Australian Open 2015: Matches of the day : Day 1 19-Jan-2015

The first Grand Slam of 2015 kicks off and so does The Daily Prediction game. 

The matches for tomorrow are:

1. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [33]
vs.
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [3] 


2. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) [33]
vs.
Roger Federer (SUI) [2]


3. Dustin Brown (GER) [33]
vs.
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [10]


4. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) [33]
vs.
Ernests Gulbis (LAT) [11]


5. Jiri Vesely (CZE) [33]
vs.
Viktor Troicki (SRB) [33]


6. Carlos Berlocq (ARG) [33]
vs.
Richard Gasquet (FRA) [24]


7. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [29]
vs.
Borna Coric (CRO) [33]




Let the ball rolling!! 

My picks:

1. Youzhny ( not much hope but lets see )
2. Federer
3. Dimitrov
4. Gulbis
5. Vesley
6. Berloq
7. Coric

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) [33

Roger Federer (SUI) [2]


Dustin Brown (GER) [33]


Ernests Gulbis (LAT) [11]


Viktor Troicki (SRB) [33]...unfortunately but

Richard Gasquet (FRA) [24]


7. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [29]

Youzhny
Federer
Dimitrov
Kokkinakis
Vesely
Gasquet
Chardy

Nadal, fed, Dimi, Kokkinakis, Troicki, gasquet, chardy

Nadal, Federer, Dimitrov, Gulbis, Troicki, Gasquet, Chardy.

As tennistv is not showing slams, which online channel is best to subscribe for AO, eurosport, ITV or stg else?

Thx for the choices, NITB.


1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) [3]  

2. Roger Federer (SUI) [2]

3. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [10]

4. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) [11]

5. Jiri Vesely (CZE) [33] hopefully 

6. Richard Gasquet (FRA) [24]

7. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [29]

Got myself sorted with Eurosport, 7 screens, game set Matts at 10 PM... £4.99 for the month, not bad.

Let the fun begin!!!  

Order of play:

So, Fed's got the first evening match, which is a civilised early morning time to watch it.
Won't set the alarm for Dr Misha's upset of The Seriously Declining Tier One goat...only if I wake up naturally.

Davai Youzhny!!!

noleisthebest wrote:Got myself sorted with Eurosport, 7 screens, game set Matts at 10 PM... £4.99 for the month, not bad.

So have I! Good deal I thought

Youzhny
Federer
Dimitrov
Gulbis
Vesely
Gasquet
Chardy

noleisthebest wrote:So, Fed's got the first evening match, which is a civilized early morning time to watch it.

Sadly very untrue

noleisthebest wrote:Won't set the alarm for Dr Misha's upset of The Seriously Declining Tier One goat...only if I wake up naturally.

I will try to catch at least a set.

Roger, Dimi, Misha,

Dimi breaks right away, 2:0

I nearly had a heart attack, Eurisport wasn't loading for about 5 minutes....  

And now...bliss, aaaaah....luminent, sundrenched Australian blue sky, I'm there!!!!

The ball looks ultra-bouncy, Nadal is going to love it, Raonic, too...

Dustin Brown must be the most laid-back guy on tour, I can easily imagine him smoke a joint as a warm-up.

How far back is Coric standing?

I think I'd support Nadal over Coric.

Coric up a break at 3:2

Tenez wrote:How far back is Coric standing?

I think I'd support Nadal over Coric.

Ouch, is it that bad?
I'll have a look.

noleisthebest wrote:

Tenez wrote:How far back is Coric standing?

I think I'd support Nadal over Coric.

Ouch, is it that bad?
I'll have a look.

It's not on Eurosport player for some reason

...and while I am watching Chardy vs Coric, Dimi takes the first set.

I can't believe it...no Chardy-Coric on Eurosport...now I have to look at those horrid add ridden streams and sit at the desk

Coric is weaponless, but a potentially great percentage player, surely he can't beat Chardy, I love his FH!!!

Not only is women's tennis boring and over-paid, but they have to hog all the best courts as well

Another easy break and Coric takes the set.

summerblues wrote:Another easy break and Coric takes the set.

That is horrible.

Won't bother turning the desktop on then....

Despite the easy match vs Brown, Dimi is really going to struggle with his BH against sharper players. Unless he improves his FH dramatically, he'll burn out fast.

I'd love to see a Brown-Monfils match in Wimbledon!

Chardy finally breaks and will be serving for the second set.

With some difficulty, but Chardy does manage to serve out the second set.

Chardy ultimately took care of Coric in 4.  Murray is two sets up on Bhambri and Goffin a set up on Russell.   Also Klizan easily through, and Seppi beat Istomin in 5.

Rafa up next on Laver.

In the meantime, Rafa and Misha have started their match.

Good luck Misha.

summerblues wrote:Chardy ultimately took care of Coric in 4.  Murray is two sets up on Bhambri and Goffin a set up on Russell.   Also Klizan easily through, and Seppi beat Istomin in 5.

Rafa up next on Laver.

Murray has a new clothing line deal?

I don't know, does he?  Why?  I do not follow such things much.

Easy first set for Rafa.  Youzhny not playing either well or the right tactics.  Not sure how much longer I will be watching this.

Fed playing good. Just conversion of BPs some concern... not bad overall.

Lu is a quality grinder who would have given Nadal much more trouble than Youzhny.

noleisthebest wrote:Lu is a quality grinder who would have given Nadal much more trouble than Youzhny.

Fed playing great, taking the ball early and absolutely awesome. Lu... I don't know . Playing against Nadal is different game, he is quiet unique.

I am not that impressed by Fed actually. Not bad but more average than anything today.

Tenez wrote:I am not that impressed by Fed actually. Not bad but more average than anything today.

He is playing okay considering the first match of the year. And Lu is no mug, so it wasn't going to be a walk in the park.

And Fed get a BH DTL winner across the net.

Fed is beating Lu with his not praised enough craft, but you can see how this kind of match is draining even for a straightforward three setter.
Tennis never used to be like that in the first round of slam.
Fed can't wait for it to be over.

His mouvement was not great today...but enough for Lu.

I only watched the end of 2nd & the third set, and he was a bit heavy on his feet, late on the FH quite a few times.
He needs to play his matches in daylight.

noleisthebest wrote:I only watched the end of 2nd & the third set, and he was a bit heavy on his feet, late on the FH quite a few times.
He needs to play his matches in daylight.

....except that all the big matches including finals are at night, aren't they?

Yes...

In these conditions players need to hit at least 30% more shots than if it was a bit faster.
Depressing.

very true.

It was quite breezy today so must have been difficult to time the ball too.

Gulbis kokkinakis into the 5th set.. Kokki's outfit is really strange, looks like he borrowed his sister's.

I knew Vesely would lose v Troicki. Troicki is indeed even fitter than Vesely and certainly more experienced in slams.

Disappointing though,.

The noise on Gulbis court is absurd. Sounds like there is some copter circling above as well. Really bad!

This is such a fun match !

Court seems quite fast this year.