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Tennis Talk 2023: Vol 3 (Australian Open)

SamuelMertensBertens

15 Jan 23 13:05

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The first Slam of the year is here. IT'S THE HAPPY SLAM

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 15 Jan 23 17:28

Rafa 1.39 in his opening match. Can't recall when a reigning Slam champion was such high odds to win his R1.

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wisewords When: 15 Jan 23 18:00

second

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wisewords When: 15 Jan 23 18:00

is Jack Draper going to pull off a major upset?????????

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 15 Jan 23 18:03

Rafa is 1-6 in his last 7 matches on hard.

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wisewords When: 15 Jan 23 18:16

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wisewords When: 15 Jan 23 18:17

do you believe in RafA?

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wisewords When: 15 Jan 23 18:17

Rafa*

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 15 Jan 23 18:52

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 18:52

Remember having a £10k lay on Rafa at around 1.3x iirc vs Murray in 2007. 16 years ago, damn! Fell asleep and Rafa won but Murray was 2-1 up at one stage.

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 18:53

There were lots more opportunities on this site and bookies still took a bet then. Great days to be a bettor!

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wisewords When: 15 Jan 23 19:01

Jan 15, 2023 -- 1:52PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

Remember having a £10k lay on Rafa at around 1.3x iirc vs Murray in 2007. 16 years ago, damn! Fell asleep and Rafa won but Murray was 2-1 up at one stage.

sorry Toad

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 15 Jan 23 19:59

https://twitter.com/dhantuchova/status/1614709509078884352

But sadly ...
https://twitter.com/DKTNNS/status/1614722838438576128

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Journeyman When: 15 Jan 23 20:04

Of course it's exactly 15 years since the Australian Open she should have won, ( Serbian footwear shenanigans notwithstanding ).

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 15 Jan 23 21:28

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmisfknXoAI56Gn?format=jpg&name=900x900

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mesmerised When: 15 Jan 23 21:43

first slam without Federer on tour officially, a shame he never crossed paths with Alcaraz because he'll be the next multi multi slam winner.

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n88uk When: 15 Jan 23 22:52

Looks easy for Eva Lys.

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:06

Coco time !!!

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:08

Emma time !!! Wooo !!!

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:09

Poor Kyle having Sinner first up on his slam comeback !!!

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n88uk When: 15 Jan 23 23:10

Finally have Discovery Plus this year.

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:16

Can Canada's born from Romanian and Chinese parents best Brit Emma win today easy ?!

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:17

She looks very pretty today, that's for sure.

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:23

Never seen it so dead on here at start of a slam before! Guess everyone is on twitter nowadays!

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:24

They are analysing Siniakova's serve. It's actually one I play with, simplifies the serving action.

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 15 Jan 23 23:27

we usually have an influx of Aussie/NZ casuals during the Aussie Open

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:30

Market really hating on Corentin Moutet.

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SamuelMertensBertens When: 15 Jan 23 23:31

Anisimova having a really poor start to the year. I had high hopes for her this season.

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:32

Jan 15, 2023 -- 6:30PM, Angela Rebecchi wrote:

Market really hating on Corentin Moutet.

1st set 2-2 and 0*-40 up against serve and is SP.

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n88uk When: 15 Jan 23 23:35

AO is never going to get a casual audience, given most the forum is based in Europe.

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Blencathra When: 15 Jan 23 23:37

morning gents .. hope all have a decent aussie slam

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:37

Used to be a good half a dozen of us here for this slam. 6-10 regulars.

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n88uk When: 15 Jan 23 23:38

Jan 15, 2023 -- 6:31PM, SamuelMertensBertens wrote:

Anisimova having a really poor start to the year. I had high hopes for her this season.

Marta looked good so far this year on other hand.

And tbh I'm starting to give up on Ansimova, she hasn't really progressed at all post-pandemic.

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:39

She butchered my Halep French outright bet, only for Simona to go on and win Wimbledon later that year.

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n88uk When: 15 Jan 23 23:39

She is still only 21, but even so, I think expectations would be higher by now.

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:41

Pegula really struggling in her 1st set !

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Angela Rebecchi When: 15 Jan 23 23:42

Jan 15, 2023 -- 6:39PM, n88uk wrote:

She is still only 21, but even so, I think expectations would be higher by now.

She is too good looking to succeed I think. Only Sharapova really mastered it but even she should have done better really.

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n88uk When: 15 Jan 23 23:42

I actually thought you were being serious until I looked at the score.

And then 5 seconds later TV, which is on Gauff went around the grounds and showed it oo.

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Journeyman When: 15 Jan 23 23:45

Kostyuk definitely has looked way more focused at the start of this year.
Tennis last year was almost like her second job to being a spokewoman for Ukraine.

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n88uk When: 15 Jan 23 23:47

She might have to face a Russian next round though.