AUSTRALIAN OPEN, Melbourne, ATP GRAND SLAM

[Billie]

james mghee is playing 3rd qualifying rd. I noticed fedster is playing a "Q" in rd1..wonder if Irelands finest is thinking it could be him? if he wins.

vernando fiasco vs Djokovic..lol. nasty.

Fed is playing Jurgen Meltzer in the first round, I just finished my draw challenge so I noticed.

 

[Mastoor]

Novak starts with a tough one against Verdasco... tough physically at least, but we know the outcome.

R1: Verdasco
R2: Edmund or Istomin
R3: Carreno Busta
R4: Dimitrov
QF: Thiem
SF: Raonic
F: Murray

It is actually Dodig or Istomin in R2 and then Edmund or Carreno in R3 and I think it will be Edmund. I also think it may be Goffin in QF instead Thiem who disappointed against Evans in Sydney.

 

[Mastoor]

Here is a picture of a young guy who will play in R1 for all the girls here:

 

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Order of Play - Monday on the Showcourts.

ROD LAVER ARENA

4-Simona Halep (Romania) v Shelby Rogers (U.S.)

Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) v 13-Venus Williams (U.S.)

1-Andy Murray (Britain) v Illya Marchenko (Ukraine)

Evening

1-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine)

Jurgen Melzer (Austria) v 17-Roger Federer (Switzerland)

MARGARET COURT ARENA

Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) v 7-Garbine Muguruza (Spain)

27-Bernard Tomic (Australia) v Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil)

Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.) v 15-Roberta Vinci (Italy)

Evening

4-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Martin Klizan (Slovakia)

Louisa Chirico (U.S.) v Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)

Hisense Arena

Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) v 5-Kei Nishikori (Japan)

Ashleigh Barty (Australia) v Annika Beck (Germany)

Mariana Duque-Marino (Colombia) v 8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)

Evening

Gastao Elias (Portugal) v 14-Nick Kyrgios (Australia)

 

[britbox]

Who's potentially vulnerable on Day One?

Stan should deal with Klizan.

I'm looking at Tomic having a potential banana skin of a match with Bellucci - will keep tabs on that one.

The other question marks only concern the fitness of Fed and Nishikori.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

i got ferald melzer v 17yr old aussie alex minaur about to start..fans are singing already ,

 

[Moxie]

i got ferald melzer v 17yr old aussie alex minaur about to start..fans are singing already ,

I think I went with De Minaur for the upset. Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!

 

[Carol]

Zeverev has called the trainer, it seems his left shoulder is bothering him

 

[Moxie]

Berdych gets the break in the heat with the retirement after 6-1 in the first from Vanni.

 

[Moxie]

And Nishikori is going to have to go 5 with Kuznetzov.

 

[Carol]

Tie-break in the second set and 7-5 Zverev