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Topic: Australian Open Tennis 2019
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Subject: Australian Open Tennis 2019
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 9:36am
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Aus open kicking off in a couple of hours and looks to be a cracker as usual. Many seem to be predicting a changing of the guard but not sure I can see it just yet. The usual suspects look to have the goods again but you never know. Mens: Djoker: the short priced favourite (2.2) but not sure he deserves to be that short. Lost in the semi finals in Abu Dhabi a couple of weeks ago as well as losing sets in 2 or 3 of his other matches that week. Of course best of 5 sets is a different story so he may well click into gear. Happy to take him on at that price though if I was betting the winner market. Federer: If you asked me a few months ago what his chances were I would have said small. Has once again performed very well in Perth though and looks to be going very well. Can see him making his way very deep with minimal fuss. If I was backing someone to win the title I would probably have something on him at 6ish. Don’t like Nadal or Zverev. Feel like they both have injury clouds anyway but hard court in January doesn’t really suit Nadal anyway and Zverev is yet to make an impact in the slams. Happy to risk both. Of the rest would give some chance to Anderson (26) & Nishikori (34). Maybe back them now with the intention of trading out of the position come the qtr finals. Or let it ride. Whatever you feel like. Womens: Managed to nab Wozniaki at 15 last year but really a case of who knows again here as I don’t follow the women’s game as closely. Any one of about 10 could win this to be honest. Seems like they take turns. Put me down for Barty but not with an Aus bookmaker. She’s 19 on Betfair currently so back there if you are interested. Looks to be in great form and still improving. Can definitely match it with the best. Have something on Kerber as well at around 8. My own plays will basically be trading. Not going to bother explaining my strategy but if you’re interested its detailed in one of the threads from previous years. Might have been 2016 or 2017. Tip for day 1: Shame this thread wasn’t started a couple of days ago as this one has firmed in quite a bit. Berdych over Edmund. Currently around 1.5 but was closer to 1.8 earlier. Basically Berdych is back from injuries and looked in good touch making the final in Abu Dhabi 2 weeks ago. At his best he is was solidly in the top 10. Add in Edmund’s inability to cope with heat (I watched him court side crumble in the heat in New York in August and he also had a repeat in Brisbane) and I think he will struggle again today. Enjoy the tennis! |
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Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 9:40am
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Who do you like out of Raonic v Kyrgios? ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 9:42am
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I will pick Naomi Osaka at $12 ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 9:50am
Tough matchup for both with each having pluses and minuses. Raonic coming back from injury but I think we know what we will get from him. I think we know the level he will play at. At his best he can beat anyone but he will not be at that level here. What Kyrgios will do is the question. If he turns up then I think he will win but turning up is a big if. He does have a lot to lose though as his ranking will drop further to the 70s if he loses. Probably comes down to who wins the 1st set and what Kyrgios’s attitude is after that. Ok put me down for Kyrgios in what’s probably a coin flip. |
Tlazolteotl wrote:Posted By: crooked_gambler
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 1:35pm
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Just been watching a game on Channel 9 Gem, and commentating the game is Melbourne race caller Matt Hill. I’ll be cheering on the girl from Ballarat, Zoe Hives. She’s doing well so far. ------------- This space has been intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 2:07pm
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Round of 128·Court 8 Final
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Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 2:19pm
Anderson through to the next round in 4 beating Mannarino (just outside the seeds). Should have been straight sets except for a period of drop off. Will not want to do that against the top players. Note: my reference in the OP to Abu Dhabi should have been Qatar. The tournament was in Dohar while the exhibition a few days prior to that was Abu Dhabi. |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2019 at 11:18pm
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Fed - clinical. Seems ageless. Hard to see him not going deep. Touch wood. Kerber & Barty both through easily as well. Kerber more so though IMO. Also: Tomic beaten in straight sets by Cilic which was probably to be expected. Kudos to Tomic on the effort though. Fought all the way where previously he would have folded quickly once beaten in the 1st set. May see him higher up the rankings again later in the year. |
Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2019 at 8:33am
So good that Tomic lost in the first round  Went out with an extraordinary spray against Hewitt, hopefully we will not hear anymore from the big mouth for a few more months ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2019 at 11:02am
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The 9 coverage turned into the Andy Murray Show. Deprived the young man who beat him, his moment in the sun, NO post match interview for him. No tears from me in seeing Andy depart the scene. Federer & Nadal are hard acts to follow and still right up there. |
Posted By: crooked_gambler
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2019 at 11:13am
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Bernard Tomic is a flog ------------- This space has been intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2019 at 11:21am
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Is there any truth to Tomic's rant? Are the wildcards in some way financially tied to Hewitt? Because on the face of it, giving those complete no-names a wildcard and not the Kokk looks strange. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:41pm
That’s the question isn’t it. He did sound like a dressmaker with the rant but if it has any truth at all then definitely something that should be looked at closely. |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:44pm
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Couple of straight out tips for today: Chardy over Humbert Kyrgios over Raonic - has a great H2H and feel like he will lift having to defend so many ranking pts. |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 9:48am
Kyrgios ordinary last night and Raonic very good. Chardy got the job done in a thriller. Go for Monfils today. Should have too much fire power. Other tournament selects made it through although Nishikori had to come from 2 sets down. He does sometimes go through periods in a match where his level drops right off. Will need to eliminate that if he’s going to win. Djoker an easy win as you’d expect. Not sure much can be taken from that. Still think he’s too short in the tournament winner market even though he is the obvious favourite. |
Posted By: crooked_gambler
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 9:58am
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Sam Stosur should retire. Woeful again yesterday ------------- This space has been intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 11:18am
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Whale, desist from stating the bleedin' obvious. ------------- Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it! |
Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 11:43am
sorry   ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: Gay3
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 12:06pm
------------- Wisdom has been chasing me but I've always outrun it! |
Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 12:13pm
He is a waste of a talented player. Should turn it up, but like Stosur, they give up a fortune in endorsements by quitting. It will be interesting to see how his Hewitt comments filters out. It seems he has said what many think. ------------- |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 12:53pm
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What is Tonic endorsing? I doubt it's flying off the shelf whatever it is. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 12:58pm
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He previously held a long standing sponsorship deal with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc." rel="nofollow - Nike , before switching to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacoste" rel="nofollow - Lacoste in 2018. Tomic wore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotto_Sport_Italia" rel="nofollow - Lotto clothing during the 2018 French Open qualifying, but was wearing Lacoste by the main draw. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tomic#cite_note-95" rel="nofollow - [95] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tomic#cite_note-96" rel="nofollow - [96] Tomic wore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizuno_Corporation" rel="nofollow - Mizuno clothing for the first time at the start of the 2019 season. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tomic#cite_note-97" rel="nofollow - [97 ------------- |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 1:45pm
| What is his deal worth? My understanding (and I could be wrong) is that it’s really only the top players who are getting any decent coin from these things. Most basically just get their clothing etc supplied which is why you see so many players wearing an identical kit. |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 1:54pm
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I know nothing about the games structure BUT , Common sense would tell me that Hewitt is giving his time to and selecting , promising young & stable players with the untapped ability and temperament to develope into competitive players in the future. Tomic & Volcano are too disruptive / unpredictable , and are falling like baloons full of cement. |
Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 1:59pm
Actually a lot of people say there is something to his accusations, was not the right time to air them, pure bitterness at losing as when he attacked Rafter. As for Kyrgios, I don't like him but he refused to comment when asked about the allegations at the press conference, he is not in Tomic's league, very surly and does not love tennis, that is not a crime, still makes reasonable money ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 2:00pm
Note the painted toe nails . We know who voted YES. |
Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 2:13pm
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Dont know what his endorsement deals are worth but several articles put his career tennis earnings over 9 years at $US5 million and endorsements around $13 million. In his infamous ''I dont care' interview he claimed his net worth was $10 million. ------------- |
Posted By: Afros
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 2:45pm
Still hurting from that one I see macca |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2019 at 3:01pm
The US$5.7m prizemoney is correct (although a significant chunk of that is taken up with the expenses of being on the tour, coaching etc) $13m in endorsements would surprise but I guess it’s possible. He has been basically unmarketabke for the last 3 or 4 years and prior to that I doubt his ranking would have been high enough to have any appeal outside the Australian market. |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2019 at 9:22pm
But whoever it was who picked the men's wildcards knew what they were doing. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: Prince of Penzance
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2019 at 9:25pm
| I just hope these kids don’t end up like Kyrgios and Tomic. |
Posted By: Prince of Penzance
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2019 at 9:25pm
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Entitled Brats. Fkn Cupcakes more like jt |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2019 at 11:23pm
Good to see. > Let the two crazy clowns , fade away. |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2019 at 11:54pm
| If Bolt is the “new brigade of Oz youngsters” then we are in big trouble. The guy is 26, unlikely he is going very far. |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:10am
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Lleyton just took ALL the focus of the ypungsters and the not so youngsters.... ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:30am
I look forward to Tomic’s reply. Have to say I wasn’t convinced by the whole “abuse” story. Seemed like it could have been made up. |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 8:09am
Popyrin is 19 and was impressive. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 8:09am
Wrong spot Popyrin is 19 and was impressive. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 8:22am
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Alexei Popyrin is the most likely of any Australian man to win a grand slam. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 8:54am
It's been a long time since I've been impressed by an Australian tennis player. I wasn't even impressed by Hewitt when he got to number one in a fallow period in the game.  But I'm impressed by the little I saw last night of this bloke.------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 9:59am
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Interestingly 90 % of Australia's up and comers are children of migrants. If it was left to some on this forum we would not have any ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 10:18am
What has that got to do with anything , apart for the fact they don't work . just play Tennis...  
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Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 10:27am
I’m aware. I was talking about Bolt who at 26 is never going to make it beyond the challenger level in all likelihood. Yes Popyrin has had a good run. Don’t get too excited though, he was taking on a clay counter who is decidedly average on hard courts. |
Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2019 at 10:32am
I said up and comers like Alexei Popyrin Ash Barty is the child of one immigrant, half aboriginal though, another group some on here have no time for, but her mother is English, what a dilemma ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2019 at 7:59pm
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The Tennis has yet to capture my attention but there is great footage of a doorman doing his job and not letting Federer in without his ID. Federer, no hysteronics just waits for his entourage to turn up. All class. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2019 at 8:14pm
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The Tennis has been very entertaining ... The Class players appear to have plenty on the rising youngsters = so far at least. Raffa has demolished 3 Oz starters ... We can adopt him I suppose. All warms up from here on. |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:06am
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Exciting stuff. POPYRIN has just come from 2 sets down to level at 2 all. NOW for the big test. |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 6:58am
Cracking match! He sure has some fight. Would have been easy to roll over at 2-0 down. Shame he didn’t get the win. |
Posted By: Heavy10
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 8:20am
| Might be unpopular view, but Sharapova looks overs to me against Barty |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 8:47am
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Plenty to like about Popyrin's loss particularly his ability to get to the net and finish points off. He even volleys well. Imagine that. Most of the players I see these days look like they've never had a volleying lesson in their life. I guess we have Kim Warwick to thank for that. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 10:59am
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Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 2:28pm
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Sharapova off her game a tad. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 2:31pm
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She is in fine grunt. ------------- |
Posted By: Tlazolteotl
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 2:32pm
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Sharapova is the most annoying tennis player I have ever seen. ------------- An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. Simon Cameron |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 2:39pm
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Barty choking ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 2:55pm
Richard cranium ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: Hartnell is dominant
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 2:58pm
| Sharapova’s squealing is annoying |
Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:05pm
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Why do they keep showing that boofhead with the baseball cap? ------------- |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:07pm
What pisses me off is they found a spot to watch after arriving late. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: Second Chance
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:11pm
| Where was his pie and sauce? |
Posted By: Hartnell is dominant
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:24pm
Who is that guy? He looks familiar 
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Posted By: VOYAGER
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:25pm
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Good effort Ash. Now miss cheater, and she whose name shall not be mentioned, by me ever, can p#@s off back to russia, or Florida, or wherever she has crawled out from under her rock, and I can turn my television on. Once a cheater always a cheater! Hope we never see her back in the country! ------------- Remember, it might take intelligence to be smart , but it takes experience to be wise |
Posted By: Second Chance
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:28pm
He's one of the minority of male Coalition members who haven't attempted to get "familiar" with one of their female colleagues.
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Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:30pm
you are a good hater, it is only tennis ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:32pm
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Posted By: Second Chance
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:38pm
| Thankfully we can turn the volume down to avoid the appalling and continual grunt/scream each time she (and more than a few others also) play a shot. |
Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:40pm
yes her shrill scream is astonishing and so unnecessary, not only is it piercing but she extends it as long a possible, must go on for 5 seconds at times ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:47pm
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I agree - happy to turn the volume down. Just as long as it doesn’t affect the vision ------------- Refer ALP Election Promises |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:50pm
Thats for the "horizontal Sports "thread SC. Barnaby is serving, and latest news says he will 2 love in his 2nd set. |
Posted By: Hartnell is dominant
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 3:56pm
| Poor old Barnie has been a busy bee. |
Posted By: Heavy10
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 6:24pm
| Anyone else get sick of channel 9's attempts of fancy camera angles...they might look OK in replays but annoyed me when they were about to serve etc |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 10:32pm
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FEDDERER might get GLIKKED here. 2 sets to 1 in favour of the young Man and the 37 Years of Roger is starting to tell . Top game , may the best Man win. |
Posted By: Dr E
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 11:09pm
The only match I've bothered to watch - great young talent this Titsnass! Hope he goes on with it - probably won't bother with anymore - it's just tennis afterrall ...  ------------- In reference to every post in the Trump thread ... "There may have been a tiny bit of license taken there" ... Ok, Thanks for the "heads up" PT! |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 11:22pm
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WOW the Young Greek man, with the perfect temperament did in in 4 . A credit to himself and his Family watching in the crowd. Fedderer had many chances but was run off his legs . We will see a lot more of this young man in the years ahead. |
Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 11:31pm
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Just turned the tennis on for the first time - & I'm greeted with Jelena Dokic as a court commentator. I was hoping id seen the last of her - got a long memory. Getting wheeled out about this time every year as our big hope only to get knocked out in the first or second round without a whimper. And the old man stuff getting regurgitated all the time. Surely she'd get more air time on Croatian TV - seemed to spend a lot of time representing her home country than ours. ------------- Refer ALP Election Promises |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 11:40pm
The Tennis has been great actually ... No real standouts and a few locals performing well. I was pleased to see the Young 20 Y/o man beat Fedderer tonight . He conducted himself like a future champion and fought every inch of the way. |
Posted By: djebel
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2019 at 11:44pm
Seriously, why would you wish her anything but goodness. ------------- reductio ad absurdum |
Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:14am
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Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:19am
Yeah but imagine being the opponent having to put up with that the whole match  and Barty still beat her in spite of that stupid and stupid roaring. ------------- animals before people. |
Posted By: VOYAGER
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 1:35am
Oh okay I must have slept through the social norm of taking a performance enhancing drug, and serving half your sentence and then being feted upon by tennis and sporting organisers, who could not run a local church bingo game, and that is why they need the short skirts and tight ass and grunting to get and audience. And people wonder why the world is the way it is! So we just look away from cheating, we do not hold people responsible for their actions, and no personal responsibility. That is how we have got to a spot where Donald Trump, who said he would blow Kim Jong Il, from the planet, but is now saying he will talk to him again although little Kim has done nothing he said he would at last years excuse for Donald to visit Asia, it is why we have the inner city social fringe group protesting a NSW government, who will not introduce pill testing, when we all know that will do no good, just buy it the night before and take it on their way in, and we have people who have defrauded sports organisers and sports fans, and sports punters, by cheating, and not just for a match or a tournament, but for at least two years. If Ash Barty took a medication which gave her more endurance, allowed her to recover better than her opponents and do that for two years, she would be number one, and win three or four grand slams. But what would I know I am just a keyboard warrior. ------------- Remember, it might take intelligence to be smart , but it takes experience to be wise |
Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 7:40am
Can you name one other difficult sportsperson parent who went to prison for threatening to blow up an Ambassador with a hand grenade? ------------- |
Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 8:25am
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Posted By: oneonesit
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 8:29am
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Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 8:39am
Remember when her old many was booted out of the US Open after going on a rampage because of the price of fish and chips was too high?
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Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 10:06am
Nice to see her overcome her demons. A welcome addition to the commentary team, insightful comments and a reasonable personalty ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: Hartnell is dominant
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 10:37am
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Every one has a history. I think she has been an excellent commentator, non biased, and knows what she is talking about. |
Posted By: Whale
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2019 at 4:40pm
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A thing of beauty, the backhand smash. Incredibly difficult, requires timing, spatial awareness, strength ------------- Victor Orban 1.74 m, Michael Bloomberg 1.73 m, Emmanual Macron 1.77 m, George Soros 1.8 m |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 10:40am
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Racquet smashing day from all accounts . The Men's world No1 scraped through , He was physically exhausted but his opponent didn't treat his racquet as he should and paid the price. Raffa looks good at this time . I must Barrack for the young Greek man , He shows he can cope with the pressure and future crowns are assured. The Ladies is a raffle , The big grunt overtakes the game . Not good viewing without a fast forward and a mute button. |
Posted By: Carioca
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 12:25pm
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Sip Sip, ( the Greek) reminds me of the old Bonnington Irish Moss add of many years ago .
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Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 12:45pm
Melbourne is almost the biggest Greek city in the World. AND Australia's most unsafe. We need Tony Abbot & Donald Trump to straighten them out. TENNIS .. Is different = This one is for Greece. |
Posted By: Carioca
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 1:56pm
| I know them Greeks can't take corner kicks in football , they would rather build a fruit n veggie shop on it Macca lol. |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2019 at 5:43pm
Battled hard with a great attitude and free of the behaviour problems that destroy most of the Younger brigade . He's going places this one. He will be the only Greek In Oz one day, That doesn't own a restaurant. |
Posted By: maccamax
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 8:13am
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Too easy for the two winners last night . We may have seen the winner of both tournaments . Raffa and the Lady who put the end to Australia's hopes. |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 9:25am
| Starting to get to the pointy end now. More cracking matches coming up! Cs t wait. |
Posted By: saintly96
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:15am
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I saw Djokovic twice in the first week live at Rod Laver, he will be tough to beat. Osaka looked really good too. She is on course to play Serena in the semi final. Kvitova is playing well, but she will need to continue to to beat Serena or Naomi. Nadal has been awesome so far, but hasn't really faced anyone with the type of game who can challenge him. We all know how good he is, but Novak is a different kettle of fish. Been a great Open so far. |
Posted By: Passing Through
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 2:16pm
Sportsbet offer on tonight's match. ------------- |
Posted By: ExceedAndExcel
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 3:22pm
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Wow! How about that Serena Williams choke! Serving at match point up 5-1 in the 3rd and loses the next 6 games and the match! |
Posted By: Second Chance
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 3:34pm
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Actually she blew the first match point at 5-1, and from what I can gather was 40-15up with game score at 5-4 but blowing that too before losing the third set 7-5. Wouldn't have wanted to be with her in the change rooms after the match.
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Posted By: acacia alba
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 3:39pm
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she looked rattled didnt she. ------------- animals before people. |
Posted By: Heavy10
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 3:40pm
| Anyone know what price Pliskova got to in live betting? |