Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

break up in the second too.

And Kyle's bete noire, Balleret, is getting hammered and Gicquel struggling (although that's par for the course for him) so interesting . . . AND Dustin's lost the first set, which doesn't really affect our players but . . .

spud · Challenger qualifying

I would presume the courts are much slower here than in Dubai so i would have thought Brown would struggle, watching him in Dubai he wanted to be at the net within 3 shots every point, very interesting to watch

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Dan racing to the finish now 5 - 1

But yes, come on dustin brown

you can't go out of the tournament yet.

Priesty · Challenger level

6-1 5-1* MP Evo at 40-30*

Balleret also down 1-6 1-5...

Edit - misses the MP but now serving for victory at 5-2....

-- Edited by Priesty on Wednesday 8th of January 2014 12:06:52 AM

DWH · Club Coach

Well Done Evo! Wins the race against Fucsovics for first player through to Qr2 smile

airsmashers · County player

Nice stree free negotiation of the first hurdle

philwrig · Hall of fame

spud wrote:
I would presume the courts are much slower here than in Dubai so i would have thought Brown would struggle, watching him in Dubai he wanted to be at the net within 3 shots every point, very interesting to watch

The word on the street following Brisbane, was that the courts were playing superfast this year down under, and that Melbs would be the same, so that'll be interesting to see if that in fact is not the case.

RJA · Hall of fame

Well I certainly expected Dan to win this match but a 1 and 2 win is pretty emphatic and a very positive start to his campaign. That being said Fucsovics is about to secure an equally emphatic win and will be a much tougher test in round 2.

-- Edited by RJA on Wednesday 8th of January 2014 12:13:34 AM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Solid win for Evo, tougher tests lie ahead, but there must be a huge good feel factor after what happened at the last slam.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Did it just about 1hr I think. 1st man to reach round 2.

Miriambee · Futures level

Dustin's gone already.

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: (q26) Dan Evans WR 149 beat Huang Liang-Chi (TPE) WR 264 (CH 228 in Sep) by 1 & 2

QR2: (q26) Dan Evans WR 149 v Márton Fucsovics (HUN) WR 182 (CH 179 last month)

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 8th of January 2014 12:50:11 AM

RJA · Hall of fame

Fucsovics is a bit like Dan. He has a number of very good wins and just as many very poor losses. The match really could go either way and with Gicquel seemingly heading to defeat the winner of it will be favourite to qualify.

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

Great job! Dan draw is not too bad. Keep going