Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying

steven · Tennis legend

Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying

steven · Tennis legend

4th on Court 4 after 23.00 GMT, so maybe about 4 am our time.

indiana · Tennis legend

I see that Josh Goodall's December 19th ranking of WR 283 would have been good enough to get into qualifying.

As per http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=193955 :

WR's 284, 285 and 286 ( Conor Niland of Ireland ) are in.

Bit of a pity since Josh made clear towards the end of last year that he was aiming for Aussie Qualifying, but didn't quite get the results he was after. I assume that he felt, reasonably enough, that there was too much doubt with his ranking to take a chance on entering and going out there. And he was indeed still a few places out a couple of days or so ago.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 10th of January 2012 10:11:13 AM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Shame, would have been such a thrill for him to be part of the Aussie Open.

RJA · Hall of fame

To be honest I think Josh is better off having a good start to the year and pushing his ranking up. He has pretty much nothing to defend in the first 6 months of the year and could quite easily be in the top 200 by the summer.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, I think that's fair comment. It was just that Josh himself indicated that he was out to get into Aussie Open Qualifying.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Liking QR1 not liking FQR.

philwrig · Hall of fame

steven wrote:
4th on Court 4 after 23.00 GMT, so maybe about 4 am our time.

Weather forecast poor, so unless you are a diehard Wardy supporter, maybe not worth staying up for/ waking up for.

There is a livestream for qualies via the Australian Open site but they are only scheduled to show court 3. If James plays Saville in QR2, good chance that match might get on that court.

Laura did a little promotional piece for this coverage last week, so maybe a chance her matches will be streamed live.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

I suspect Lauras will be. Seems stupid to play the 'support me via the stream' promo if you shove her off on an unstreamed court!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Delayed start.
High winds, cold and wet.

philwrig · Hall of fame

The sun has now got its hat on.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
philwrig wrote:
Delayed start.
High winds, cold and wet.
The sun has now got its hat on.

Typical Melbourne weather! They always says it's capable of producing the weather of all four seasons in one day - & sell postcards to "prove" it! wink I love the place, though. Much more civilised/cultured than I imagine Sydney to be. smile

indiana · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

Typical Melbourne weather! They always says it's capable of producing the weather of all four seasons in one day - & sell postcards to "prove" it! I love the place, though. Much more civilised/cultured than I imagine Sydney to be.

Having spent a little time in both Sydney and Melbourne I would concur.

Sydney has the sights and I don't really dislike it at all, but just felt so comfortable in Melbourne, and didn't even really experience the four seasons in one at all, which as a Scot would make me feel even more at home ( well not had much of the summer one of late ).

I remember once spending quite a while looking in an estate agent's window and actually being quite surprised by the reasonable prices and dreaming....

Wandering round the streets, along the river, eating, drinking, getting the train out to the beaches, a Formula One race in town each year ( and when I was there ), and very much the people, all was good...... ( oh, and it's got Grand Slam tennis smile )

Anyway, back to that tennis..

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 11th of January 2012 02:36:20 AM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

philwrig wrote:

There is a livestream for qualies via the Australian Open site
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Just opened the stream. Fantastic quality.
+ Slamtracker (hope Wimbers gets that back this yr)

seagull · Hall of fame

Wardy 2 breaks down at 1-4*