonay and Jodie don't appear to have high prospects of getting beyond R2, and also Emma is scheduled to meet Swiatek in R3; so Katie would seem to have by far the best chance if making the second week.

Hoping to be proved wrong by 2 all-Brit SFs, but won't be off to the bookies to lay money on it.



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JonH comes home wrote:

Id say those draws are as good as one could hope for in round one of a slam. Emma clearly has a seed but its not the worst seed and one shed need to expect to win if shes anticipating good things

 I think to say Emma needs to expect to win if she's anticipating good things is pushing it, especially with no build up matches ( and had she earlier missed training because of the back? ).

But yes, could clearly have been many worse looking seeds. Fit and well to go  she should be competitive here and hopefully she'll get the win.



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To be honest, actually turning up will be quite an achievement

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indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:

Id say those draws are as good as one could hope for in round one of a slam. Emma clearly has a seed but its not the worst seed and one shed need to expect to win if shes anticipating good things

 I think to say Emma needs to expect to win if she's anticipating good things is pushing it, especially with no build up matches ( and had she earlier missed training because of the back? ).

But yes, could clearly have been many worse looking seeds. Fit and well to go  she should be competitive here and hopefully she'll get the win.

 Dont agree that she shouldnt expect to win - yes, she has had some time off, but she should be fit, she is talented and shouldnt take long to get into it; she is better than a world ranked 26 if she plays as she can and , it may be 3 sets but she should expect to win it, I believe. And then round 2 looks potentially winnable as well. Its a fast court and Emma should be able to take advantage of that. 

She could get to the end of week 1, I think, and still be in this and then it depends on draw.   



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Early bet 365 R1 betting odds. 3 of our girls are favourites to various degrees ( Jodie very narrowly ) and Sonay is equal.

Katie 1/5 vs Rebecca Marino 7/2
Emma 8/13 vs Ekaterina Alexandrova 13/10
Jodie 4/5 vs Leolia Jeanjean 1/1
Sonay 10/11 vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 10/11



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Sonay only Brit playing on Sunday

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Dont want to jinx Katie but looking at the draw she has a great chance at reaching 4th round for the first time I think in current form Katie can take out Haddad Mia who she is projected to meet in the 3rd round.

Vondrousa retired with hip issues in Adelaide so is a question mark

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