Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (men's)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (men's)

Ratty · County player

Yup, Andy will be loving it. Simon is totally his b*tch, having lost their last 9 encounters.

Spectator · All-time great

Following it on Twitter in French is proving fascinating (eg @ericsalliot @chachristine, h/t Steven)

SMC1809 · All-time great

Routine win for Simon.

RJA · Hall of fame

Massive respect for Simon coming through that match.

Spectator · All-time great

This may seem like looking a gift horse in the mouth ... but Haase, Sousa, Berankis, and an injured Simon may not be the best way of playing yourself into a tournament (though Berankis did reasonably well). Doesn't really compare with Davydenko, Karlovic, Baghdatis, Cilic (Wimbledon); Wawrinka, Nieminen, Baghdatis, Almagro (Olympics); or Bogomolov Jr, Dodig, Lopez, Raonic (USO).

RJA · Hall of fame

Julia Carrot wrote:
Great match though !

Pity it has been sullied by disgraceful officiating. Enric Molina shouldn't umpire a big match for a long time after this.

-- Edited by RJA on Sunday 20th of January 2013 03:04:55 PM

gjr · Club Coach

Simon is injured?

I hope he can play I just bought a ticket!!

RJA · Hall of fame

Simon did a press conference today and said he will be playing the match against Murray. He said that he wasn't actually injured against Monfils but that he was cramping everywhere, especially his arm and leg. He had been ill recently and has had problems with his neck and back so has done very little preparation for this season, hence his fitness problems. He said he had 4 hours of treatment after the match and didn't get to bed until 5:00 in the morning.

gjr · Club Coach

Thanks for that RJA

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Muzz is scheduled tomorrow as last match of the day on Hisense, not before 06:00.

RJA · Hall of fame

Spectator wrote:
This may seem like looking a gift horse in the mouth ... but Haase, Sousa, Berankis, and an injured Simon may not be the best way of playing yourself into a tournament (though Berankis did reasonably well). Doesn't really compare with Davydenko, Karlovic, Baghdatis, Cilic (Wimbledon); Wawrinka, Nieminen, Baghdatis, Almagro (Olympics); or Bogomolov Jr, Dodig, Lopez, Raonic (USO).

That is a bit of a concern but I would rather an easy path than being stuck in a fifth set like Djokovic is at the moment.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Great match though !

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

I can;t believe everyone was writing off the Fed before the tourney; saying it's going to be Nole's and Andy's year; Federer looks ominous. Amazing how he stays so motivated.

(Edit- I hasten to add "everyone" means the Media!)

-- Edited by savva0122 on Monday 21st of January 2013 12:50:32 PM

gjr · Club Coach

Morning all from Hisense arena.

Match Stephens has just won

Shadow already all across the court so the sun won't be causing any problems today!

Is quite pleasant. Looking forward to seeing the Olympic and US open champ in action!