'24 Aus Open Day 5 Order of Play & Discussion

[ashkor87]

Blinkova reminds me of Bartoli...

[Oploskoffie]

I've lost count of how many matchpoints Blinkova has not converted. My nerves are also shot by this point (that's from a Month in the Sun perspective)...

[texasniteowl]

OMG. the point at 18-17 that Blinkova just won.

This has got to end soon, right?

[texasniteowl]

22-20. it's over. (and Rybakina is out)

[texasniteowl]

Crazy matches today! Blinkova d. Rybakina in a 22-20 tiebreak! 3 men's matches that went to 5th set tiebreaks, including Ruud and Zverev!

[martini4me]

And those two (Ruud and Zverev) were happening concurrently, with ESPN showing them together on split screen.

[texasniteowl]

And those two (Ruud and Zverev) were happening concurrently, with ESPN showing them together on split screen.

Yes! And the Kecmanovic/Struff match feels like it ended not long after that. But by that point maybe time was playing tricks on us!

[nelslus]

Swiatek will not win this tournament. My money still on Rybakina.

......I mean.....

[ponchi101]

Kasatkina is not a surprise, she was playing a great player...

Great in the past tense...

Our standards are sometimes all over the place. 1 slam and 1 slam final do not mean great (to me).
But well, to each his own. I would like to see Sloane come back to elite playing, but I still will need to see it.

[nelslus]

Random notes:

*I recently at home had started to compare Rybakina to Kvitova. (AND we heard a commentator do the same at the Aussie. But, I SWEAR to y'all- I was first!!!!) LOL, we'll now have to see if, somehow, Rybakina turns out to be a Kvitova Lite. I mean, one would think, at her age, she'll certainly at least pass Kvitova by. HOWEVER, Kvitova DID have 2 Wimbledon titles, a WTA Championship, a boatload of Fed Cup wins, and 31 singles titles. IN any case- I truly hate this loss for Rybakina. Hope I can get off this Rybakina Train if she continues to have these kind of nonsense results.
Nevertheless, just in case....Suliso, if you could PLEASE!!!! keep Rybakina's name out of your thread projected Slam winners.....

*Ostapenko just managed to take out Ally- how sweet an Ally win would have been....they WERE very gracious with each other after the match. Nevertheless- with this result, and Novak & Zverev still alive in the tournament- Beelzebub smiles.

^I am TELLING you upcoming tennis player wannabe Big Deals- get yourselves in Chicago tennis tournament draws! Emma losing to Tauson prior to winning her US Open in 2021. Ben Shelton losing to Roman Safiullin in 2022. Alex Michelsen making his mark and WINNING the Chicago tournament in 2023 (which included a 2R win against Aleksandar Kovacevic- who made his mark at this Aussie, and QF against Nishikori). ALWAYS so exciting to see players you see in local tournaments- including scrub tournaments- obtain great successes. (I continue to look at you, Rajeev Ram ).

*You know- Carlos also REALLY could have made a mess of things against Sonego. Gotta think the top players are taking SERIOUS note of these latest losses and barely-scraping-by wins....

[atlpam]

And those two (Ruud and Zverev) were happening concurrently, with ESPN showing them together on split screen.

Watched the 5th set of Ruud vs Purcell - very entertaining and lots of highlight reel points. Ruud played great to survive that match.

[ptmcmahon]

Swiatek will not win this tournament. My money still on Rybakina.

......I mean.....

Suliso still the king of the jinx!

[atlpam]

Meanwhile, Medvedev and Ruusuvuori are still playing with set 5 about to start.

[meganfernandez]

Meanwhile, Medvedev and Ruusuvuori are still playing with set 5 about to start.

It's so ridiculous. No sport should be contested at 3, 4 am. Staff, volunteers and some media all have to stay, too. It's inhumane, not just silly.

Ruusuvuori didn't so much as lose as finally fell asleep. 6-0 fifth set.

How did this even happen? There were only 4 matches on Rod Laver today. Did Rybanika-Blinkova go on late?

[meganfernandez]

Was this epic match-point save from Blinkova at 18-17 in the third-set breaker already posted? I'm catching up from last night.

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