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Aus Open: One upset Already

 
Casper 2020-01-20 03:29:08 

The Canadian Shapovalov is out to the Hungarian Fucsovics 6-3, 6-7, 6-1, 7-6.

 
Chrissy 2020-01-20 13:04:54 

In reply to Casper

Sloan gawn home too

 
dayne 2020-01-20 13:22:44 

In reply to Casper

Venus Williams out, it will be interesting to see how long she keeps on playing, she is diminishing her legacy. Slone Stephens also seems to have lost her motivation.

 
birdseye 2020-01-20 13:53:35 

In reply to Chrissy

Sloan gawn home too
blame Altadore wink wink

 
Chrissy 2020-01-20 15:55:30 

In reply to birdseye

lol

 
Dukes 2020-01-20 16:21:55 

In reply to Chrissy

I did not know that Sloane's maternal grandfather was a Trinidadian Doctor who attended Howard University.

 
ray 2020-01-20 16:47:36 

In reply to Dukes

no wonder she does play lazy lazy sometimes...wasting that talent lol

 
Kay 2020-01-21 01:00:26 

Buh-Bye Miss Konta (12) …..

 
Dukes 2020-01-21 01:12:55 

I am heading to Melbourne this afternoon.

 
Kay 2020-01-21 01:15:22 

In reply to Dukes

Enjoy man ...

 
Elsie 2020-01-21 01:18:27 

In reply to Dukes

If you are all the way over there...! Try to squeeze in a trip to Cairns...

 
Ewart 2020-01-21 03:03:58 

In reply to dayne

Leave Venus alone. She deserves to do anything she wants to do.


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dayne 2020-01-21 03:35:38 

In reply to Ewart

Well Sharapova just got bunce also, it could be sign for the veterans, it is time.

 
Kay 2020-01-21 03:43:16 

In reply to dayne

Sharapova is not even a seeded player these days man, they jus gave her a wildcard. Were you expecting a different result?

 
Dukes 2020-01-21 07:02:15 

In reply to Elsie

Just left Cairns this morning and flew in to hotel in Melbourne 20 minutes ago. The Great Barrier Reef is Awesome and the rainforest trip yesterday to the Kuranda Mountains via the Scenic Railways was mind boggling.

 
Dukes 2020-01-21 07:02:16 

Duplicate

 
mikesiva 2020-01-21 07:10:32 

In reply to Ewart

Venus lost to Coco Gauff. How unfortunate can you be to draw her again in the first round?

Osaka through and Madison keys through too.

Tsonga injured and goes out.

 
Chrissy 2020-01-21 10:08:37 

In reply to Dukes

You're clearly having a great time

 
mikesiva 2020-01-21 10:20:42 

In reply to Dukes

Enjoy!
cool
Monfils wins his first round match in straight sets.

 
nick2020 2020-01-21 10:47:11 

In reply to mikesiva

Monfils fans were clearly Hooper fans too.

 
Dukes 2020-01-21 10:47:37 

In reply to Chrissy

Spotted Coco Gauff while we were having dinner at an Italian Restaurant strolling past with her father.

 
mikesiva 2020-01-21 10:54:39 

In reply to Dukes

Excellent!

Tiafoe beaten in four sets by fourth seed Medvedev.

Kyrgios won his first round match in straight sets.

Felix A-A lost in four sets to Gulbis.

 
Tryangle 2020-01-21 13:49:13 

In reply to Dukes

Melbourne has to be the sports Mecca of the planet, I imagine. They can host almost everything.

 
Dukes 2020-01-21 15:57:49 

In reply to Tryangle

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is right behind wherevthe Tennis is being played.

 
Larr Pullo 2020-01-21 16:00:45 

In reply to Dukes

You should beeline over to Ghana and pick up your citizenship. wink

 
Tryangle 2020-01-21 16:20:33 

In reply to Dukes

Yep I saw an aerial view some time ago. How far away is the F1 track? I can't recall where the Olympic facilities were.

 
Casper 2020-01-21 16:54:48 

In reply to Dukes

Just left Cairns this morning and flew in to hotel in Melbourne 20 minutes ago. The Great Barrier Reef is Awesome and the rainforest trip yesterday to the Kuranda Mountains via the Scenic Railways was mind boggling.



Looks like you are having a grand time in Australia. It’s truly an amazing country, with so much to see. Actually, too large for a single visit, and unfortunately too far. So, when going there, you have to plan carefully to get to take in as much as possible.

One of my biggest disappointments on my visit to Cairns was not being able to get out to the Great Barrier Reef, due to inclement weather.

If you had asked me, I would have recommended you go to the Northern Territories, to take in Uluru, to get an appreciation of the vastness of the Outback desert, to be shocked by the sight of wild camels roaming the place, to climb Kings Canyon, to visit Alice Springs and get up close to Aborigines in their natural environment.

It’s simply amazing. Funny thing, if you had, you would have visited places where the majority of Australians have never gone.

Another visit to Australia is definitely on my bucket list; next time to include in New Zealand.

 
Dukes 2020-01-21 20:22:27 

In reply to Casper

I agree totally.This country is as large as the USA.Off to a bus tour of Melbourne as well as a Penguin tour of Phillip Island.
Listen to this coincidence.We went to Bondi Beach and saw a black family.We waved to them and they came over.Turns out they were Jamaicans and were living in Florida and one of them recognized my name because she knew my cousin in Miami.Talk about a small world!!!

 
Ewart 2020-01-21 20:38:56 

In reply to mikesiva

Venus lost to Coco Gauff. How unfortunate can you be to draw her again in the first round?



Yep. Saw it. Very unfortunate because Venus was playing well.

But now we see clearly the difference between youth and age Coco will be a natural walk-in replacement for Venus..... whenever she decides to retire.


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Casper 2020-01-21 20:45:31 

In reply to Dukes

We waved to them and they came over.Turns out they were Jamaicans and were living in Florida and one of them recognized my name because she knew my cousin in Miami.Talk about a small world!!!


Yes, small indeed. Yuh caan guh anywhere in deh world without bukking up on some Yardie. lol lol

 
Ewart 2020-01-21 20:48:07 

In reply to Casper

You got that right!


big grin big grin

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mikesiva 2020-01-22 06:52:02 

In reply to Ewart

Winning her first round match today

Taylor Townsend

Winning their second round matches today

Naomi Osaka
Coco Gauff

 
Chrissy 2020-01-22 08:53:55 

In reply to mikesiva

Serena takes th 1st set 6-2

 
Casper 2020-01-22 09:30:19 

In reply to Chrissy

Serena needs to settle down and take more control of herself and her game. She is putting too much pressure on her herself in these matches.

I know she’s determined to win this Slam, but she is putting out too much emotional energy. She needs to keep some in reserve for Week 2.

 
mikesiva 2020-01-22 10:04:22 

In reply to Chrissy

Serena took the second set at three.

First serve percentage was down, and the forehand was shaky. Improvements to be made by the time the second week comes around.

 
mikesiva 2020-01-23 07:56:22 

Madison Keys also won her second round match yesterday.

Today, Monfils beat the man-mountain Karlovic in four sets.

Pavlyuchenkova beat Townsend in two close sets.

Kyrgios beat Simon in four sets.

 
Casper 2020-01-23 11:35:38 

In reply to mikesiva

Kyrgios looks very serious this Slam. He’s going to go deep.

 
nick2020 2020-01-23 11:45:00 

In reply to Casper

Fools gold.

 
mikesiva 2020-01-24 12:32:49 

In reply to nick2020

Keys loses in straight sets to her Greek opponent.

Raonic upsets Tsitsipras the brat in straight sets.

 
Ewart 2020-01-24 13:04:04 

In reply to Dukes

Dukesie, give us a little more about the splendour, grandeur, vastness and function of the Great Barrier Reef.... why it is such a phenomenon.

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mikesiva 2020-01-25 07:31:30 

In reply to Ewart

Last night, Federer needed all five sets to get past Millman.

Monfils won his third round match in straight sets.

 
Ewart 2020-01-25 11:13:36 

In reply to mikesiva

Thanks. I saw pieces of Monfils and much of that implausible win by the Fed.

Millman, much younger, is a beautiful specimen of fit humanity and he knows it and he shows it off. I never saw doubt or fear in his eyes until the last points of the 10-point tie-break. He just did not understand what was happening.


What was happening is that you bring all your talents, possessions to the court - basic ability, coach-enhanced ability, training, practice, nutrition, rest, massage, exercise, rotations as well as your stable emotions and your mental capacities. I believe everybody does this.

The Fed brought all of those to his game including an almost automatic and long-practised slick almost unthinking set of returns of service.

What took him to the top in those final minutes is not only his many years of experience but his intellect, his mind. A mind that always saw the possibility of success and compelled the muscles, sinews and tendons to do their thing.

A so me see-it!

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mikesiva 2020-01-25 14:03:16 

In reply to Ewart

Kyrgios with a roller coaster five sets win over the Russian 16th seed.