Australian Open

[wacked]

who all here watch tennis and are following the Australian Open, Lleyton Hewitt had a close call today.. what a comeback, 2 sets down and to comeback winning the next 3 sets, great game..

who are your favourites for the Open..

[Viv]

Yep..was a close match. I thought Hewitt would go out in straight sets..but he did well to turn it around.
By favourites do u mean the ones we support or the one we think are most likely to win?
Anyways..my favourites
Safin and Hingis
Most likely
Federer and Clijsters

[jso1985]

Federer is the favourite and I really doubt someone can beat him right now.
In women is a bit more close, but I think the final will be Clijstesr vs Sharapova

Go Maria :cheese:

[slinkster]

I like watching tennis, but it's not covered all that well over here unless it's wimbledon. You'll have to let me know how Roddick gets on... ;)

[Hazell B]

I guess Andy Murray was playing this afternoon, as BBCi had it's interactive thingy flashing away for tennis.

Bias coverage is all we'll get :mark:

[Viv]

Good match by Gael Monfils today,plays Gasquet next..and it's Roddick against Safin in round 3..that one should be a cracker

[raybak]

I'm cheering for Wayne Arthurs, Dad is good friends with Wayne's dad so he will be there courtside watching.

Ray

[wacked]

I would like to see James Blake win.. he has been playing really well..

women i'm a big fan of dementieva, somehow she seems to mess up..
though i think Maria or Mauresmo is gonna win.. anyways lets see..

would like to see Hingis win though..

[stevie_gerrard]

I guess Andy Murray was playing this afternoon, as BBCi had it's interactive thingy flashing away for tennis.

Bias coverage is all we'll get :mark:

Yeh, they do like to show andy murray games a lot, but there are doing evening sessions via BBCi every morning from 830am, Rafael Nadal game just finished on there today, thrilling match, only just made it.

My favourites, personally i would like Andy to do well but i dont see him winning it, i can see him beating Nadal though, Nadals a quality player, but he struggled a bit when the opponent attacked at him, and played bigger shots (cant remember the guys name now, i think he was german, quite young, could be good talent in the future).

The winners, well, im following the mens draw more at the moment, so i reckon Federer will win it, as for the womens draw, i can see a shock happening there, just dont know which one of the seeds will win it though. too close to call at this early stage.

[wacked]

well the only Indian there Sania Mirza has lost.. hope she does better in the doubles..

[wacked]

well the only Indian there Sania Mirza has lost.. hope she does better in the doubles..

[stevie_gerrard]

Murray v Nadal in the fourth round :D Going to be a classic, both players were clinical today, fantastic stuff! :)

[AndyRAC]

I like watching tennis, but it's not covered all that well over here unless it's wimbledon. You'll have to let me know how Roddick gets on... ;)

The coverage is still too much for such a dull sport. Rallying would kill for that kind of coverage, and its covered well in the papers. Look today compare the Tennis and the Monte, no contest; hardly a jot about the Rally, it's the Monte Carlo Rally, the one even Joe Public has heard of, yet nothing.

[Viv]

Day of upsets but good match between Roddick and Ancic today. But if Roddick keeps having such tough matches..I'm afraid he'll be blown away by Federer again :(

[wacked]

im no a big fan of Roddick.. im cheering for Blake..

[Erki]

I just wanted to say that Mauresmo and that girl who beat her are both real eye candies!!

[stevie_gerrard]

The girl who beat her was Safarova :p :

Nadal beats Murray- Match of the tournament so far, absolutely stunning, yeah Andy may not have won but he put in a world class performance, and it took Nadals world class winners to get him through. A real classic :up:

[viper_man]

Great game but I was shouting at the tv in the latter stages, Murray bottled it in my opinion. He should definately have won, he had Nadal on the ropes.

Great game though

[jso1985]

quite surprissed at Blake's poor performance agaisnt Gonzalez.
If he can't win on hard courts he's never gonna win anything important

Safarova :lips:

[Erki]

May I also add that Martina Hingis looks also pretty delicious? :)

[stevie_gerrard]

too bad, shes out now :p :

So is Nadal, beaten by Gonzalez, who looks liek the complete player, he was destroying today like youve never seen it, though i havent seen Nadal beaten that heavily for a while.

[Erki]

too bad, shes out now :p :

Yep, and on the way to me! :)

[janneppi]

I just wanted to say that Mauresmo and that girl who beat her are both real eye candies!!
I disagree, "Mauri" is really a man womens clothes. :p :

[Erki]

I disagree, "Mauri" is really a man womens clothes. :p :

I don't understand what you disagree with. I didn't say "Mauri" was a man or a woman or a dog, I just told Mauri is a real eye candy.

IS IT THIS HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

edit: of course it is :p :

[janneppi]

Well, she'd make for an attractive male i'll give you that. Sort of looks like a skinny Fabio. :p :

[harsha]

Tommy Haas Vs Fernando Gonzalez should be a cracker......Federer and Tommy Haas seem to be very similar sort of players though...both are good with their forehands and their backhands

[jso1985]

Hingis has classic beauty :)

stupid Clijsters! :(
Gonzales really impressed me, he looks on his way to the final, still I think Federer will trash him there

[Erki]

stupid Clijsters! :(

I think she's a pretty one too. :)

[Ranger]

Williams beat Vaidisova, but that Watch thing was disheartening to see from the Williams camp. :down:

[veeten]

and now, the match we've all been waiting for...

Sharapova vs. Williams. :D

[Erki]

Williams is not pretty, Sharapova is..a bit.

May I ask, what are they doing there in Melbourne at all? :)

[harsha]

federer....wow,great performance by him,have to feel a bit sorry for andy roddick though,that must have been a torture chamber to him in there
6-4 6-0 6-2......

[Viv]

Wow!!That was too good. I was just thinking Roddick might take it to federer atleast this time ..he's been pretty good in this Openbut it's the same old story again :(

[janneppi]

R-Fed must have been pissed at loosing to Roddick couple of weeks back, decided now to show how to play. :)

[jso1985]

he didn't beat him, he kicked his ass big time! :eek:

[stevie_gerrard]

A Scottish winner at the Australian Open, and its not Andy Murray :p :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6301517.stm

[janneppi]

Yay Harri! :)

[Viv]

That was an absolute thrashing by Serena Williams..I was hoping it would go to 3 sets atleast :(

[edv]

Maria couldn't serve to save her life

[harsha]

but she sure can grunt though :p :

[akv89]

Amazing job by Federer (again) to win the Australian open. He didn't lose a single set in the process of doing so. Gonzalez put up a good fight too.

[EuroTroll]

Yes, Federer really looks to be shaping us as the Michael Schumacher of tennis, doesn't he. Except that he's likeable. :)

It'd be nice to see the 'Slam from him this year. :up:

[janneppi]

Yes, Federer really looks to be shaping us as the Michael Schumacher of tennis, doesn't he. Except that he's likeable. :)
:
And that he doesn't have a superior racket. :p :

[jso1985]

Oh oh just wait until the ATP rules out Nadal's racket as illegal in the eve of the French Open final :p : ;)

[stevie_gerrard]

Awesome federer again, its just tennis beauty, it really is. It's gonna take some stopping him i tell you, i think he is a serious shout for the French this year.