Talk About Tennis 2.0

Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Legends Doubles • Round 1
D. Hantuchova/A. Radwanska vs I. Majoli/B. Schett
Day session - Not before 9:00pm EST
Men's Doubles • Semifinals
J. Chardy/F. Martin vs H. Nys/J. Zielinski
Day session - Not before 10:30pm EST
Men's Doubles • Semifinals
R. Hijikata WC/J. Kubler WC vs M. Granollers 8/H. Zeballos 8
Night session - From 3:00am EST

ORIGINAL 9 PRESENTATION

Night session - Not before 3:30am EST
Women's Singles • Semifinals
E. Rybakina 22 vs V. Azarenka 24
Women's Singles • Semifinals
M. Linette vs A. Sabalenka 5

Margaret Court Arena

Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Legends Doubles • Round 1
T. Haas/R. Stepanek vs M. Baghdatis/M. Philippoussis

Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
A. Korneeva 9 vs T. Valentova 2
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
N. Vink 1 vs D. Ramphadi
Quad Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
D. Wagner vs S. Schroder 2

Kia Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
A. Hewett 1 vs T. Miki
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
J. Griffioen 4 vs Y. Kamiji 2
Men's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
D. Arai/T. Sanada vs A. Hewett 2/G. Reid 2
Women's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
D. De Groot 1/A. Van Koot 1 vs D. Mathewson/L. Shuker

Court 3
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
A. Blockx 3 vs J. Fonseca 10
Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
S. Ishii 12 vs A. Ibragimova
Junior Boys' Doubles • Quarterfinals
A. Blockx 1/J. Fonseca 1 vs V. Iakubenko/O. Ojakaar
Junior Girls' Doubles • Quarterfinals
R. Munk Mortensen/K. Sidorova vs S. Ishii 5/E. Koike 5
Junior Boys' Doubles • Semifinals
TBA vs TBA
Junior Girls' Doubles • Semifinals
TBA vs TBA

Court 5
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
T. Berkieta vs A. Gea 4
Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
R. Stoiber 13 vs W. Ewald
Junior Boys' Doubles • Quarterfinals
C. Errey WC/M. Schoeman WC vs F. Cina/K. Edengren
Junior Girls' Doubles • Quarterfinals
E. McDonald 1/L. Udvardy 1 vs R. Jamrichova/F. Urgesi

Court 6
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
L. Tien vs I. Radulov 2
Junior Girls' Singles • Quarterfinals
R. Jamrichova 15 vs M. Andreeva 7
Junior Boys' Doubles • Quarterfinals
L. Tien 7/C. Williams 7 vs R. Tiukaev/T. Zhang
Junior Girls' Doubles • Quarterfinals
C. Mester/S. Zhiyenbayeva vs M. Andreeva 2/A. Korneeva 2

Court 7
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
T. Oda 3 vs G. Fernandez 2
Women's Wheelchair Singles • Semifinals
D. De Groot 1 vs M. Tanaka
Men's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
M. Scheffers/R. Spaargaren vs A. Cataldo/T. Egberink
Women's Wheelchair Doubles • Semifinals
K. Montjane/M. Tanaka vs Y. Kamiji 2/Z. Zhu 2
Junior Boys' Doubles • Semifinals
TBA vs TBA
Junior Girls' Doubles • Semifinals
TBA vs TBA

Court 8
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Junior Boys' Singles • Quarterfinals
K. Feldbausch 1 vs Y. Zhou 11
Junior Boys' Doubles • Quarterfinals
A. Frusina/J. Hrazdil vs F. Bondioli/M. Kriznik
Junior Girls' Doubles • Quarterfinals
R. Gilheany WC/S. Webb WC vs H. Kinoshita 4/S. Saito 4

Rinky!!!!!!
Australians Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler just won their semi-final doubles match, and are into the Final. They beat the #8 seeds today... Beat the #1 seeded team a few days ago... And they got in as a WildCard team!

I had a nice talk with Rinky and his coach a few years ago when he was a Junior. Both of them were extremely nice.

Australia is known as a really good tennis country - they have produced some great players over the decades - but it's been 25 years since an Australian team won the doubles title at the Aussie Open.
I hope that drought comes to an end this week.

1st set of Rybakina - Azarenka was back & forth the entire set, on their way to a tiebreak.
The tiebreak was sloppy from both players. Rybakina won it in the end 7-4.

Vika had some vintage fight, but she really struggled holding her serve.

Rybakina explodes into a dance after winning the match. Something that looked a bit like the Cha-cha-cha with a little charleston thrown in.
Nah, coolest winner in the history of this sport. You simply can't tell if she won or lost.
A very fast paced match.

I wonder if Rybakina will now challenge Swiatek over the whole year for #1. Assuming of course she does win the title Saturday.

Don't see her doing much on clay. She is obviously very good on grass, but repeating a slam is very hard. The USO will be like this Aussie.
If she wins on Saturday that is 2 slams of the last four, same as Iga. It would be a fine rivalry.

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:41 am Don't see her doing much on clay. She is obviously very good on grass, but repeating a slam is very hard. The USO will be like this Aussie.
If she wins on Saturday that is 2 slams of the last four, same as Iga. It would be a fine rivalry.

Rybakina's style is better suited for faster surfaces, while Swiatek's - for slower. But Iga's dominance on slower surfaces is established and with quite a strong basis from her technique, strokes and her whole game. IMO, to assert a dominance on faster surfaces is harder. Which is why I tend to think that Rybakina will unlikely to challenge for #1 spot. There is also a possibility of repeating the last year situation in Wimbledon, and these points again may not count.

Deuce wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:49 am Rinky!!!!!!
Australians Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler just won their semi-final doubles match, and are into the Final. They beat the #8 seeds today... Beat the #1 seeded team a few days ago... And they got in as a WildCard team!

I had a nice talk with Rinky and his coach a few years ago when he was a Junior. Both of them were extremely nice.

Australia is known as a really good tennis country - they have produced some great players over the decades - but it's been 25 years since an Australian team won the doubles title at the Aussie Open.
I hope that drought comes to an end this week.

Did Kyrgios and Kokkinakis win last year?

Deuce wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:49 am .

Australia is known as a really good tennis country - they have produced some great players over the decades - but it's been 25 years since an Australian team won the doubles title at the Aussie Open.
I hope that drought comes to an end this week.

Didn't Kyrgios and Kokkinakis win last year?


As an aside, I am happy ESPN is actually showing tennis despite it being their "morning drive programming" time

patrick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:24 am

Deuce wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:49 am Rinky!!!!!!
Australians Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler just won their semi-final doubles match, and are into the Final. They beat the #8 seeds today... Beat the #1 seeded team a few days ago... And they got in as a WildCard team!

I had a nice talk with Rinky and his coach a few years ago when he was a Junior. Both of them were extremely nice.

Australia is known as a really good tennis country - they have produced some great players over the decades - but it's been 25 years since an Australian team won the doubles title at the Aussie Open.
I hope that drought comes to an end this week.

Did Kyrgios and Kokkinakis win last year?

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:25 am

Deuce wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:49 am .

Australia is known as a really good tennis country - they have produced some great players over the decades - but it's been 25 years since an Australian team won the doubles title at the Aussie Open.
I hope that drought comes to an end this week.

Didn't Kyrgios and Kokkinakis win last year?


As an aside, I am happy ESPN is actually showing tennis despite it being their "morning drive programming" time

Uhhh...
Yeah.

I did hear one of the commentators during Rinky and Kubler's doubles match today say that it has been 25 years since an Aussie pair won this home tournament.
Maybe the commentator said that it HAD been 25 year until last year. It sure sounded to me like it was "It HAS been 25 years", though.

Either way, I should have clued in that Kyrgios and Kokkinakis won it last year.
Thanks to both of you for catching that obvious error.

I’m more and more impressed with Linette... because she is not impressed with or intimidated by the higher ranked players she’s playing. She just holds steady, playing her (very solid) game... She’s serving well, too.
She started the match by breaking Sabalenka (actually, Sabalenka broke herself again). Sabalenka raced out to a 5-0 lead... in the unforced error count - going down 0-2. Then she came back winning 3 straight games. After that, it was even through the rest of the set to the tiebreak.
It was a very disappointingly one-sided tiebreak, though, after a very even set.

These two have quite different styles - Sabalenka’s loud (literally), powerful, but risky, in-your-face style... and Linette’s steady, consistent, being-an-aggressive-backboard style.

The tiebreak didn't feel like a "fair" ending after an enjoyable first set.
Sabalenka up 4-1 in the 2nd, serving, seeming to get tight. Will be curious if start of a roller coaster.

Also, again to ESPN, Belarusian flag has been there the whole match.

No drama for Sabalenka today - moved into her first final with some real clear-headed tennis.

I think it will be a great final. About 50/50. At the top of their games Sabalenka is better, but she's also more likely to underperform.