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

Jaffa · Challenger level

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

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Second match on Margaret Court Arena on Monday, the first match starting at 11am local time which is midnight for the UK. Andy on at maybe 2-3am? Or a bit sooner as the first match is a Ladies'. Either way not doable for me, I'm afraid. Eurosport Player had better have the match for replay!

Edit - somebody please check my times, I have a mental block for times in advance of ours disbelief

-- Edited by Madeline on Saturday 17th of January 2015 11:52:26 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Looks fine to me, Madeline ( if not fine for you to watch ).

Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of GMT, so going 11 hours backwards from an 11 am local time start takes us to a midnight GMT start for that first women's match, to be followed by Andy whenever ...

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Looks fine to me, Madeline ( if not fine for you to watch ).

Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of GMT, so going 11 hours backwards from an 11 am local time start takes us to a midnight GMT start for that first women's match, to be followed by Andy whenever ...

I am hoping that ESPN or Fox Sports covers the Aussie Open as I will be back in Brazil by Monday. My time zone is 3 hours behind UK time when I am there, so the timings work well for me. Sorry.

TMH · Futures qualifying

A very talented player who would probably be top 100 by now if not for constant injuries. He might cause a few problems but Andy should be fine.

indiana · Tennis legend

Thank you, Bob, you will be our correspondent for early Melbourne matches ( say the first four or five hours ! )

Well volunteered :)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Just for the record:

L128: (6) Andy Murray WR 6 (CH = 2 in August 2009) vs (Q) Yuki Bhambri (IND) WR 314 (CH = 143 in February last year)

No head-to-head.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Bhambri was supposed to be the next big thing, having been a top junior at a young age, similar to Tomic. So one to look out for, going forward, but in Andy's current form, should be a comfortable straight sets win.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

For the stat-heads (and from the Sports Illustrated Executive Editor, haven't checked but assume he's right):

"In men's draw, 33 players are 30+ ...and 11 are from Asia ..."

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Thank you, Bob, you will be our correspondent for early Melbourne matches ( say the first four or five hours ! )

Well volunteered :)

Arrived safely in Brazil, just in time for Andy's match and it is not being covered on TV here. So I am going to have to let you down. Sorry.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

First impressions of Bhambri: clean, agile and consistent. Been a bit of a slugfest in the first few games (2-1*) with little variation. It looks very hot.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

4-1* to 4-3* in some decent games. Players seem more keen to attempt winners by now.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Beefy Sounds interesting time to get up for half an hour!

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

I'm too tired to tell whether the constant danger of players losing their serve is due to their own or their opponent's performance, but it's quite a tight match at times.

EddietheEagle · County player

The proverbial curate's egg comes to mind. Some pretty average play at times, I'd say, where the more accomplished player is brought to his opponent's level.