'22 AO Day 12 OoP & Discussion
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'22 AO Day 12 OoP & Discussion
Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 8:00pm EST
Mixed Doubles • Final
J. Fourlis WC/J. Kubler WC vs K. Mladenovic 5/I. Dodig 5
Day session - Not before 10:30pm EST
Men's Singles • Semifinals
M. Berrettini 7 vs R. Nadal 6
Night session - From 3:30am EST
Men's Singles • Semifinals
S. Tsitsipas 4 vs D. Medvedev 2
Margaret Court Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Boys' Singles • Semifinals
B. Kuzuhara 1 vs A. Vallejo 3
Junior Girls' Singles • Semifinals
C. Kempenaers-Pocz vs S. Costoulas 8
Junior Girls' Doubles • Final
C. Ngounoue 1/D. Shnaider 1 vs K. Cross/V. Mboko
Junior Boys' Doubles • Final
A. Michelsen/A. Vallejo vs B. Kuzuhara 2/C. Wong 2
Court 5
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Boys' Singles • Semifinals
J. Mensik 4 vs K. Feldbausch 11
Junior Girls' Singles • Semifinals
P. Marcinko 1 vs L. Hovde 13
Day session - From 8:00pm EST
Mixed Doubles • Final
J. Fourlis WC/J. Kubler WC vs K. Mladenovic 5/I. Dodig 5
Day session - Not before 10:30pm EST
Men's Singles • Semifinals
M. Berrettini 7 vs R. Nadal 6
Night session - From 3:30am EST
Men's Singles • Semifinals
S. Tsitsipas 4 vs D. Medvedev 2
Margaret Court Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Boys' Singles • Semifinals
B. Kuzuhara 1 vs A. Vallejo 3
Junior Girls' Singles • Semifinals
C. Kempenaers-Pocz vs S. Costoulas 8
Junior Girls' Doubles • Final
C. Ngounoue 1/D. Shnaider 1 vs K. Cross/V. Mboko
Junior Boys' Doubles • Final
A. Michelsen/A. Vallejo vs B. Kuzuhara 2/C. Wong 2
Court 5
Day session - From 7:00pm EST
Junior Boys' Singles • Semifinals
J. Mensik 4 vs K. Feldbausch 11
Junior Girls' Singles • Semifinals
P. Marcinko 1 vs L. Hovde 13
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Re: '22 AO Day 12 OoP & Discussion
There’s no way I want to miss Berrettini vs Nadal 3am start here. Looks like I will be fit for nothing at work tomorrow
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Go to bed early? I tried that last night and hoped to get up at 3:30 for the women's semis. Didn't work. And I was glad when I saw the scorelines. I half-watched Swiatek-Collins when I got up.
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It's the Apprentice UK tonight on the BBC-don't want to mis that either! I expect the first set to go to a tie break anyway so might set the alarm for 4am, that gives me a good 6 hour sleep and I should still catch some of the first setmeganfernandez wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:31 pmGo to bed early? I tried that last night and hoped to get up at 3:30 for the women's semis. Didn't work. And I was glad when I saw the scorelines. I half-watched Swiatek-Collins when I got up.
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I say Nadal tames Berrettini: Matteo's weakest link is his BH, and that drops right onto Nadal's forehand.
And I say Tsisipas has a very good chance. At worst, I say that is a 50/50 match.
And I say Tsisipas has a very good chance. At worst, I say that is a 50/50 match.
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Yep, I don’t see Nadal dropping more than a set. Berrettini would have to serve like he did against Carreno Busta to stand a chance
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McEnroe: "Rafael Nadal is the classiest, perhaps most humble superstar champion in the history of any sport."
Predicts Rafa handily in 3 or 4 sets, if he plays up to his level.
Predicts Rafa handily in 3 or 4 sets, if he plays up to his level.
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I now Mac likes to talk a lot, and I do not deny that Rafa is very classy. But you don't even have to leave our sport to find plenty of good examples: Edberg comes to mind, Henman. I will always say that Sampras was very classy and low key. On the women's, we have a lot of classy champions: Evert easily comes to mind.
Rafa in 4 sounds reasonable.
Rafa in 4 sounds reasonable.
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Is it me or is Rafa's forehand not quite as scary as it used to be? Still potent but not the absolute lethal weapon?
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I don't think he is using ALL of it. He is going for steady and deep, as opposed to "finish the point". He does not need the flat one against Berrettini, because if he just hits 10 FH to Berrettini's BH, he will wear him down.
Plus, great practice for Sunday.
Plus, great practice for Sunday.
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Understatement. ESPN had to have been paying him by the word in that Sinner vs. Tsitsipas match. He's comparatively reasonable tonight.ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:14 am I now Mac likes to talk a lot, and I do not deny that Rafa is very classy. But you don't even have to leave our sport to find plenty of good examples: Edberg comes to mind, Henman. I will always say that Sampras was very classy and low key. On the women's, we have a lot of classy champions: Evert easily comes to mind.
Also, don't take every word he says as anything other than talking just to talk. You can definitely find him calling a Federer match where he could call him the classiest, see Rod Laver in the crowd during that exact match, call him the classiest, and the next day call Nadal's match and call him the classiest.
And honestly, they are all playing for second. If you listen to him enough, the classiest to him is Arthur Ashe, a worthy choice of course. But I'm just saying, he talks a lot, tune him out as best as you can if it's too much for you. And mute him if you can't take it anymore.
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Remember how we were talking in another topic about how good Barty's slice BH is? Berrettini's is the opposite. No bite, no pace, no depth. It floats like a butterfly up there.
Rafa really simply has only one game plan to follow. And the only one he needs.
Rafa really simply has only one game plan to follow. And the only one he needs.
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He is jerking him around like a trout.
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How noble of John to exclude himself from holding the label of 'classiest, most humble superstar champion'...meganfernandez wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:43 am McEnroe: "Rafael Nadal is the classiest, perhaps most humble superstar champion in the history of any sport."
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Maybe these boring, one-sided Semi-Final matches so far is Craig Tiley's way of punishing all those who've criticized him for the way he handled the Djokovic situation...
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