2025 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

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not terribly surprising but not a good rd 1 for males of greek descent -- tsitsipas & kyrgios out

lol at these competing hats
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Wow is that just an angle thing or is Kyrgios twice the size of that dude

Honestly thought Kyrgios was retired, does he just play the Aussie for old time's sake?

do any beloved ILXors have advice for streaming these matches on the internet for free...? i have exhausted free trials of espn and the tennis channel

Monfils, who became the oldest man to win an ATP title last week in Auckland (edging out Federer (Basel 2019)) takes down Mpetshi Perricard in four hours…and never faces a break point.

(And I don’t have any streaming ideas. I think I watched the 2017 men’s final live on a betting website? Paid a fiver to open an account, never went back, something like that.)

fonseca in straights over rublev o_o

I love Muchova's game as much as anyone should, but Osaka was playing at a damn near unbeatable level in the second and third sets last night. Reminded me of when Wawrinka would just start red-lining during his major title runs, and for sure the best Osaka's played since she started her comeback.

2:50am in Melbourne and Tien v Medvedev is still going.

Learner Tien wins it, 10-7 in the t/b. Outlasted DM, won majority of the long rallies. (Now to wait for highlights)

really great 5th set, tien had me standing and applauding in my living room

such mettle to come back from a 3rd set match point to win in a 5th super tiebreak

lotsa breaks back and forth but notably tien had to break meds at 5-6 5th set to even get to the match tiebreak

He lost three straight points to drop serve after the rain/roof break, right? (Had to go on BlueSky to figure out why the score was stuck!) And yet broke straight back. Some great teen performances this week.

xp!

tien/moutet to get to rd 4 !

Reading about it rn. Looks like men's US tennis is very much back. Lots of talent.

Svitolina-Monfils household had a great day! One of Monfils/Shelton/Sonego/Tien will be in the semis. Michelsen still going too.

Swiatek is just incredible. Wonder if she has a record for the most bagels she hands over to other players

That's why she runs that bakery. What's 6-2? Pretzel? Doesn't really work.

there was one epic point between Sinner and Rune

Djoko Alcaraz one set all.

Exchanging breaks, might go all the way

That was an insane rally from Djoko. Shame the man is the biggest cunt going. To serve for the 3rd set

Fucking hell. Even Alcaraz smiled at that and he lost the set

Djoko has driven home the advantage to break in the 4th set..

That bp is taking everything from Djoko.

Just serving great, is Djoko..

Insane rally for Alcaraz, eventually holds from that..

0-30..

2 bps. Alcaraz outlasting Djoko in the last couple of huge rallies.

Another incredible hold.

Just needs one more

One mp..

1 more chapter to his goat career, props novak

Yeah, just incredible how he has stayed more than competitive.

Truly the greatest.

Djoko and all, but, I'm always sad to see Alcaraz leave a tourney. He's capable of such entertaining tennis.

Guardian game by game has "Sinner bwats De Minaur", and I wonder which letter is wrong. A thrashing.

Curious thing about the Djokovic-Alcaraz rivalry is I think the favourite loses every time. No one expected Carlitos to beat Novak first time out in Rome, and I think he was underdog (if only slight second time) in both Wimb finals. Whereas he was favoured in that RG sf (when he cramped), Cincinnati (where ND was wilting in the heat), Turin (much better than Novak in the round robin), Olympic gold-medal match and yesterday.

Hard to know what to make of the semi vs Zverev. It's exactly the sort of match AZ would bottle, against a supposedly hampered opponent.

Keys won the 2nd set again Swiatek 6-1!! We are in the final set 2-2, 30-30

Fantastic. Keys breaks!

Lol got way overexcited as I just switched it on its on serve

Swiatek misses a smash and is facing two bps..

Holds. 4-4. Wonder if Keys will get another opportunity..

Keys has gone on to save 3 bps. This is great stuff

Some fantastic serving and hitting to hold

Swiatek missed a FH for the break too..has to serve to stay in it

Saved two of the next 3 bps but then a rally, and Keys decides on a drop shot and that's an easy pass for the break. Swiatek to serve.

Incredible from Keys. She did not back off and the pressure gets to Swiatek, who dfs.

Tie break

Swiatek is a nose ahead..6-5

7-7...just not giving in..

What play from Swiatek at the net!

this tiebreak has been incredible

Two great serves by Keys. She has a MP, what a response

She's done it!!

quite a match

kinda think she’ll get crushed by sabalenka but i’m happy for her

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/24/novak-djokovic-retires-hurt-from-australian-open-semi-final-after-losing-first-set-to-alexander-zverev

Because its Djoko: lol.

Though I wanted him in the final rather than Zverev :-(

Looking at the other SF and Shelton needs to break Sinner's rhythm with some drop shots and net play. Maybe go for broke on that 2nd serve.

Because if a rally goes beyond 10 shots he almost always loses.

That was a terrible game from Sinner. Shelton to serve for the 1st set

But Sinner forces a break...Shelton has got to get over that

2 set points on serve.. oof tuff for ben

Yup didn't get over that and its looking like straight sets now.

Hurrying home now see we are at the back end of the deciding set!

Keys' CP winning point is the only one I saw

Holy shit

Well done Keys!

kinda think she’ll get crushed by sabalenka but i’m happy for her

― voodoo chili, Thursday, January 23, 2025 8:12 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

even happier to be wrong!

Its taken 40 mins but Sinner finally lands a bp and is serving for the set

Just turned it on to win that. Yes!

Sinner has yet to face a bp lol

TB...last chance saloon for Zverev

lol that net cord

Sinner wins, there was a net cord in there but Zverev has barely troubled Sinner's serve xp real beauty

Beautiful.

He looked inevitable

"As Sinner comes to terms with another incredible success, there is a chance that he may not even be allowed to enter the tournament grounds at the next grand slam tournament, the French Open. On the eve of the Australian Open, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that the hearing for Sinner’s ongoing anti-doping case will take place on 16-17 April, a month before the French Open. Sinner was initially cleared of deliberate wrongdoing and he received no suspension before the World Anti-doping Agency opted to appeal the ban to CAS"