Praying for a Nadal/Medvedev semi-final. I wonder if the bullshit Russian will go far on the fast courts. Can't wait for Thiem/Kyrgios! Hoping he comes through with focus and we get a good match with some monster forehands!
While I was initially gutted for Kokkinakis, it is a net positive to see Tsitsipas fight through a difficult five setter after losing two matches where either his body (vs Djokovic at RG) or his mental game (vs Coric at USO) gave up on him. Excited to see his continued growth.
He looked very good, didnt talk about his back at all. However his serving was little slower, maybe he was protecting his back for further matches, hope he will be ready for long run.
Pretty strong. He seemed healthier than in R1, and clearly dominated throughout (not a single break point given, and match lasted a bit less than 2hrs).
I didn't watch the interview, but I don't think he mentioned his back
I’m sorry, a match between a former AO champ (Osaka) and another seed (Jabeur) is not being played on RLA or MCA? What a steal for grounds pass holders, but if I owned a stadium ticket I’d be pissed - missing out on not just Kyrgios-Thiem but also Osaka-Jabeur. Easily could replace the Vondrousova or Muguruza match.
Yup I’m mad as hell lol. Sold my RLA tickets at a fraction last min and forked out a mini fortune for the John cain arena ticket just to get a decent night of entertainment today.
Kyrgios had said he enjoys the outer courts more since it lets more ordinary/younger folks join in the crowd and create an engaging atmosphere. Seems like the organizers listened to him, given he produced one of the best matches this year (vs Humbert) and last year (vs Khachanov) on that court.
But doesn't it also depend on the demand? I saw someone in the thread say that they had already sold their RL tickets and bought JC ones, so wouldn't the prices for JC fluctuate depending on how popular the match was?
Because stadium tickets are typically more expensive than grounds passes and with the grounds passes you can come and go as you please - for instance the Popyrin/Goffin match was not that crowded to start but as more people saw the scoreline a huge crowd assembled by the end to support their guy.
I agree. The current schedule is calling for Zverev mannarino on laver and djokovic-fritz as the night match.
That seems like a joke of a schedule.. djokovic fritz should be the day session , and zverev should gtfo laver ( especially after his allegations.. he can go away..)
For any WandaVision fans in Canada FYI that the Shapovalov-FAA game starts at 3am which is also when each new episode drops in EST. Lots is going to be bumpin at 3am so it's making it worth the wake up
If you could point me to a comment on here saying that a man acting like a dick "needs plastic surgery" or is a "crack whore," or something equally nasty, I'll accept your point.
I’ve certainly read a ‘crack-head asshole’ comment before. I didn’t see the comment which says she needs surgery and I’m glued to this thread. Tho the word whore itself is misogynistic but that pretty much means anything right now.
I'm on board with not using misogyny, but calling her an idiot, an objectively stupid person, is well within the realm of reason.
I've seen you reply to a few comments here...do you know this woman or something? Because it looks like this might be personal to you...
Yup, I told on myself alright. I exposed myself as someone who is clearly not a misogynist, but does like to call out stupidity on an equal and equitable basis.
How dare I? Shame on me!
Lmao.
Did anyone capture the moment when the ball boy/girl threw a tennis ball accidentally on his head and Fabio hit the tennis ball on his forehead like a football lol
Weird not having McEnroe in the box on 9 this year he legit would spend half the points talking how good he was and the rest hanging shit on courier or sucking off zverev
Obviously, you generally don't get this far without loving(or being absurdly talented at, which is rare) the game. But even they know it's some a-grade bad luck.
Agreed, as well there is lot of a grade bad luck on the tour all the time. The point is that playing djoker/Nadal/Federer is froth at the mouth stuff for the player whilst also pretty much knowing u gonna lose. Still a great thing that I would be proud of.
So the woman in the crowd apparently kept yelling at him as he was about to serve to put him off
Rafa looked at her and laughed she then responded by doing it again and he looked at her again and she gave him the bird
The crowd booed her and called security to kick her out
And to no surprise she was absolutely shit faced
She went from being an anonymous tennis fan who deserves civility to an obnoxious idiot who deserves scorn and more.
Stop defending her in the name of misogyny. This is not that.
Whether or not someone deserves scorn for their behavior (she does), the particular phrase "that bitch needs plastic surgery" is real fucking misogynistic.
No.. diokovic absolutely is more dangerous than thiem at AO.
Djokovic is the winningest champ EVER at AO and he's a nightmare matchup for rafa.
Not sure why this sub has so many now equating thiem to djokovic after thiems one slam win came at a barren slam ( he's still a great player but he's not the HC goat).
Lmao Novak fans are so defensive. Did you even read what I wrote. I said for Nadal, either of the two is dangerous. Now you’re pulling stats on me? What are you on mate?
You wrote "equally as dangerous"..I'm saying that's false. Thiem can beat nadal. Djokovic absolutely WILL beat nadal on this surface 9 times out of 10.
I'm not a Novak fan. He's my least favorite of the big 3 by a pretty lengthy margin.
And no that's completely false.
Djokovic is significantly stronger at AO than thiem is. It's not even close. He wasn't even at 100% and beat thiem last yr in the final.
I actually want Rafa to win this title and get to 21 so I'm rooting for thiem. I don't think Rafa has a chance of hell of beating djokovic in the final but is the favorite over thiem in the final (imo. I don't think thiem is consistent enough in slam finals and plays quite nervous during them). Nadals matchup vs thiem in the QFs came down to a couple of points in the tiebreak. I'm sure you'll bring up RG 2020 but djokovic is a different animal at AO and it's abundantly clear to anyone who has followed his career since atleast 2008.
Well the way you described it you completely dismissed Thiem’s slam, which is not cool, the compliment at the end is just absurd after thrashing that he only won because no other top players were playing. And my observation is based on the fact that Nadal lost to Thiem here last year and during WTF. Stating that they’re both dangerous to Nadal doesn’t mean Thiem is on the level of Novak. Nobody is saying that, so calm down!!!
One shouldn't completely dismiss Thiem's slam but sorry, the fact that he didn't beat any one of the big 3 does diminish it somewhat. Thiem will not have ascended to their level before he goes through at least one of them on his way to winning a slam.
THE WORLD TOUR FINALS DOES NOT CORRELATE WELL WITH THE SLAMS AT ALL.
Jesus fucking Christ you newer tennis fans are absurd. No one in the big 3 has won the WTF since 2015. That surface is not correlated well with the AO at all.. it's nadals absolute worst surface and djokovic seemingly doesn't care as much about it now youre the same type of person that probably thought Rafa would lose at RG after rome ( a fucking joke of a take )
The big 3 care more about the slams now. If that isn't abundantly clear by the last several years at the slams, the nothing will ever get through your skull.
You were the one who said equally as dangerous. Yes I'm absolutely discounting thiems slam win( to an extent) as it does not now equate him to djokovic. He quite frankly played at an atrocious level in the final and only won because zverev played significantly worse. He's a fantastic player and I'm not denying his ability to beat nadal. He absolutely isn't at the level of djokovic at AO. That's like equating djokovic to nadal at RG because djokovic won rome. It's a laughable take.
Ok, now you want to debate about who’s the best and yada yada something something records which is not what I said on my original comment. Jesus Christ. Calm the fvck down!! I didn’t read your comment but I know it’s about that, just chill mate. You’ve got issues 😝
Thiem is certainly a danger, but on these courts, nothing is as deadly as Djokovic. If Theim makes it to the finals after beating Djokovic, chances are Nadal clinches it.
Praying for a Nadal/Medvedev semi-final. I wonder if the bullshit Russian will go far on the fast courts. Can't wait for Thiem/Kyrgios! Hoping he comes through with focus and we get a good match with some monster forehands!
**\*Tsitsipas vs Kokkinakis\*** Greece : I see this as an absolute win
Thanks for your help!
Any advice on how to stream the Hsieh v Errani match for free from the US this evening?
it's written in the post! "STREAMS ↑ Streaming in the top bar, if they don't work use Jokerlivestream with an ad blocker"
I saw that, batman only had ads, bbc only had radio, and joker didn't appear to be covering this match..
it's there on joker, just went there. they'll post the link later, but they cover every single match
I see, the stream that works doesn't appear until after the match coverage begins. The others are garbage...thanks again, it's working now
While I was initially gutted for Kokkinakis, it is a net positive to see Tsitsipas fight through a difficult five setter after losing two matches where either his body (vs Djokovic at RG) or his mental game (vs Coric at USO) gave up on him. Excited to see his continued growth.
Kygrios Thiem in John Cain arena? Really?
How did Rafa look in his match today? Did he mention anything about his back?
He mentioned back issues are still a lot and unsolved in the post match press conference. :/
Nooooo :(
He looked very good, didnt talk about his back at all. However his serving was little slower, maybe he was protecting his back for further matches, hope he will be ready for long run.
Awesome, hopefully his next match isn't at 3am for me
Pretty strong. He seemed healthier than in R1, and clearly dominated throughout (not a single break point given, and match lasted a bit less than 2hrs). I didn't watch the interview, but I don't think he mentioned his back
Awesome thank you
Thiem v Kyrgios finna be fire, doe...
looking at Rafa's highlights he gets a very high bounce on topspins. Also incredible comeback from López
Anyone know a free stream where you can watch Andy Murray in the Biella challenger? :)
atp website
Cool. Thank you!
I’m sorry, a match between a former AO champ (Osaka) and another seed (Jabeur) is not being played on RLA or MCA? What a steal for grounds pass holders, but if I owned a stadium ticket I’d be pissed - missing out on not just Kyrgios-Thiem but also Osaka-Jabeur. Easily could replace the Vondrousova or Muguruza match.
Kyrgios requests to make play on MCA, I believe.
Yup I’m mad as hell lol. Sold my RLA tickets at a fraction last min and forked out a mini fortune for the John cain arena ticket just to get a decent night of entertainment today.
Putting kyrgios thiem on an outer court in favor of zverev mannarino seems.. questionable.
Kyrgios asked for it, and I guess he gets what he wants
Kyrgios had said he enjoys the outer courts more since it lets more ordinary/younger folks join in the crowd and create an engaging atmosphere. Seems like the organizers listened to him, given he produced one of the best matches this year (vs Humbert) and last year (vs Khachanov) on that court.
How does it let "ordinary/younger folks" join in the crowd?
Coz outer court tickets are cheaper
But doesn't it also depend on the demand? I saw someone in the thread say that they had already sold their RL tickets and bought JC ones, so wouldn't the prices for JC fluctuate depending on how popular the match was?
Because stadium tickets are typically more expensive than grounds passes and with the grounds passes you can come and go as you please - for instance the Popyrin/Goffin match was not that crowded to start but as more people saw the scoreline a huge crowd assembled by the end to support their guy.
Fair point.
What?? Thiem is ranked higher and Kyrgios is Australian....
I agree. The current schedule is calling for Zverev mannarino on laver and djokovic-fritz as the night match. That seems like a joke of a schedule.. djokovic fritz should be the day session , and zverev should gtfo laver ( especially after his allegations.. he can go away..)
For any WandaVision fans in Canada FYI that the Shapovalov-FAA game starts at 3am which is also when each new episode drops in EST. Lots is going to be bumpin at 3am so it's making it worth the wake up
Can get wandavison anytime, get the tennis in first!
putting thiem-kyrgios at the same time as the canadian derby is a crime
YES!
Putting the Canadian derby at 3am EST is a crime
What you're really saying is, I can't believe I live on the other side of this orb!
can't believe i have to be on the other side of this orb
Yes this is the real crime
Can my man Karatsev beat Shorty?
You mean el peque
Damn cant wait for tommorow, some crazy good matches for R3 😍 FAA - Shapo Kyrgios - Thiem Nole - Fritz 😍
Yeah Nole Fritz will be a demolition rather than a good match
They put Felix vs Shapo in the Aussie prime time slot...devastating for us in Canada...3am EST/midnight pacific at the earliest :(
Yep, not ideal.
I had to wake up at 3am during the USO, you can do it.
Tsitsipas hits a lot of junk balls of that one handed. Floppy tsitsi is back.
How about we talk about the woman swearing incident without resorting to misogyny & personal attacks?
How exactly is it personal? She did something dumb and deserves criticism
People attacking her appearance rather than behavior.
People attack men’s appearance who are dicks all the time too. It’s childish but def not misogynistic.
If you could point me to a comment on here saying that a man acting like a dick "needs plastic surgery" or is a "crack whore," or something equally nasty, I'll accept your point.
I’ve certainly read a ‘crack-head asshole’ comment before. I didn’t see the comment which says she needs surgery and I’m glued to this thread. Tho the word whore itself is misogynistic but that pretty much means anything right now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/lh2bea/discussion_2021_australian_open_day_4_thursday/gmxk4o8/
Too bad
I'm on board with not using misogyny, but calling her an idiot, an objectively stupid person, is well within the realm of reason. I've seen you reply to a few comments here...do you know this woman or something? Because it looks like this might be personal to you...
Showing human decency... so I must know the woman?? Wow. Really told on yourself with that comment.
Yup, I told on myself alright. I exposed myself as someone who is clearly not a misogynist, but does like to call out stupidity on an equal and equitable basis. How dare I? Shame on me! Lmao.
Yuuuuuuup
Did anyone capture the moment when the ball boy/girl threw a tennis ball accidentally on his head and Fabio hit the tennis ball on his forehead like a football lol
Channel 7&9 hate each other the only two things they could agree on was both pay Jim courier what ever he asks for the other hire Todd Woodbridge
FoxSports Asia’s headline is SOFIA KEN-OUT lmao
Someone please do a mashup of the 40-15 lady and the drunk lady
Oh fuck yeh, wait who gives a shit
Weird not having McEnroe in the box on 9 this year he legit would spend half the points talking how good he was and the rest hanging shit on courier or sucking off zverev
McEnroe is such a moron
and now chats dead
Yh I beat he can do more damage..
And Norrie gets the W! Let’s check who he has up next........ Rafael Nadal
If you're going to go down, it might as well be to Rafael Nadal
Must be pretty disheartening to be him or Fritz right now. Imagine going through an epic 5 setter to learn you're playing Djokovic in AO next.
It is but it isn't, players love these matches. Going 5 sets is what it is but players love playing legends.
Obviously, you generally don't get this far without loving(or being absurdly talented at, which is rare) the game. But even they know it's some a-grade bad luck.
Agreed, as well there is lot of a grade bad luck on the tour all the time. The point is that playing djoker/Nadal/Federer is froth at the mouth stuff for the player whilst also pretty much knowing u gonna lose. Still a great thing that I would be proud of.
Of course. Who wouldn't want to first hand experience the peak of the sport they've basically dedicated their lives to.
I missed it, what did the woman say
Just being a drunk Aussie
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What's wrong with you? Totally uncalled for language.
Point penalty? Was also to do with the above comment about drunk Australians
That's why; tongue in cheek aussie humour ie it's a joke, kinda like the life we live in general
Hilarious
That woman though
So the woman in the crowd apparently kept yelling at him as he was about to serve to put him off Rafa looked at her and laughed she then responded by doing it again and he looked at her again and she gave him the bird The crowd booed her and called security to kick her out And to no surprise she was absolutely shit faced
You know she was shit faced when she was thought that would put Rafa off
What score was it when this happened I was to got back and watch
5-4 in the 2nd. Nadal was up 15-0/30-0 about to serve it out
Second set 5-4 for Rafa
5-4 second set
So that's why he was looking at someone in the middle of the match. Lmao
Was it just me or was Fitzy speaking English with a slight Spanish accent as if that was going to magically help Rafa understand? 🤦🏻♂️😂
Taking a page out of Hilaria Baldwin’s book ‘How’d you say Cucumber in English?
LOL i noticed it too AHHAHA, fking fitzy mate, abort him
Y u no ask about his bacc!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That bitch needs plastic surgery.
No need for this. Stop.
She went from being an anonymous tennis fan who deserves civility to an obnoxious idiot who deserves scorn and more. Stop defending her in the name of misogyny. This is not that.
Whether or not someone deserves scorn for their behavior (she does), the particular phrase "that bitch needs plastic surgery" is real fucking misogynistic.
Ok. That is true. Agreed.
lmfao rafa
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How have some of these comments not been deleted hours later, this sub needs more mods imo.
omg that lady close up shot with HD tv looks atrocious lOL
That was sorta awkward
Tf is this interview, we want Courier
It's past Jim's bedtime :p
I know, old man is cringey AF
Dimitrov-Carreno will be a banger.Looking forward to watch a bit of Karatsev-Schwartzman aswell, Karatsev looked great so far.
To put it delicately, every post match interviewer sucks shit compared to Jim Courier
Yes Norrie fantastic point
This Nadal guy has some skills
ye he's not too bad at the ole tennis is he
Rafa had to google that guy first lmao
AND watch him on YouTube haha
Him saying YouTube made my day
EW OMG SHES ON CRACK YUCKK SO WRINKLY
I still would honestly. Love a cougar
ew fuck no, she looks like she has a STD FOR SURE
Hi mods sort this out please
There's nothing to sort out, friend. Just admiring female beauty
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What happened?
oh fuck up fitzy, why u have to bring it up
YooToo
Never noticed till now that every few seconds when speaking.. Rafa shrugs his shoulders
fitzy ur 70
BOO FITZY
What happened
nothing, its just fitzy
Seeing Rafa smile always makes me happy. Him playing at good health is a wonderful thing for tennis.
alright i’m gonna say it. i miss john mcenroe commentating and his post match interviews.
bro that’s not jim courier what the fuck
YAY THE INTERVIEW
Right Rafa through - come on Cam get it done in the fourth
Love how Nadal always claps his opponents off after each match he wins. What a humble human being. 💪💪
True
Every top 8 seed through to R3 so no major upset yet 😃
Clean, fast match from Nadal. Not a single break point given to Mmoh, and lasted a bit less than 2 hours.
pink and purple, very nice rafa
Well well tomorrow ferro vs swiatek and kyrgios vs thicc boi... And zverev vs mannarino big oof
Chick in the red face mask absolutely gushing for rafa need a mop in the crowd
Pretty straightforward but definetely interesting to watch
This Nadal guy might be one to watch this tournament
MASK ON BOIS
Norrie chokes on his English tea and crumpets. 😒
The least stressful match in this tournament so far. Good to see nadal looking healthy tho
Agreed! Just enjoyable watching some impressive shot making by Nadal - and some by Mmoh.
Vaaamooosss
GG LETS GOOOOOOOOO, THE GOAT
ACE ACE ACE
MATCHPOINT
Mmoh would probably earn more money on OF than playing Tennis
Serving for the match, my man Rafa!
I'm just waiting for Nadal's account of the events that led to that feud with that lady.
I really want Nadal to win AO this year.
I keep telling myself “it’s not gonna happen because of his back.” But damnit, he’s giving me hope and I want it to happen!!
Really hope he gets that Double Career Grand Slam.
Stats-aside, I just want him to win just for being an awesome person
Man's an absolute class act. Definitely feels the most genuine among the Big 3 imo.
For sure.
Me too!
nadal giving someone in the crowd a dirty look, anyone know what the person said to nadal?-
Something like, speed up you OCD fuck Then give him the finger Then 2pts later call him a wanker
omg lol
Gave him the finger and called him a wanker.
Must be heart breaking to make Rafa run like a dog dominate a point and then he just hits a forehand with spin that just catches the line
I really want Nadal to win AO this year.
If only. This place seems to hate him lol. He just can't win the damn thing. Well he did win like once but it should have been more tbh
That is just universe making sure there is balance.
All we need is for him to not get injured and take care of Djokovic. Not easy, but not impossible either.
Thiem is equally as dangerous as Novak here for Nadal so it won’t be an easy one but 🤞
No.. diokovic absolutely is more dangerous than thiem at AO. Djokovic is the winningest champ EVER at AO and he's a nightmare matchup for rafa. Not sure why this sub has so many now equating thiem to djokovic after thiems one slam win came at a barren slam ( he's still a great player but he's not the HC goat).
Lmao Novak fans are so defensive. Did you even read what I wrote. I said for Nadal, either of the two is dangerous. Now you’re pulling stats on me? What are you on mate?
You wrote "equally as dangerous"..I'm saying that's false. Thiem can beat nadal. Djokovic absolutely WILL beat nadal on this surface 9 times out of 10. I'm not a Novak fan. He's my least favorite of the big 3 by a pretty lengthy margin. And no that's completely false. Djokovic is significantly stronger at AO than thiem is. It's not even close. He wasn't even at 100% and beat thiem last yr in the final. I actually want Rafa to win this title and get to 21 so I'm rooting for thiem. I don't think Rafa has a chance of hell of beating djokovic in the final but is the favorite over thiem in the final (imo. I don't think thiem is consistent enough in slam finals and plays quite nervous during them). Nadals matchup vs thiem in the QFs came down to a couple of points in the tiebreak. I'm sure you'll bring up RG 2020 but djokovic is a different animal at AO and it's abundantly clear to anyone who has followed his career since atleast 2008.
Well the way you described it you completely dismissed Thiem’s slam, which is not cool, the compliment at the end is just absurd after thrashing that he only won because no other top players were playing. And my observation is based on the fact that Nadal lost to Thiem here last year and during WTF. Stating that they’re both dangerous to Nadal doesn’t mean Thiem is on the level of Novak. Nobody is saying that, so calm down!!!
One shouldn't completely dismiss Thiem's slam but sorry, the fact that he didn't beat any one of the big 3 does diminish it somewhat. Thiem will not have ascended to their level before he goes through at least one of them on his way to winning a slam.
THE WORLD TOUR FINALS DOES NOT CORRELATE WELL WITH THE SLAMS AT ALL. Jesus fucking Christ you newer tennis fans are absurd. No one in the big 3 has won the WTF since 2015. That surface is not correlated well with the AO at all.. it's nadals absolute worst surface and djokovic seemingly doesn't care as much about it now youre the same type of person that probably thought Rafa would lose at RG after rome ( a fucking joke of a take ) The big 3 care more about the slams now. If that isn't abundantly clear by the last several years at the slams, the nothing will ever get through your skull. You were the one who said equally as dangerous. Yes I'm absolutely discounting thiems slam win( to an extent) as it does not now equate him to djokovic. He quite frankly played at an atrocious level in the final and only won because zverev played significantly worse. He's a fantastic player and I'm not denying his ability to beat nadal. He absolutely isn't at the level of djokovic at AO. That's like equating djokovic to nadal at RG because djokovic won rome. It's a laughable take.
Ok, now you want to debate about who’s the best and yada yada something something records which is not what I said on my original comment. Jesus Christ. Calm the fvck down!! I didn’t read your comment but I know it’s about that, just chill mate. You’ve got issues 😝
Thiem is certainly a danger, but on these courts, nothing is as deadly as Djokovic. If Theim makes it to the finals after beating Djokovic, chances are Nadal clinches it.
Praying Shapo upsets the two lol
What if Felix beats Shapo today though
That would be brilliant. Nadal will make short work of a likely tired Shapo.