Australian Open 2013: Matches of the day : Day 6 19-Jan-2013

Simon Breaks and serves for the match..

Tenez wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Noooooooooooooooooo 47 shots and BP goes out for Simon (T, is it ok to call a man "bijou" in French?)

mmhhh if you insist!

Merci

Oh yessss! What a point form Simon

I HATE THAT NET

Another BP squandered by Monf.. he is blowing it all away

I must say I have picked it up at 4 all in the 5th and it's quite fun. The crowd certainly seems to enjoy it.

noleisthebest wrote:this is av much nicer/more watchable version of last year's final

No not me. In lat years AO final both players were trying to hit harder but withing margins to force errors. This match hey both are only trying not to make any sort of errors themselves..

If a slug fest is all I have got to watch, I would prefer last year's final compared this gutless tennis.

Tenez wrote:I must say I have picked it up at 4 all in the 5th and it's quite fun. The crowd certainly seems to enjoy it.

Yes, it's been very entertaining ALL the time

rolly-polly tennis.. reminds me of some of ladies TT matches at our work-place.. yeah can be fun though.

nooooooooooooooooo

yessssssssssssss

ha ha ha nitb

and another YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Come ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon Simoooooooon!!!!!!!!!

Don´t they play an exhibition outside of the main schedule, I need to check it

And Monf finally gets the taste of his own medicine, netting an overhead

Come on Gillou NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!

Simon!!!!!!!

Now Murray vs Poor man's Murray in R4.

Simon won 169 points compared to Monf's 179.

Oh and my fav song goes in Melbourne, sweeeet ending!!!
Take it away Boss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:Now Murray vs Poor man's Murray in R4.

rotla!!!!!

Was quite impressed with Tomic. I tend to view him as someone who mostly plays lots of slices and junkballs, and hides his lack of quality behind that, but he looked very different this time. He was playing proper tennis, quite aggressive, often having Federer on the run. His serve and movement seem to have improved loads too. He hit some great shots.

gallery play wrote:I heard Federer had a medical time out during the commercial break. Yes, again the lower back.

Really? I did not notice that (trying to remember if my ESPN3 feed had any commercial breaks). That would be a shame.

After Fed's match I briefly switched to Monfils - Simon. Whether I just picked a bad moment (that 71 shot rally was among the few I saw) or whether the whole match was like that, I do not know, but it was so so boring. Agree with whoever said that it was worse than last year's final. Neither player was trying to do anything with the ball - the way they played, even their retrieving skills were not being tested. It was like watching some nice and easy warm up session. Good thing too because I did not feel bad turning it off and catching up on my sleep.

BTW, Roger also said that courts are playing faster this year.

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:this is av much nicer/more watchable version of last year's final

No not me. In lat years AO final both players were trying to hit harder but withing margins to force errors. This match hey both are only trying not to make any sort of errors themselves..

If a slug fest is all I have got to watch, I would prefer last year's final compared this gutless tennis.

I think Nadal and Djoko hit harder but more loopy so it has more margins for error and this is also why it was a slugfest. Though Monfils and Simon play at a slow pace they keep the ball close to net and lines. It's just a slugfest in both cases but I woudl say done more elegantly today.

summerblues wrote:Was quite impressed with Tomic. I tend to view him as someone who mostly plays lots of slices and junkballs, and hides his lack of quality behind that, but he looked very different this time. He was playing proper tennis, quite aggressive, often having Federer on the run. His serve and movement seem to have improved loads too. He hit some great shots.

Totally agree. Tomic has really improved his game, though he may still find it difficult to beat the top rankers, but he looks in the right direction. I often remember what T said about how amazingly some youngsters improve. He really played a very good match today. Fed's BP conversion looks poor, but I tell you every single one of those was very well saved by Tomic and not Fed missing those. He looks confident in his play.But he needs to work on his shot selection at times.

As GP said, it won't be long before he starts beating the 'roadrunners'. I have no doubt about it.

Yes many of those BPs Tomic saved were gutsy and that is also helped by the fact he had nothing to lose. I still think that this second set should have been more of a 6/0 than 76 and that 3rd set proves it again....but that more thanks to a great display of Federer than Tomic playing poorly.

raiders_of_the_lost_ark wrote:I often remember what T said about how amazingly some youngsters improve.

Yeah I suppose easier to improve quickly at a young age. Maybe he is 20 year old after all

I did 't notice any improvement, maybe honed the forehand a bit and started using it more at the expense of that BH slice he was almost abusing this time last year.
Or maybe I've been so swept off my feet by Berankis' exciting tennis, everyone else looks dull and slow.
JJ's two matches were good, too.
Tomic is old news as far as I'm concerned; he's spent his "young gun" credit last year. Time to start delivering.

BTW, what is the points situation like....
Anyone going to calculate them

noleisthebest wrote:
BTW, what is the points situation like....
Anyone going to calculate them

What points? As in the points tracker? I am killing myself keeping it all updated just for you and you do not even notice? Boooo... ...bboooo sniff sniff

Not much happening there tbh since most guys have been progressing - Delpo the only really big casualty so far.

It would all get much more exciting if Stan took out Nole tonight. Let's all hope for that, all right?

doing a great job SB, stuff of otf legend

summerblues wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:
BTW, what is the points situation like....
Anyone going to calculate them

What points? As in the points tracker? I am killing myself keeping it all updated just for you and you do not even notice? Boooo... ...bboooo sniff sniff

Not much happening there tbh since most guys have been progressing - Delpo the only really big casualty so far.

It would all get much more exciting if Stan took out Nole tonight. Let's all hope for that, all right?

Oh sorry SB , I actually meant the game prediction points....we haven't had any updates for two days from rotla, I wonder why

All I want to know how far ahead Tenez is so I can plan my attack

noleisthebest wrote:Oh sorry SB , I actually meant the game prediction points....

Oh makes me feel much better I am kind of glad we did not have any updates there. I think he keeps adding points (negative ones) even to people who failed to submit picks.

Results and points table as on 20-Jan-2013

1. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) [33] lost to Andy Murray (GBR) [3]

Rotla: -3
Tenez: -3
nitb: -3
SB:
Luvspots: 3
LK : 3

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2. Bernard Tomic (AUS) lost to Roger Federer (SUI) [2]

Rotla: 2
Tenez: 2
nitb: 2
SB:
Luvspots: 2
LK : -2
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3. Gilles Simon (FRA) [14] def Gael Monfils (FRA) [33]

Rotla: -14
Tenez: 14
nitb: 14
SB:
Luvspots: -14
LK : 14

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4.
Andreas Seppi (ITA) [21] def Marin Cilic (CRO) [12]

Rotla: 21
Tenez: -21
nitb: 21
SB:
Luvspots: -21
LK : -21

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5. Sloane Stephens (USA) [29] def Laura Robson (GBR)

Rotla: 29 ( brilliant pick )
Tenez: -29
nitb: -29
SB:
Luvspots: -29
LK : -29

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6. Ivan Dodig (CRO) lost to Richard Gasquet (FRA) [9]

Rotla: 9
Tenez: 9
nitb: 9
SB:
Luvspots: 9
LK : 9

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Points as on 20-Jan-2013

Rotla: -97 + 44 = -53
Tenez = 214 - 28 = 186
nitb: 120 + 14 = 134
SB: -177
Luvspots: 78 - 50 = 28
LK: -156 - 26 = -182

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No of correct Predictions:

Rotla: 13/29 + 4/6 = 17/35
Tenez: 19/29 + 3/6 = 22/35
nitb: 19/29 + 3/6 = 22/35
SB: 2/6 + 0/0 = 2/6
Luvspots: 19/29 + 3/6 = 22/35
LK: 12/17 + 3/6 = 15/23

Winner for the day is rotla for getting 4/6 correct.

summerblues wrote:

noleisthebest wrote:Oh sorry SB , I actually meant the game prediction points....

Oh makes me feel much better I am kind of glad we did not have any updates there. I think he keeps adding points (negative ones) even to people who failed to submit picks.

Thats how the rule for this game is SB. I'm sorry it might look harsh but its only fair. At times making a prediction puts negative points to your total. See example for today : Tenez and luvsportz lost points by making a prediction. Some days the matches are more difficult to predict. Those days people would rather sit back and take a 0 instead of a possible negative. So how can I give advantage to someone who didn't even play for the day? That's where I don't want people to just sit back play safe by avoiding a day's picking. You'll know as you go on..