Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (hard) - men

steven · Tennis legend

Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (hard) - men

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

The match is first up at 11am on Monday, on Court 11.

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

Well done Wardy on qualifying - apparently it nets him £13,472.17 - nice!!

I think *fingers crossed* he's going to thrive on the big stage here.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

A perfect draw for Dino....Blaz lost in the first round in Chennai on hard a coupl e of weeks ago, his previous match off the clay was the US open where he lost to Ljubicic in the first round. He did make the final of the Uzbekistan challenger though so he is not a complete idiot on hard....

The LTA must be feeling embarrassment after not funding him...Ha!

Good luck mate!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Knowing the LTA, they are more likely to take the line, "Look how much better our players do when they are not feather-bedded"!

steven · Tennis legend

stevemcqueen wrote:
A perfect draw for Dino....Blaz lost in the first round in Chennai on hard a coupl e of weeks ago, his previous match off the clay was the US open where he lost to Ljubicic in the first round. He did make the final of the Uzbekistan challenger though so he is not a complete idiot on hard....
The LTA must be feeling embarrassment after not funding him...Ha!
Good luck mate!

Re. para. 1 - he also beat Kevin Anderson in R1 in Melbourne last year then took Youzhny (admittedly more and more flaky these days) to 5 sets in R2.

Re. para. 2 - if you mean James, he is on Team AEGON (i.e. full funding) this year and he was last year as well.

wolf · Tennis legend

James lost the first set 6-4. Was broken at 2-3 I think but broke back at 3-5 only to lose his serve at 4-5.

*1-2 in the second set.

Josh · Challenger level

Went a break up at the start of the 3rd but was broken straight back.

Now 4-6 3-6 2-2.

airsmashers · County player

James has to break to stay in the match

4-5*

-- Edited by airsmashers on Monday 16th of January 2012 02:29:53 AM

airsmashers · County player

Saves 1 mp but not a 2nd, Kavic takes the match

6-4 6-3 6-4

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

First serve % 47 compared to 60, 63, 67 in qualifying.

Jan · Hall of fame

shame - thought James might come through this one.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Yes, guess put it down to experience

daisy · County player

*big sigh*
Was hoping for another round at least - especially having seen his 'giant-killing' exploits at Queens last year.

Vandenburg · Futures level

another fruitful day for British tennis. Take away Murray, and there is a argument that Irish mens tennis is better then ours at the slams over the last 5 years!