Australian Open 2019

[Euler]

Djoker wobbling, my imagination or does he look tired?

[Dallas]

You don't expect a Monday morning/Early afternoon in January to have so many opportunities one after another

[Trader Pat]

Outside of the French Open it can't be very often in Nadal's career that he's spent less time on court than anyone else at this stage of a major

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Nadal 	        8hr 48m
Djokovic	9hr 57m
Raonic		10hr 11m
Tiafoe		11hr 55m
Pouille		12hr 18m
Tsitsipas	12hr 29m
Nishikori	14hr 01m
Bautista-Agut	14hr 16m

[Euler]

The run of Tsitsipas reminds me Baghdatis making the final a few years ago.

[Derek27]

Just saw the BBC news - Zverev smashing up another racket, and startling a ball boy in the process!

Hope he gets heavily fined, the childish git!

[LeTiss]

The run of Tsitsipas reminds me Baghdatis making the final a few years ago.

I'm wondering if Tsitsipas is struggling with an injury - there has been a big drift on him, not just match odds, but also outright

[Dallas]

The run of Tsitsipas reminds me Baghdatis making the final a few years ago.

I'm wondering if Tsitsipas is struggling with an injury - there has been a big drift on him, not just match odds, but also outright

I've not come across anything (though not been looking)

But when I saw Bautista Aguts price earlier I did wonder if I was missing something - even though he's played a few 5 setters and could be getting tired I would have him slight fav still
Maybe it's just the market slowly correcting itself now

[Euler]

Wondering if Tiafoe will come across the same problem today?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNPxIYNY34g

[Dallas]

And with that the hopes of many Aussie dreams comes to an end

[soccersaint]

Who will win the men’s final ?

I have a fair pre tournament trade on Novak and I haven’t watched a game yet....

Any clues from you guys or gals following the open who you think might take the title ?

[Euler]

Boiling down to Nadal vs Djokovic at the moment. Nadal looks up for it, but Djokovic is slightly younger. I can't split them for the title.

[Dallas]

I would tend to lean towards Djokovic simply on his H2H against Nadal on Hard

[Daaniel]

If you would have asked me before the tournament how would I price a Djokovic vs Nadal final, I would have had Djokovic somewhere between 1.3-1.4 range. Nadal's form was questionable after missing the last part of 2018 and came to Australia with no official matches under his belt.

However now I would definitely have them closer, maybe a slight edge to Djokovic. It all depends on how they win the remaining of the matches and how much time and energy they spend on court. On paper Djokovic should have an easy win against Nishikori who must be spent after a 5h marathon in the previous match and a very tough match against an inform Raonic. If Djokovic is taken to a marathon by the Canadian, I would definitely have Nadal a favorite in the final, even by a small margin.

Nadal on the other side has a tricky opponent in Tsitsipas who showed some great tennis especially against Federer. I'd be surprised if the Tsitsipas could take more than one set as Nadal is a bad match-up for the young Greek.

There's also the question mark regarding Djokovic's back. Is there an injury ? he was really stretching his back at the end of the match against Medvedev.

I guess will find out soon enough.

[Dallas]

Well that was a lively first set in tonights early match

[Dallas]

Just heard the commentator say Oaska has won her last 53 matches where shes won the 1st set!