Who will win the Aussie Open ?

Sheddie · administrator

Who will win the Aussie Open ?

Rochelle · Lower Club Player

i really do think that it could be A-Rods year .

I think it will be andy Roddick V Blake in the final and A-rod wins in 4

Drew · Jan 15, 2007

There are several people who can beat Roddick along the way....cant see past Fed again...unfortunately....I would love a new face to win it...Murray...nah not this year....US Open 2008 will be his first GS win (Says he who lost 100ams on Ljubo today!!)

Drew · Jan 15, 2007

I watched the first set Tsonga v A Rod and Tsonga was well worth it and to loose the next 3 sets 6-7 6-3 6-3 was a great effort....Tsonga hits the ball hard and he serves well.....if Tsonga had a bit more consistancy he could have taken A Rod much closer and maybe even caused an upset....

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

i think federer will win the AO but with a fight. Murray will progress to the second week, but we have to see the progress of Davydenko, Nalbandian, Nadal as well as Murray to see if he can be a quarter finalist

steven · Tennis legend

One interesting thing about Fed and this year's AO title is that he will have to equal his longest-ever winning streak (35) to reach the Final and beat it to win the AO. His current winning streak is 30 (including the win against Phau) since he lost to Andy.

He will also catch Lendl for the second longest ever run of consecutive weeks at no. 1 at the end of the AO, and will overtake Connors' longest ever run of consectuive weeks at no. 1 (160) at the end of February, even if Uncle Toni shoots him tomorrow and Rafa wins every match between now and then!

By the way, Andy is only the fifth youngest DA in the draw. Three of the four younger players (del Potro, Querrey and Djokovic) won yesterday and Korolev, like Andy, plays tonight.

-- Edited by steven at 00:27, 2007-01-16

Sheddie · administrator

Drew wrote:

There are several people who can beat Roddick along the way....cant see past Fed again...unfortunately....I would love a new face to win it...Murray...nah not this year....US Open 2008 will be his first GS win (Says he who lost 100ams on Ljubo today!!)

Apart from Safin, I don't think that anyone in Roddick's quarter has the game to stop him. Ancic is scheduled to meet him in rd4 and he vastly improved in 2006 but Roddick's won all their previous matches, I think he has the edge over super-Mario.

Then in the quarters, it'll probably be Stepanek/Ferrer/Fish, I can't see any of those guys beating A-Rod.

Roddick-Safin will be in rd3 on Friday, should be a one to savour. They're tied 3-3 in head-to-heads, Roddick won 3 really tight matches in 2004 but Safin won their last encounter on indoor clay in 2006 in the DC.

Safin's form has been dodgy so far, shouldn't have lost 2 sets against the likes of Becker or Sela so you have to favour Roddick a lot but Safin definately has the weapons to trouble A-Rod.

Sheddie · administrator

Rochelle wrote:

i really do think that it could be A-Rods year .

I think it will be andy Roddick V Blake in the final and A-rod wins in 4

Lol, I knew you'd predict Blake to make the final

Having said that, he was brilliant yesterday against Moya, on that evidence he's the form player so far. Whoever beats him is going to have to serve really well, Blake's returning was so good

Rochelle · Lower Club Player

ultimateshedman wrote:

Rochelle wrote:

i really do think that it could be A-Rods year .

I think it will be andy Roddick V Blake in the final and A-rod wins in 4

Lol, I knew you'd predict Blake to make the final

Having said that, he was brilliant yesterday against Moya, on that evidence he's the form player so far. Whoever beats him is going to have to serve really well, Blake's returning was so good

haha i wouldnt have just predicted him to win coz i am a massive fan lol,,, hense why i didnt predict Murray to get 2 final... i do honestly think that Blake is the best on form player in his half of the draw.. so therefore i think he will progress to the final... but then i think Roddick is playing amaing at the moment as as long as he manages to see off Safin which i think he will i think he can take the title... he will have alot of confidence aswell when he meets federer having beaten him last week

Count Zero · Tennis legend

hmm verbally no one is sayind fed, but the votes still show he his clear favourite, persoanlly i like him tio win, his tennis is just sensational. blake is good to watch too. and i like safin, but unles she is uo agaisnt a brit its normally fed for me.

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

I've gone for federer to beat andy in the final. I think Berdych has a shot for a final place although im biased as these three are my favourite three players.

I think Roddick will flake out soon, possibly against Safin, who despite struggling (to say the least) through to the 3rd round so far is due a very good performance and friday is as good a chance as any....

Keith · Intermediate Club Player

For what it's worth, I've gone for Rafa.

I actually wouldn't bet my own money on Nadal beating Federer, but it's no fun just going for fed!

I think a lot of people are underestimating Nadal. After Wimbledon he decided to work on changing his serve, all round game, etc., to be more competitive on all surfaces (he particularly wants to win Wimbledon). I'm sure he'll have his game back to its best (or better) for this one, so if he is fit I think he can beat anyone bar Federer.

So who knows, maybe Federer won't win, in which case I reckon on Nadal.

(It also means I'm saying Nadal will beat Andy if it happens, but I always take the pessimistic view on Andy predictions!)

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

I think that so long as he can maintain his level, Roddick has an excellent chance this year. I think that he is due a win against Federer, he's come very very close the last few times and then last week he managed to win. Yes it was only an exhibition match but a win is a win and I think that may have made enough cracks and dents in the pyschological barrier for Roddick to take the match points next time. I also really don't like Federer so don't want him to win!

Blake is very much on form as well so I'd give him a good chance, and I do want to throw Murray's name into the mix, he seems to be playing very well so far this year and I think we can hope for great things from him. Having said that, I'm not sure he's ready mentally to win a grand slam quite yet.