Australian Open 2013 Match Thread

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Australian Open 2013:

Information: The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles and junior's championships; as well as wheelchair, legends and exhibition events. Since 1988 the tournament has been played on hard courts at Melbourne Park.
The Australian Open typically has very high attendance, second only to the US Open. It was also the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its two primary courts, Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena, equipped with retractable roofs.

Day by Day Match Reports: http://www.sportpulse.net/category/tennis

v2 Preview: https://www.606v2.com/t39437-australian-open-2013-the-contenders#1785084

Dates: January 14 - January 27

Draw: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ms/index.html

Schedule: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/index.html

AO Rankings Points Tracker: https://www.606v2.com/t39351-points-tracker-ao-2013


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Amritia3ee

[Danny_1982]

Got a bit too deep the first couple of games of this set, but now back on the baseline and dictating. I'm 10 minutes away from bed safe in the knowledge he's through.

[Danny_1982]

Murray's cross court BH is a delight. I think its his best shot.

[The Special Juan]

Florian Mayer has lost the second set v someone and is now 2 sets to 0 down.

Laugh of the day goes to Kimiko Date-Krumm who's spanking Petrova at the moment. Serve for the match and a second set bagel.

[CaledonianCraig]

A decent enough start from Andy Murray and although a slight dip he is back in the ascendany. Hopefully, he can close this out with the minimum fuss as conditions look pretty tough.

[Danny_1982]

Maybe just ten minutes more...

[Mad for Chelsea]

another quietly impressive set from Murray, sticking to his aggressive gameplan, but helped along towards the back end of that set by some pretty ordinary play from his opponent. Murray leads 6-3 6-1.

[The Special Juan]

Come on, a certain circular carbohydrate-packed product will make me sleep better.

[The Special Juan]

Mayer's on the verge of clawing a set back, which is a bit of a shame.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Mayer's not going to bother Murray in this sort of form. My Us Open mood is back, big time

[The Special Juan]

Those Murray fans sound delightful!!

[CaledonianCraig]

Plus Mayer is going to have to at least go the distance here to stay in the tournament which won't help him.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Andy goes to sleep for a couple of games, come on Andy, finish it off now, my bed's waiting...

[The Special Juan]

Yay! Bed now.

[Mad for Chelsea]

that was very very good for a first round

[CaledonianCraig]

That will do nicely. Andy wins 6-3 6-1 6-3 wrapping it up in an hour and a half. He steam-rollered a player who has given him problems in the past. I think that just shows the strides Andy has made in the last year.

[Mad for Chelsea]

what I really loved about that match from Murray was the attitude. In past times against someone like Haase you'd see Murray two or three yards behind the baseline most of the time, Haase being the aggressor. Here it was Murray aggressing, playing on the baseline, and Haase remarkably being pushed back way behind it. Exactly what Lendl wanted: I remember him saying that Murray had to get used to playing aggressive in the early rounds so that he was ready to be more aggressive against Fed, Djokovic or Nadal, and that's exactly what Murray did today, so Lendl will be delighted.

Also, the return of serve was superb, Haase has a big first serve but was winning barely half the points behind it, just brilliant returning

[CaledonianCraig]

Note to the panicking Fed fans, Milos Raonic has lost the first set 6-3 against Czech Jan Hajek. Early days I know but I did say I could see him not even getting to the Fourth Round where he is scheduled to face Roger Federer.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Raonic loses the first set to Hajek, didn't see that one coming. I'm off to grab some much needed sleep, Robson on in a couple of hours

[Mad for Chelsea]

Robson through 6-2 6-3 against Oudin. Some good numbers for Robson really (28 winners, though a slightly too high 30 UEs, 60% first serves, broke her opponent 5 times in 9 return games), not bad at all. Sorry to be harsh too, but Oudin should be embarrassed by her physical condition, for a so-called professional athlete.

Robson has Kvitova in the next round, really tough match, battle of the lefties. Feel Kvitova really takes advantage of her left-handedness (perhaps more so than Robson) so will be interesting to see how she copes with another leftie. Also worth noting that Kvitova had to battle through in three sets (admittedly against the tough Schiavone).

[carrieg4]

Baker lost the first in the tie break but has a break in the second

[carrieg4]

Simon a set and a break down against Volandri. Upset imminent?

[carrieg4]

Rosol has taken the second set. Not sure Baker can pull it back from here

[carrieg4]

Simon now a break up in the second set. Fighting back.

[laverfan]

Rosol wins. Gasquet in complete control against Montanes, Simon wins. Davydenko down a set against Sela.

Haas-Nieminen is interesting now in the fourth set 3-2.

PS: Haas in Magenta

[shivfan]

Convincing wins for both the williams sisters, but Serena hurt her ankle in the process....

[laverfan]

Convincing wins for both the williams sisters, but Serena hurt her ankle in the process....

Saw her post-match interview on ESPN. She did not seem too concerned.

[The Special Juan]

Nothing like the old double bagel. Come on Victoria, keep up!!

Haas has gone as has Bellucci who was on the wrong end of a hiding. How bad a server do you have to be to lose sets 6-1 and 6-2 to Raonic (Hajek did)? That's shocking.

[time please]

Sad about Tommy Haas - how disappointing is Bellucci? He can play sublimely, but his form is so erratic.

Quite an entertaining match between Monfils and Dolgopolov atm

[Guest]

Days like this I should've phoned in work sick

[carrieg4]

You would be enjoying it LK, I know I am!

[Guest]

The Dolgo-Monfils match sounds a belter

It's nice to torment carrie!

[carrieg4]

Sorry LK, couldn't resist! I'm usually the one stuck at work, checking the scores on my phone in my break so it makes a change for me.

[Guest]

well I have it on Sky+ so that should mean I will catch up on Day 3 by February

[HM Murdock]

Has anyone seen anything of Del Potro's match? The scoreline suggests a pretty ruthless performance.

[CaledonianCraig]

Remember though HM I wouldn’t rate his opposition too high today. Mannarino was beaten at Queens Club by James Ward last year I do believe.

[carrieg4]

Remember though HM I wouldn’t rate his opposition too high today. Mannarino was be as ten at Queens Club by James Ward last year I do believe.

I agree Craig. BTW interesting predictive text!

[Born Slippy]

Mannarino took a set off DP last year and beat him at Queens (before losing to Ward). That said, he was never likely to give DP much problem. Efficient performance, nothing more.

[CaledonianCraig]

lol damned predictive text. Sorted it now.

[The Special Juan]

When would the phrase "be as ten" ever be used? I can't think of a single circumstance when I would use it. Darn technology!!

The potential 4th round tie between Cilic and DelPo would be a very interesting match but there's a way to go yet.

[daraghj82]

Looking forward to the later stages, good start from andy in R1. he has hada good start to the year so far

[JuliusHMarx]

When would the phrase "be as ten" ever be used? I can't think of a single circumstance when I would use it. Darn technology!!

The potential 4th round tie between Cilic and DelPo would be a very interesting match but there's a way to go yet.

TSJ, if we agreed on something you and I could be as one, but if we got 20 posters together and we agreed in groups of 2, but disagreed with the other 18, then those 20 could be as ten. Whew, that was hard work!

[The Special Juan]

When would the phrase "be as ten" ever be used? I can't think of a single circumstance when I would use it. Darn technology!!

The potential 4th round tie between Cilic and DelPo would be a very interesting match but there's a way to go yet.

TSJ, if we agreed on something you and I could be as one, but if we got 20 posters together and we agreed in groups of 2, but disagreed with the other 18, then those 20 could be as ten. Whew, that was hard work!

Very well done.

[CaledonianCraig]

I am sure Jamie Baker will be kicking himself right now. Okay he went down in straight sets to Lukasz Rosol but it could have been so different. He served for the first set but ended up losing it on a tie-break and was a break up in the second set and blew it. So frustrating.

[invisiblecoolers]

Cilic vs. Del Po would be interesting, I see Cilic has the better player on skills as well as movement count but Del Po the better player equipped to handle a tough situation.

Del Po would win in 3 or 4 sets max, anything outside that would be a big upset in my view.

Btw I am delighted Rosol won, coz he has the potential meeting with Kols [his slayer in Wim 2012] and a potential 4th round meeting with another no.2 seed, this time against Federer. I wish he marches upto that stage and post a big match performance again.

[LuvSports!]

del po has hammered cilic several times, hes in his back pocket imo, i know the head to head shows the odd cilic win but dp handles him well.

[invisiblecoolers]

LS would you love to see a Rosol - Fed 4th round match , I can't wait for it even if it comes under the expense of our local hero Raonic [Raonic - Rosol in 3rd round potential clash]

[hawkeye]

LS would you love to see a Rosol - Fed 4th round match , I can't wait for it even if it comes under the expense of our local hero Raonic [Raonic - Rosol in 3rd round potential clash]

I'm sure that would be a highly anticipated encounter for lots of reasons. When Federer beats him 6-3 6-2 6-0 that would prove... Well what exactly would it prove? Ha ha! Not a lot really.

[invisiblecoolers]

LS would you love to see a Rosol - Fed 4th round match , I can't wait for it even if it comes under the expense of our local hero Raonic [Raonic - Rosol in 3rd round potential clash]

I'm sure that would be a highly anticipated encounter for lots of reasons. When Federer beats him 6-3 6-2 6-0 that would prove... Well what exactly would it prove? Ha ha! Not a lot really.

but HE for your delight what would happen if Rosol happen to beat Fed in st.sets with an impeccable display.

[hawkeye]

Um... Would Nadal laugh at how ridiculous it was?

[invisiblecoolers]

Ok HE simple question, would you like to see Rosol-Fed match happen or not?

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