Week 3 - Australian Open (women's)

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

RE: Week 3 - Australian Open (women's)

Maza1987 · Challenger level

heather should be on eurosport tonight. well, according to their schedule that.
too late for me though.

wolf · Tennis legend

I doubt their rankings will be high enough to get in the mixed. Maybe could get in as alternates if they stick around.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Latest bookie odds for the 2nd round are:

Hev is 13/8 and amazingly Laura is only 11/8.

Spectator · All-time great

Robson/Babos match on Court 22 tomorrow is versus Pavlyuchenkova/Safarova. Watson/Erakovic will play Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) [9] Kveta Peschke (CZE) [9]. Not an easy match-up, that ... though I thnk Groenefeld/Peschke are a new team, so Ms Watson and colleague may have a chance.

steven · Tennis legend

... and then breaks back *2-2

... only to get broken again 2-3*

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 16th of January 2013 04:52:08 AM

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I've seen a few sources saying that Kvitova is struggling big time with the heat, and Thursday is due to be the hottest so far, which may partially explain the short odds on Laura. Unless of course the play indoors in which case I'd expect the odds to go out a bit.

philwrig · Hall of fame

RBBOT wrote:
I've seen a few sources saying that Kvitova is struggling big time with the heat, and Thursday is due to be the hottest so far, which may partially explain the short odds on Laura. Unless of course the play indoors in which case I'd expect the odds to go out a bit.

I can't see them playing indoors, unless it is so hot they have to use the extreme heat rule. Yes she suffers from Asthma so when it gets really hot her breathing can become an issue.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I don't think they will - the hot days coming up all have a low forecast humidity.

Spectator · All-time great

Others may (and probably will) disagree, but I think it would be unsporting -- never mind potentially unsafe -- to put a player who suffers from asthma into circumstances which are fairly extreme and would almost certainly debilitate her. I know one could argue "that's life." But the tournament officials have various scheduling options which could reduce the level of heat the players face. If they used one of those options, then they would be putting both players in circumstances where they could play well. If they don't, they are giving one player an advantage over the other. I'd rather see a match of two players playing well, whatever the outcome, then a match where one player won because of the other's illness ... even if the winner were the player I favoured.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

If the humidity is low, it shouldn't cause Asthma problems. That's why the use the wet bulb temperature (which is a function of temperature, humidity, pressure and sunlight intensity) as the test, rather than the actual temperature.

Slightly off topic: I know us the Aussies occasionally steal each other's players, but the LTA seem to be trying to go one better and their home page is currently claiming the AO is a British Event!

Reeltime · Satellite level

Laura on a nightmatch tomorrow...

2nd nightmatch after FedvDonkey Should be around 8am uktime

-- Edited by Reeltime on Wednesday 16th of January 2013 05:32:25 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Hev holds 4-6 4-3*

35 unforced errors for Pervak, 34 for Hev so far, apparently. Not a great match!

Hev is living dangerously, having to save at least one more bp in the 9th game, but holds for 4-6 5-4*

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 16th of January 2013 06:23:16 AM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Laura's match is being repeated on Eurosport 2 now.

Have the LTA paid/subsidised for the barmy army to be there, or is a different group of Aussie based lads?

Julia Carrot · All-time great

I thought they were 'too much' and potentially off putting to Laura.