Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - Main Draw - Melbourne (Hard)

Paullow B · Social player

Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - Main Draw - Melbourne (Hard)

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Iga as ruthless with Eva as she was with Emma, At one stage Iga had won 20 games in a row. Emma really unlucky to draw Iga in the 3rd round. Would have had a better chance against any other opponent.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Couple of fantastic matches in the women's event today. Navarro-Kasatkina was a real rollercoaster and excellent win for Keys in a fun match. Happy to see Svitolina win too

Paullow B · Social player

Confirmed QF line up:

Sabalenka (1) vs Payluchenkova (27)
Gauff (3) vs Badosa (11)

Keys (19) vs Svitolina (28)
Swiatek (2) vs Navarro (8)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Paullow B wrote:
Confirmed QF line up:

Sabalenka (1) vs Payluchenkova (27)
Gauff (3) vs Badosa (11)

Keys (19) vs Svitolina (28)
Swiatek (2) vs Navarro (8)

kiss of death but I am fancying Keys to take this

wales1994 · County player

Pretty solid Qf line up from the women! No unseeded players. They've all made slam QFs before, I think Badosa is the only one who hasn't made a SF before?

3 of the top 4 still in. Promises to be some good shows! Swiatek has demolished her opposition so far, but the clips I've seen of Gauff - wow! She seems to have improved that forehand massively, and as such her game looks pretty complete. Exciting to see!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Paullow B wrote:
Confirmed QF line up:

Sabalenka (1) vs Payluchenkova (27)
Gauff (3) vs Badosa (11)

Keys (19) vs Svitolina (28)
Swiatek (2) vs Navarro (8)

3 x USA

1 x Spain

1 x Poland

1 v Ukraine

1 x Belarussia

1 x Russia

Average age: 26 yrs 4 months (approx)

Age range: 20 years old - 33 years old

Average height: 176.38 cm

Height range: 170 cm - 182 cm (only one player under 174 cm)

Average junior ranking is a bit of a nonsense as there is one complete outlier

Instead: 3 players are former junior #1

6 players (3 +3) are former junior top-10

Another was top-20

And then there's Sabalenka at #225

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 20th of January 2025 12:10:48 PM

Paullow B · Social player

wales1994 wrote:
Pretty solid Qf line up from the women! No unseeded players. They've all made slam QFs before, I think Badosa is the only one who hasn't made a SF before?

3 of the top 4 still in. Promises to be some good shows! Swiatek has demolished her opposition so far, but the clips I've seen of Gauff - wow! She seems to have improved that forehand massively, and as such her game looks pretty complete. Exciting to see!

Yeah, Navarro beat Badosa in the USO QF a few months ago to make her first SF. Pavs had her first and only slam SF en route to the 2021 Roland Garros Final. The rest (bar Badosa) all have multiple slam SFs.

I was looking and the last time there were no unseeded players in a slam QF line up was USO 2023, and before that USO 2019, so it doesn't happen too often.

The women in the top half have their own start time and play on RLA before the men. Gauff-Badosa at 12.30am UK, Sabalenka-Pav at 8am UK.