Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open, Melbourne, Main Draw - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open, Melbourne, Main Draw - Hard

flamingowings · All-time great

Eek, tough for Heather :(

indiana · Tennis legend

Very good R1 draw though for Harriet and Anett.

Certainly Melichar and Peschke have been doing well. Seeing Nicole now at WR 14, I just hope we see her old partner Anna Smith back in action soon.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles draw, with doubles rankings from the AO website

T. Maria / H. Watson 133 (89+44) v N. Melichar / K. Peschke [4] 25 (14+11)

K. Birrell / P. Hon (WC) 612 (495+117) v H. Dart / A. Kontaveit 922 (111+811)

nickw811 · Social player

Predictions for tomorrow:

Boulter d. Makarova
Martic d. Watson
Sharapova d. Dart

Reckon Harriet will push Maria! So excited! I've written a preview if you're interested :) thebigracket.co.uk/2019/01/13/australian-open-preview-brits-galore-on-day-1/

Shhh · Challenger level

Nice write ups Nick, thanks

nickw811 · Social player

Thanks! My aim is to do as much writing as possible! My day job can be very stressful at times, especially January it seems furious , so I don't always get to be quick to the mark with match reviews, but will be writing previews for the whole tournament - both singles and doubles! :)

seagull · Hall of fame

Whats peoples viewing plans then? Midnight for the ladies, all nighters or (like me having to work tomorrow) an early start to catch end of Evans and Edmund

flamingowings · All-time great

Great stuff Nick...soon we will know how close you are with your predictions! Seems reasonable to me.

Edit- seagull, will probably get up at 7 and see what's still on before work. The time difference is a bit of a nightmare and unlike the US Open, my current job doesn't lend itself to taking time off just now.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Sunday 13th of January 2019 08:26:54 PM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

nickw811 wrote:
Predictions for tomorrow:

Boulter d. Makarova
Martic d. Watson
Sharapova d. Dart

Reckon Harriet will push Maria! So excited! I've written a preview if you're interested :) thebigracket.co.uk/2019/01/13/australian-open-preview-brits-galore-on-day-1/

Great previews. Thanks so much.

Andy Parker · Club Coach

My predictions for tomorrow are for Katie B to defeat Makarova heavily and for Harriet to pull off a monster of a shock and defeat Sharapova in a very close match. Sadly I think Martic will probably be too good for Heather, but I really hope I am wrong, and I think Tomljanovic will probably beat Jo Ko tomorrow night. Oh and I reckon Amanda Anisimova may make the third round and become the new teenage sensation (I think I am correct that she is the youngest player in the tournament at just 17).

Anyway come on you Brits - all the games are winnable and I am very excited. I've just finished working 12 and a half hours and have another 12 tomorrow, but no chance of any sleep before 2.30 am at the earliest.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Andy Parker wrote:
My predictions for tomorrow are for Katie B to defeat Makarova heavily and for Harriet to pull off a monster of a shock and defeat Sharapova in a very close match. Sadly I think Martic will probably be too good for Heather, but I really hope I am wrong, and I think Tomljanovic will probably beat Jo Ko tomorrow night. Oh and I reckon Amanda Anisimova may make the third round and become the new teenage sensation (I think I am correct that she is the youngest player in the tournament at just 17).

Anyway come on you Brits - all the games are winnable and I am very excited. I've just finished working 12 and a half hours and have another 12 tomorrow, but no chance of any sleep before 2.30 am at the earliest.

Amanda is the youngest of the 3 17 year olds in the draw as Potapova and Swiatek turn 18 before her, but Whitney O is the youngest in the draw at 16, although she did benefit from the reciprocal wildcard agreement, rather than by ranking or the qualifiers.

Michael D · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
Andy Parker wrote:
My predictions for tomorrow are for Katie B to defeat Makarova heavily and for Harriet to pull off a monster of a shock and defeat Sharapova in a very close match. Sadly I think Martic will probably be too good for Heather, but I really hope I am wrong, and I think Tomljanovic will probably beat Jo Ko tomorrow night. Oh and I reckon Amanda Anisimova may make the third round and become the new teenage sensation (I think I am correct that she is the youngest player in the tournament at just 17).

Anyway come on you Brits - all the games are winnable and I am very excited. I've just finished working 12 and a half hours and have another 12 tomorrow, but no chance of any sleep before 2.30 am at the earliest.
Amanda is the youngest of the 3 17 year olds in the draw as Potapova and Swiatek turn 18 before her, but Whitney O is the youngest in the draw at 16, although she did benefit from the reciprocal wildcard agreement, rather than by ranking or the qualifiers.

Whitney Osuigwe (USA) 16 yrs 9 months, for anyone else like me who doesn't know who Whitney O is so you don't have to look it up too....

Oakland2002 · All-time great

And is a potential superstar of the future.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
Andy Parker wrote:
My predictions for tomorrow are for Katie B to defeat Makarova heavily and for Harriet to pull off a monster of a shock and defeat Sharapova in a very close match. Sadly I think Martic will probably be too good for Heather, but I really hope I am wrong, and I think Tomljanovic will probably beat Jo Ko tomorrow night. Oh and I reckon Amanda Anisimova may make the third round and become the new teenage sensation (I think I am correct that she is the youngest player in the tournament at just 17).

Anyway come on you Brits - all the games are winnable and I am very excited. I've just finished working 12 and a half hours and have another 12 tomorrow, but no chance of any sleep before 2.30 am at the earliest.
Amanda is the youngest of the 3 17 year olds in the draw as Potapova and Swiatek turn 18 before her, but Whitney O is the youngest in the draw at 16, although she did benefit from the reciprocal wildcard agreement, rather than by ranking or the qualifiers.
Whitney Osuigwe (USA) 16 yrs 9 months, for anyone else like me who doesn't know who Whitney O is so you don't have to look it up too....

Blame CD biggrin

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