Australian Open 2011: Place Your Bets

[VillaJ100]

haha really can some winners are insane, 74 in the match and 40 unforced errors

[VillaJ100]

kubot serves for the match.

Edit: Kubot WIN 5-7 6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6

[Coolhand Texas]

kubot wins and does the weirdest dance I might have ever seen afterwards

dissapointment from querrey today

Monfils has come from 2 sets to 0 down, and down 5-2 in the third to lead 2-1 in the 5th. Huge meltdown from de bakker

Edit: De bakker goes down 7-6, 6-2, 5-7, 2-6, 1-6. Complete breakdown from de bakker

major dissapointment from the americans so far, querrey out, harrison out and fish in trouble

davydenko down 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 1-3
and davydenko goes while down while mardy comes back from 2 sets to 0 down!

[AUSSIE_FABS]

Don't worry fish got this.

[Coolhand Texas]

and hantuchova goes down.

Cro you were wrong about dimitrov. destroyed Golubev 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

[AUSSIE_FABS]

woo monfils got through, it always fun to watch him, even if it is for him to jsut make poor decisions lol. He left it until 4-2 down in 3rd set to start getting pumped.

[Moralspain]

Verdasco played a great match, if he plays at his best level these first matches, btw the more complicated ones in my opinion, he can reach the last rounds.

[Coolhand Texas]

woo monfils got through, it always fun to watch him, even if it is for him to jsut make poor decisions lol. He left it until 4-2 down in 3rd set to start getting pumped.

monfils wouldnt have made it though, if it wasnt for the horrendous choke from de bakker. One of the worst Ive seen. Goes from playing good, to what the hell in 1 game

[fedfan]

Monfils himself said he knew De Bakker would fold especially after tanking the 4th. Plus Federer looked so good, still amazing to watch when he plays like this, although I did expect more from Lacko after seeing him in Doha.

[fedfan]

Just watching Djokovic now, I know he sometimes flatters to deceive but he is looking very sharp and aggressive, maybe this will be the year he kicks on to the next level.

[AUSSIE_FABS]

De bakker played so many drop shots that match it was funny. Seriously I swear it was like every 5 shots he had to hit drop shot lol.

Also yes it was such a choke and it also coincided perfectly when monfils started to get amped maybe monfils realised at 4-2 down in 3rd set he may lose lol. Very very close to getting knocked out.

Also yes at djokovic he looking good, the backhand is going off. This slam seems like it going to be pretty freckin awesome. If federer can stay in current form rafa keep it going (excluding doha lol) and soderling and djokovic looking in great form but I haven't seen much to do with murray, have no idea what form he is in.

[VillaJ100]

watching date-krumm down a set but up a break against a player young enough to be her daughter. she sure has rattled some cages on her comeback.

[AUSSIE_FABS]

Wtf is with chardy? I mean he playing REALLY badly. Well first set was, he jsut seems to have no confidence. I hope all the australians get eliminated so don't have to watch their matches because on tv it shows mostly aussie players and then top players and if match looking epic they will cut to it.

[Coolhand Texas]

I think donald young loses a lot because he refuses to wear his hat the right way

good straight set win for tomic

[Cro Morgan]

What are your alls thoughts?

• Troicki will crush Tursunov.
• Monfils, Roddick and Simon pose no threat to Federer.
• Delpo (version: early 2011) is crap. Murray and Nadal have nothing to worry about.
• Gulbis won't play Dolgo cause Gulbis won't advance to the 2nd round.
• Nalbandian will crush Hewitt.

In the end: Soderling wins (d. Federer in four sets).

Federer cries. Again.