Australian Open 2020

[DUN I LOVE]

Musetti.

[Alan]

Ełbanks.

Super pograł w tych kwalach. Aż by się chciało wypuścić takiego Krzysia na Basilashvilego, ale los chciał inaczej.

FAA - Gulb. Niby zawsze to jeden hicior R128 więcej, ale patrząc na to jak trafili inni wygrani i LL z eliminacji to śmiało można umieścić Ernestsa baaardzo wysoko w rankingu pechowców.

[Michael Scott]

Hubert Hurkacz poznał rywala w 1. rundzie Australian Open! Pechowe losowanie Polaka

Spoiler:

Mimo, że losowanie drabinki Australian Open odbyło się w czwartek rano czasu polskiego, Hubert Hurkacz (34. ATP) wciąż nie znał nazwiska rywala, z którym zmierzy się w 1. rundzie imprezy w Melbourne. Wiadomo było tylko, że będzie to zawodnik, który dostanie się do turnieju głównego przez kwalifikacje. Te zaś zakończyły się dopiero w sobotę rano czasu polskiego. Wiemy już, że przeciwnikiem najlepszego obecnie polskiego tenisisty będzie Dennis Novak.

Kwalifikant rywalem Hurkacza

Austriak w eliminacjach pokonał kolejno: Niemca Dustina Browna 6:3, 6:2; Słowaka Filipa Horansky'ego 6:1, 6:4 i Japończyka Hirokiego Moriyę 7:6, 6:2. W Wielkim Szlemie najwyżej w karierze był w 3. rundzie Wimbledonu. Hurkacz z pewnością mógł mieć więcej szczęścia do losowania, bo Novak w kwalifikacjach Australian Open był rozstawiony z nr 1. Niewiele brakowało, a dostałby się do turnieju głównego bez konieczności udziału w eliminacjach. 6 stycznia 26-latek z Wiener Neustadt pierwszy raz w karierze znalazł się w pierwszej setce rankingu ATP. Obecnie jest notowany na 99. miejscu. Niedawno przegrał z innym polskim tenisistą Kacprem Żukiem, który pokonał go podczas turnieju ATP Cup 5:7, 7:6, 6:3.
Hurkacz debiutuje jako rozstawiony

Mimo to, faworytem w spotkaniu Hurkacz - Novak będzie nasz zawodnik. Ostatnio doszedł do półfinału turnieju w nowozelandzkim Auckland, a od początku roku imponuje wysoką formą. W najnowszym rankingu ATP, który zostanie opublikowany w poniedziałek, 22-latek z Wrocławia powinien awansować na najwyższe miejsce w karierze - 31. Z tym numerem jest też rozstawiony w Melbourne - pierwszy raz w Wielkim Szlemie.

Spotkanie Polaka z Austriakiem zaplanowane zostało jako trzecie w kolejności na korcie numer 19. Początek gier na tym korcie w nocy z niedzieli na poniedziałek o godzinie 1:00 czasu polskiego. Zwycięzca ich pojedynku zmierzy się z lepszym z pary John Millman (Australia, 47. ATP) - Ugo Humbert (Francja, 57. ATP).

http://www.sport.pl/tenis/7,64987,25610 ... chowe.html

[Damian]

Australian Open 2020 - wyniki III rundy turnieju kwalifikacyjnego:

[1] Dennis Novak d. Hiroki Moriya 7-6(5) 6-2 Ch. Ump-Eva Asderaki Moore Statystyki meczu

Tallon Griekspoor d. [WC] Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 7-6(5) Ch. Ump-Aurelie Tourte Statystyki meczu

Christopher Eubanks d. Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 7-6(3) Ch. Ump-Aline Rocha Statystyki meczu

Elliot Benchetrit d. Dmitry Popko 4-6 6-2 6-3 Ch. Ump- Statystyki meczu

Mario Vilella Martinez d. Mathias Bourgue 6-1 6-4 Ch. Ump- Statystyki meczu

Mohamed Safwat d. [6] Jewgienij Donskoj 7-5 6-4 Ch. Ump-Alison Hughes Statystyki meczu

Ilya Ivashka d. Zhe Li 6-4 6-3 Ch. Ump-Eva Asderaki Moore Statystyki meczu

Quentin Halys d. Nikola Milojevic 6-3 7-6(2) Ch. Ump-Aline Rocha Statystyki meczu

Marco Trungelliti d. Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 1-6 7-6(4) Ch. Ump- Statystyki meczu

[10] Norbert Gombos d. Pedja Krstin 6-3 6-3 Ch. Ump- Statystyki meczu

Daniel Elahi Galan d. [WC] Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-2 Ch. Ump-Jimmy Pinoargote Statystyki meczu

Pedro Martinez d. Lukas Rosol 6-4 6-2 Ch. Ump-Robert Balmforth Statystyki meczu

Max Purcell d. [26] Jozef Kovalik 6-4 6-2 Ch. Ump-Alison Hughes Statystyki meczu

Alejandro Tabilo d. Matteo Viola 6-2 6-3 Ch. Ump- Statystyki meczu

Ernests Gulbis d. [17] Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-6(2) 6-2 Ch. Ump- Statystyki meczu

[16] Peter Gojowczyk d. Constant Lestienne 6-2 6-3 Ch. Ump-Richard Haigh Statystyki meczu

[Damian]

MAIN DRAW
(uzupełniony o kwalifikantów)

[1] Rafael Nadal vs Hugo Dellien
Federico Delbonis vs Joao Sousa
[Q] Christopher Eubanks vs [Q] Peter Gojowczyk
[LL] Jozef Kovalik vs [27] Pablo Carreno Busta
[9] Nick Kyrgios vs Lorenzo Sonego
Pablo Cuevas vs Gilles Simon
Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Mikael Ymer
[Q] Mario Vilella Martinez vs [16] Karen Chaczanow
[10] Gael Monfils vs Yen-Hsun Lu
Ivo Karlović vs Vasek Pospisil
James Duckworth vs Aljaz Bedene
[Q] Ernests Gulbis vs [20] Felix Auger-Aliassime
[29] Taylor Fritz vs [Q] Tallon Griekspoor
[Q] Ilja Iwaszka vs Kevin Anderson
[WC] Alex Bolt vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas
Adrian Mannarino vs [5] Dominic Thiem

[4] Daniił Miedwiediew vs Frances Tiafoe
Dominik Koepfer vs [Q] Pedro Martinez
[WC] Hugo Gaston vs Jaume Munar
Alexei Popyrin vs [28] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
[19] John Isner vs Thiago Monteiro
[Q] Alejandro Tabilo vs [Q] Daniel Elahi Galan
Miomir Kecmanović vs Andreas Seppi
Damir Dzumhur vs [15] Stan Wawrinka
[11] David Goffin vs Jeremy Chardy
Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Cameron Norrie
Yuichi Sugita vs [Q] Elliot Benchetrit
[WC] Christopher O'Connell vs [17] Andriej Rubliow
[26] Nikołoz Basilaszwili vs Soonwoo Kwon
Fernando Verdasco vs [LL] Jewgienij Donskoj
Casper Ruud vs Jegor Gierasimow
Marco Cecchinato vs [7] Alexander Zverev


[8] Matteo Berrettini vs [WC] Andrew Harris
Tennys Sandgren vs [Q] Marco Trungelliti
Roberto Carballes Baena vs Ricardas Berankis
Sam Querrey vs [25] Borna Corić
[22] Guido Pella vs [WC] John-Patrick Smith
[Q] Mohamed Safwat vs Gregoire Barrere
Jordan Thompson vs Alexander Bublik
Reilly Opelka vs [12] Fabio Fognini
[13] Denis Shapovalov vs Marton Fucsovics
Jannik Sinner vs [Q] Max Purcell
Leonardo Mayer vs Tommy Paul
Juan Ignacio Londero vs [18] Grigor Dimitrow
[31] Hubert Hurkacz vs [Q] Dennis Novak
John Millman vs Ugo Humbert
[Q] Quentin Halys vs Filip Krajinović
Steve Johnson vs [3] Roger Federer

[6] Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Salvatore Caruso
Philipp Kohlschreiber vs Marcos Giron
Cristian Garin vs Stefano Travaglia
Radu Albot vs [32] Milos Raonic
[21] Benoit Paire vs Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Marin Cilić vs Corentin Moutet
Pablo Andujar vs [WC] Michael Mmoh
Feliciano Lopez vs [9] Roberto Bautista Agut
[14] Diego Schwartzman vs Lloyd Harris
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs [Q] Norbert Gombos
[WC] Marc Polmans vs Michaił Kukuszkin
Kyle Edmund vs [24] Dusan Lajović
[30] Daniel Evans vs Mackenzie McDonald
Yoshihito Nishioka vs Laslo Djere
[WC] Tatsuma Ito vs [LL] Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Jan-Lennard Struff vs [2] Novak Djoković

[Del Fed]

Scouting Report: 10 Things To Watch At The Australian Open

Spoiler:

An executive summary of what every fan should know about the coming fortnight in Melbourne

After a thrilling start to the season at the ATP Cup as well as in Doha, Adelaide and Auckland, the ATP Tour's stars are ready for the first Grand Slam of the year at the Australian Open. ATPTour.com looks at the storylines to watch in Melbourne:

1. Big Three Lead the Way Again: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have combined for 14 of the past 16 Australian Open titles, 12 straight Grand Slam championships and 55 of 66 majors dating back to Federer’s breakthrough at Wimbledon in 2003. The legends return to Melbourne Park as No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 players in the FedEx ATP Rankings (Nadal, Djokovic, Federer) and No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 on the Grand Slam title leaders list (Federer 20, Nadal 19, Djokovic 16). This is the eighth time the Big 3 come in together as the Top 3 seeds:
2. Nadal Looks For Second Title: This is the fourth time Nadal comes into the Australian Open as the top seed and he won his lone title here in 2009 as World No. 1. He was also the No. 1 seed in 2011 (QF) and 2018 (QF). If Nadal could capture his second Australian Open title, he would become the third man to win all four Grand Slam tournaments at least twice, joining Australian greats Roy Emerson and Rod Laver.

Last season he became the oldest player (33) to finish year-end No. 1 in the history of the FedEx ATP Rankings (since 1973). It was his fifth year-end No. 1 finish, tying Djokovic, Federer and Jimmy Connors for second, trailing only Pete Sampras (6).

3. Dominance Down Under: Djokovic owns a record seven Australian Open titles. He is followed by Federer and Emerson, who have six titles each at the year’s first major. Djokovic beat Nadal in straight sets in last year’s final.
The 32-year-old Serbian led his country to the ATP Cup title by going 6-0 in singles (2-0 in doubles) with Top 10 wins over No. 10 Gael Monfils, No. 5 Daniil Medvedev and No. 1 Nadal. Djokovic has 899 career wins and with a first-round victory he will become the sixth player in the Open Era with 900 wins (899-187).

4. Federer Eyes Aussie 100: Last season Federer earned his 100th tour-level singles title by capturing the Dubai crown. He also reached 100 wins at Wimbledon (101). The 38-year-old Swiss superstar is making his 21st consecutive appearance in Melbourne and he owns a 97-14 career record at the tournament.

Last year, Federer had a 17-match winning streak snapped with his fourth-round loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas. The last time the Swiss did not advance to at least the semi-finals in Melbourne in two consecutive years was 2002-03, when he made the Round of 16.

5. Battle for No. 1: Nadal has a 515-point lead over Djokovic going into the Australian Open, and the Serbian could potentially regain No. 1 by the end of the fortnight.

Djokovic has 2,000 points to defend and Nadal is defending 1,200 points. To regain No. 1, Djokovic must win the title AND Nadal must not reach the semi-finals. Nadal and Djokovic are two of the six players to rank No. 1 at least 200 weeks:6. Who’s Next? No players currently under the age of 30 have won a Grand Slam title. At last year’s US Open, 23-year-old Daniil Medvedev almost broke through, losing to Nadal in five sets in the championship match. The Russian is seeded a career-best No. 4 in a Grand Slam tournament.

Other young stars to watch are No. 5 Dominic Thiem (26), who is a two-time Roland Garros finalist; No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas (21), the reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion and last year’s Australian Open semi-finalist; No. 7 Alexander Zverev (22), who won the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals title and is a two-time Roland Garros quarter-finalist; Denis Shapovalov (20), who is ranked a career-high No. 13 and will be a Top 16 seed in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. Shapovalov’s best Slam result came at the 2017 US Open, where he made the fourth round.

7. Russians on the Rise: Andrey Rublev won the Doha title last weekend and moved into the Top 20 of the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time at a career-high No. 18. He joins Medvedev at No. 4 and Karen Khachanov at No. 16 inside the Top 20. The last time three Russians were ranked inside the Top 20 was 28 March 2005 with No. 4 Marat Safin, No. 15 Nikolay Davydenko and No. 19 Mikhail Youzhny.

8. Medvedev on the Move: This is the fifth straight Grand Slam tournament for which Medvedev has improved his seeding position (11-4 seeded):
Last season, Medvedev led the ATP Tour in tour-level match wins (59) and finals (9), winning a career-best four titles.

9. Aussie Title Hopes: The last Australian man to win the Australian Open was Mark Edmondson in 1976. This is the longest current drought by a home country Grand Slam tournament. Leading the way is No. 2 Aussie Nick Kyrgios, ranked No. 26 and a 2015 Australian Open quarter-finalist. He came into Melbourne ranked No. 52 last year and lost to former World No. 3 Milos Raonic in the first round. No. 1 Aussie Alex de Minaur withdrew due to an abdominal injury.

10. Bryan Brothers Make Farewell: Six-time Australian Open doubles champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan make their final appearance in Melbourne. They have won the most Grand Slam doubles titles as a team (16) and have the most tour-level match wins (1,102) together in the Open Era. They have finished as the No. 1 team a record 10 times.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/scoutin ... -open-2020

[Mario]

Tak sobie patrzę, że Eubanks vs Basilashvili jak już w półfinale. Słabo.

[Kamileki]

[Del Fed]

[DUN I LOVE]

Trzeba przyznać, że powoli (ale to bardzo powoli) strona AO odzyskuje dawną przejrzystość.

Przejrzałem OOP i już wiem, że turniej zacznę od obejrzenia meczu Shapovalov - Fucsovics.

[Kamileki]

Ełbanks.

Ależ będzie meczycho z Rafą w 3 rundzie.

[no-handed backhand]

Mamy kolejny hit : Lord Gulbis kontra Murzyn Aliassime.

[DUN I LOVE]

Refleks.

[no-handed backhand]

Sorry, ale Alan ostatnio tak rzadko się tu pojawia, że teraz też go nie zauważyłem.

[Damian]

Novak Powers Into Australian Open Main Draw

Spoiler:

Safwat makes history for Egypt on Saturday
Ten remaining qualifying spots were up for grabs on Saturday at the Australian Open and Dennis Novak wasted no time securing his place in the main draw. The top-seeded Austrian battled past Japanese Hiroki Moriya 7-6(5), 6-2 for his second main draw appearance in Melbourne.

Mohamed Safwat became the first Egyptian player in 24 years to qualify for a Grand Slam by defeating sixth-seeded Russian Evgeny Donskoy 7-5, 6-4. Four players also enjoyed the milestone moment of reaching their first Grand Slam main draw: Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan, Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, Chilean Alejandro Tabilo and Spaniard Mario Vilella Martinez.

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Three players received lucky loser spots into the main draw due to withdrawals: Slovakian Jozef Kovalik, Donskoy and Indian Prajnesh Gunneswaran. Kovalik and Gunneswaran lost their final-round qualifying matches on Friday.

The 16 qualifiers and three lucky losers were all placed into the main draw on Saturday.

Qualifier & Lucky Loser Placements
(Q) Mario Vilella Martinez (ESP) v. (16) Karen Khachanov (RUS)
(Q) Ernests Gulbis (LAT) v. (20) Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
(Q) Tallon Griekspoor (NED) v. (29) Taylor Fritz (USA)
(Q) Christopher Eubanks (USA) v. (Q) Peter Gojowczyk (GER)
(Q) Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) v. (Q)Daniel Elahi Galan (COL)
(Q) Ilya Ivashka (BLR) v. Kevin Anderson (RSA)
(Q) Pedro Martinez (ESP) v. Dominik Koepfer (GER)
(Q) Elliot Benchetrit (FRA) v. Yuichi Sugita (JPN)
(Q) Marco Trungelliti (ARG) v. Tennys Sandgren (USA)
(Q) Mohamed Safwat (EGY) v. Gregoire Barrere (FRA)
(Q) Max Purcell (AUS) v. Jannik Sinner (ITA)
(Q) Dennis Novak (AUT) v. Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
(Q) Quentin Halys (FRA) v. Filip Krajinovic (SRB)
(Q) Norbert Gombos (SVK) v. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
(LL) Jozef Kovalik (SVK) v. (27) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
(LL) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) v. Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
(LL) Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) v. Tatsuma Ito (JPN)

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/novak-a ... g-saturday

[Lucas]

[Robertinho]

Mamy kolejny hit : Lord Gulbis kontra Murzyn Aliassime.

Sam jesteś Murzyn. W dodatku biały.

[Razing]

[no-handed backhand]

Mamy kolejny hit : Lord Gulbis kontra Murzyn Aliassime.

Sam jesteś Murzyn. W dodatku biały.

Ito żółty.

[DUN I LOVE]