That's tough.

L128: Kyle Edmund WR 49 v (11) Kevin Anderson (RSA) WR 11 (CH 10)

Anderson has started his season by reaching the Final of the ATP250 in India, Monteiro (by retirement), Kukushkin (3 sets), Paire (3 sets) before losing in straight sets in the final to Gilles Simon. They have met before in a Slam when Anderson won 6-4 in the 5th set at Roland Garros last year. Let's hope Kyle can go one step better this time, although on the faster hard courts, that is going to be difficult.

Like the women's draw, the men's draw has 8 QvQ slots, at odds of several billion to one against. There is clearly a glitch in the software, and this draw should be scrapped, and drawn again.

EDIT; IGNORE THIS.  I was misreading an early version of what was posted online. Te draw is okay.

-- Edited by wimdledont on Thursday 11th of January 2018 10:11:58 AM

Is it just me or has the "makeover" of the Oz Open site turned it into a garish hopeless mess? 

I hate calculating time zones when they work out as the previous day. So can somebody please confirm that Kyle's match starts at 11am Monday in Melbourne, which would be 1am Monday in Spain, midnight Sun/Mon in the UK and hence 9pm Sunday in Brazil ? If so, Kyle's match will be well underway by the time I touch down in South America tomorrow.

Let's hope I get some good news when I land.

the addict wrote:

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I can confrim the 11am start time. But my first attempt at conversion gives 10pm in Rio ..........

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Thanks. There are more than one time zones in Brazil.  Where I am, (Natal, RN) I know we are 3 hours behind the UK in the winter and 4 hours behind in the summer.

Just double checked.  Natal is an hour behind Rio at the moment so I that would tie in with your conversion.

Kyle on court, pretty in all pink strip.

-- Edited by Toby on Monday 15th of January 2018 12:06:54 AM