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    #26
    Watson pegged back from 4-1 up to 4-4 and has now been broken to love at 5-5. She is on the brink, here.

    Mladenovic lost.

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      #27
      Break point for Watson. Saved. BP. Saved. BP. Saved. BP. Saved. BP no.5 now...

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        #28
        Taken! Someone won two consecutive points at last! So a tie-break, then.

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          #29
          Lost in 6-8, having had a set point at 6-5. Match was essentially a draw, except you don't get those in Tennis.

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            #30
            Right, a little more time at hand, so some of the quick early round previews of the matches that stand out for me, at least.

            Carreno Busta [10] vs Simon
            Baghdatis vs Rublev [30]
            Kyrgios [17] vs Troicki
            Shapovalov vs Tsonga [15]
            Edmund vs Istomin

            Carreno Busta vs Simon is a match that sounds likely to be better on clay, except both are more adept than the stereotype on hard. It is happening earlier than normal due to Simon slipping down the rankings to 57, which really undersells his challenge. Simon matches are often grinds, and often five-setters. This certain could be that.
            Wily veteran against young gun in Baghdatis and Rublev. It probably wouldn’t get a mention but for i) my ongoing affection for Marcos and ii) the same regarding the Aussie-Greek public. Melbourne was where he made his breakthrough, he must now be better close to a last hurrah. It would be the perfect venue to do it, but Rublev is probably too solid for the old warrior these days (Baghdatis is ancient at 32!)
            Kyrgios vs Troicki should feature explosive shot-making and big serving. At his very best Viktor could challenge the Aussie, but he hasn’t been there for a long while. On the other side of the net, Kyrgios is always capable of beating himself, but unless I’m mistaken I genuinely think he is beginning to mature (hence the pre-tournament tip). If I’m not reading too much into almost nothing, Nick will become unplayable.
            Match of the round on the Men’s side is definitely Shapovalov vs Tsonga. The young Canadian is the antithesis of Kyrgios in that he seems to have been granted a wise and level-headed attitude to life, recognising that fits of temper won’t help him. In terms of talent, he is a superstar basically already. So is Tsonga. Let’s hope they play to their potential, because that would be a stormer, ending, I think, in a Canadian win.
            The last match I’ve picked is two unseeded players, but the winner of Edmund and Istomin is surely a favourite to make the Quarters. Which makes this clash likely to be extremely tense for both. Istomin had a great tournament last year, knocking out Djokovic and making R4 but that does mean he has points to defend. He is a very solid player, but Edmund has the bigger weapons in his serve and fearhand (™ Brad Gilbert). If both play to their highest potential, Kyle wins. Fingers crossed!

            Gavrilova [23] vs Mertens
            Cornet vs Goerges [12]
            Siniakova vs Svitolina [4]
            Kanepi vs Puig
            Flipkens vs Rybarikova [19]

            Gavrilova and Mertens are two rising talents, both in their early 20s who need to translate Tour promise into Slam results. Gavrilova has achieved more of the two to-date, hence her seeding and Mertens not but Elise did defend her Hobart title last week, and defending a crown is to deliver under pressure, which is always an impressive achievement. The Aussie is a heart-on-her-sleeve type, which may allow her to ride the emotional wave of the crowd to victory against a steadier opponent with a solid game.
            Talking of emotional players... Alize Cornet will need to harness such things to beat Julia Goerges given the form the German has hit this season. Goerges is being talked up as a potential champion of the event, which I don’t quite see as her backhand and her temperament will probably not stand up to the second-week examination. She should have enough to come through this one, though.
            The bookies favourite for the Women’s title is Elina Svitolina, based on her good form coming in and strong record on hard courts of over the last 18 months. Young Czech Katerina Siniakova will provide a stern examination of that, though. Siniakova’s results in the Shenzhen warm-up event indicate the considerable danger she poses to leading players – beating Sharapova in a Semi and only losing to Halep in the final in three. Taking on Svitolina is a shot-to-nothing for her, which won’t hinder her cause. Probably little stylistically to differentiate the two, it will be about who delivers and I’ll go for the Ukranian, just.
            Another match that will see two players determined to knock the other off the baseline is Kanepi vs Puig. Both are much better than their current rankings, and will be looking to push on through a sector that has lost all its seeds and get themselves back to where they ought to be. Which is amongst the seeds in both cases. Should be a slugfest, but it could be a pretty even one.
            And finally, the opposite sort of match, a throwback between an out-and-out serve-volleyer (Flipkens) and one who often utilises the tactic (Rybarikova). It’s highly unlikely that the winner will survive much longer, both players Wimbledon Semi-Final runs were almost certainly flash-in-the-pan moments, but tomorrow is another day and today should bring some cerebral, highly watchable Tennis. With Rybarikova winning in the end.

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              #31
              Straight sets win for Kyle.

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                #32
                Basilashvili and then Seppi or Karlovic are all that stands between him and a QF place. He shouldn't get ahead of himself and look beyond R3, but we can.
                A corrective on that might be what happened to Belinda Bencic, who cannot have played anywhere near the same level she found in beating Venus Williams to lose pretty heavily to Luksika Kumkhum.

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                  #33
                  Very surprised to see Grigor Dimitrov has been taken to five by a player I've only vaguely heard of, Mackenzie McDonald (USA).

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                    #34
                    Dimitrov got there in the end, but I'm sure he didn't expect to have to graft out an 8-6 final set or play for nearly three-and-a-half hours. It means that one of the better matches of the day on paper, Gavrilova vs Mertens, has got underway after midnight local time, which is not ideal. Dasha is currently serving for the first set.

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                      #35
                      Day 4 stand-out matches

                      Halep [1] vs Bouchard
                      Barty [18] vs Giorgi
                      Osaka vs Vesnina [16]
                      Kerber [21] vs Vekic
                      Sharapova vs Sevastova [14]

                      Genie Bouchard is a busted flush, a confidence player whose self-belief is completely brittle. Rather than 2014 being Bouchard’s true level and everything else since being an attempt to return there, somewhere around 50-75 looks like where she truly belongs and that great year was the abberation. That said, for all the massive, deeply hindering flaws, she still has raw ball-striking talent and can be a danger to top players if all the chaos lines up (cf. the dramatic win over Sharapova in Madrid last year). However the match-up with Halep is dire. Simona is a brilliant defender, who will absorbed Genie’s best shots and ask her to go for more. Which is when the tailspins start. Halep to win comfortably… as long as she is fit. Or even half-fit, that ought to be good enough.
                      Ash Barty vs Camila Giorgi will bring an intriguing contrast of styles and on-court approaches. The Aussie is pretty level headed, a thinking player who has power and uses it but does so judiciously and also maintains an unflappable demeanour. Giorgi, by contrast, smacks absolutely everything come what may and wears her heart on her sleeve. Not to the point of arguing with Umpires, but in the sense that you know from looking at her is she is happy with the last rally or not. That makes the Italian dangerous; if she has a hot day, she can be unplayable. However even if Barty runs into that, she will battle on and hope that by extending things for long enough the storm blows itself out. If it blows at all, which, on balance, I suspect it won’t.
                      It’s time for Naomi Osaka to deliver, isn’t it? She is now into her 20s and still hasn’t made a tour final or the second week of a Slam. Those next big thing descriptions are starting to look a little suspect, as the players destined for the top on the Women’s side have generally started translating potential into results by this stage. For all Osaka’s shuddering power, mistakes or just generally underwhelming matches remain too common, which is why her ranking actually dropped in 2017 compared to 2016. That kind of inconsistency is the opposite of what Elena Vesnina brings. The Russian will probably never match her title at Indian Wells last year (on the singles court), but should get another second week singles appearance somewhere along the line to accompany her 2016 Wimbledon Semi run. It might be a battle, but the Russian for this one.
                      2018 is already better than 2017 was for Angie Kerber, though it will have to go some to match her completely stellar 2016 performance. This is because she won her first title since the 2016 US Open in Sydney last week, and Sydney is always a very strong field. That will have done wonders for her confidence. But is she hitting the ball sharply enough to defeat a powerful player such as Donna Vekic? Serve could well be the key here. If Vekic is firing the bombs she is capable of, such as in the two pretty epic grass-court meetings with Jo Konta last summer, then that could swing things her way as it will force Kerber to serve like it’s 2016 not 2017. Angie can’t roll it in and hope to win. I’ll go with a shock in this one.
                      And finally, the big noise. Anastasija Sevastova ended Sharapova’s Slam comeback in the last 16 in New York. Sharapova got some revenge (and she will have definitely seen it that way) by winning an extremely tight three setter in Beijing. However if Maria is honest with herself (what??) then she would acknowledge that as a Mandatory that really doesn’t compare with a Slam. Can the Latvian save humanity again? Sure she can. Her game of chopping things up is just the sort of style that can undermine a power-baseline automaton such as Sharapova. The Russian is at her best fighting fire with fire (well excluding Serena, whose fire burns much too hot), but she can struggle badly when served ice. Fingers crossed…

                      Vesely vs Mannarino [26]
                      Sandgren vs Wawrinka [9]
                      Djokovic [14] vs Monfils
                      Chung vs Medvedev
                      Khachanov vs del Potro [12]

                      OK, so the Men’s selection today is a bit lumpy in it’s quality. But despite the relative lack of status of Jiri Vesely and Adrian Mannarino, I think it will be a tough and hard to call match and could be a quality watch. Vesely has never lived up to his status as a former World Junior No.1 and by now, aged 24, he likely never will. But he is still useful, with a big serve and big forehands. Mannarino’s career has been an even quieter affair, but he is a solid player with nearly as a big game as the Czech and one that works best on fast surfaces. Mannarino is also close to his peak ranking currently. Breaks of serve will be of crucial importance, and it could well be a drawn-out five-setter.
                      Let’s sit back and watch Stan play Tennys! Sandgren is becoming a little more than just a punchline though (Tennys, the Tennis player from Tennessee), as he rose nearly 250 places up the rankings from the middle of 2016 to reach the top 100 and the elite level of the game. As far as I can tell he never even played the Aussie Open qualifying, meaning he is one-from-one at this venue after his R1 win against Jeremy Chardy, which is a decent scalp (and was also a first Slam win following one-and-dones at Roland Garros and Flushing Meadow last year). But a three-time Slam Champion, such as Wawrinka? Ah man, that is a different kettle of fish. It is what Sandgren has presumably been aiming for all these years, and one trusts he will enjoy the experience, but could he win? Surely not if Stan is fit. However it’s easy to forget that Wawrinka is now well into 30s, so the recovery from any injury is suspect. He reportedly looked unhindered in R1 and therefore we have to assume Stan is fully fit and wins in three.
                      Welcome to the 2018 Australian Open Final between Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils, which… what do you mean this is Round 2?!? Blimey. Some match for the ticket holders to get. As long as both players are fully fit that is. Both are ranked much lower than their abilities after injury-hit campaigns in 2017. Both are apparently recovered, but, like Wawrinka, their 30th birthdays are in the rearview mirror. One of these top guys is going to find his career coming to an end as a result of these troubles, just by law of averages. But let’s assume both are fit, for now. What is the key element? Well, serve. That is the huge question for Djokovic, who has remodelled his action to make it less demanding on the dodgy elbow and the issue is two-fold; one, is the elbow sufficiently protected by the new action not to go again and two, is the action sufficiently reliable and powerful. If that is now flaky, then Monfils, who won one of the warm-up tournaments, is good enough to take advantage. He won’t even have his mind to stop him as Novak’s aura is gone for now.
                      Our fourth match represents a break from all these falling apart old blokes as two of the most promising 21 year-olds in Chung Heyon and Daniil Medvedev go head-to-head. Both come in in decent nick, particularly Medvedev who disappointed the locals by beating an Aussie in the Sydney final on Saturday to claim his first ever Tour level crown. Chung’s warm-up was less eye-catching, but still decent beating John Isner en route to the QFs in Auckland last week (l to Ferrer). Like Medvedev, Chung has recently claimed his first Tour title when he won that stupid Nex Gen thingy at the back end of last year. Not proper Tennis, but the field was good and the prize money high so I guess it grudgingly counts. The one meeting with each other came in that event, Chung winning in five abbreviated sets. A slam is a whole different ball game, but on the whole I back the same player as the Korean’s game is better suited to quick surfaces than the Russian.
                      Karen Khachanov vs Juan Martin del Potro should be shuddering stuff. Both hit a huge ball off the serve and forehand. However of the two, it is the Argentine who appears the better adapted to a hard court, as he takes his forehand flatter and is much more willing to push in behind a penetrating shot to close rallies down. Khachanov, for all the shuddering force he can put into the ball, is too rooted to the baseline to really challenge the best on something quicker than clay. For that reason, I take Delpo to continue his strong form and win this one. Just as also happened last week, when the two meet in the Auckland QF and Juan Martin won in straight sets, albeit one of them needing a tie-break.

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                        #36
                        Bit of a wipe out of top seeds in the women's draw today. Konta, Sevastova, and biggest of all so far Muguruza (Halep yet to play)

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                          #37
                          First set to Sandgren, 6-2.

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                            #38
                            Stan is having one of those matches where he is all over the place. 0-4 in the second.

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                              #39
                              Sandgren wins the second 6-1.

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                                #40
                                And wins the match 6-4 in the third.

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                                  #41
                                  That's... something. And I thought no Men's seed falling today was going to by higher profile than Goffin, who was also very surprisingly taken down.

                                  BTW, Geron, the phrase you were looking for is that 'Tennys is the winner'

                                  Halep chopped Bouchard up, 2&2. And looked extremely impressive and injury free whilst doing it.
                                  Last edited by Janik; 18-01-2018, 12:11.

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                                    #42
                                    Really want Halep to win this now.

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                                      #43
                                      The actual R3 draws.


                                      Men's Singles

                                      Rafael Nadal Esp [1] vs Damir Dzumhur BiH [28]
                                      Diego Schwartzman Arg [24] vs Alexandr Dolgopolov Ukr
                                      Pablo Carreno Busta Esp [10] vs Gilles Muller Lux [23]
                                      Ryan Harrison USA vs Marin Cilic Cro [6]

                                      Grigor Dimitrov Bul [3] vs Andrey Rublev Rus [30]
                                      Nick Kyrgios Aus [17] vs Jo-Wilfred Tsonga Fra [15]
                                      Kyle Edmund GBr vs Nikoloz Basilashvili Geo
                                      Andreas Seppi Ita vs Ivo Karlovic Cro


                                      Dominic Thiem Aut [5] vs Adrian Mannarino Fra [26]
                                      Maximilian Marterer Ger vs Tennys Sandgren USA
                                      Novak Djokovic Srb [14] vs Albert Ramos Vinolas Esp [21]
                                      Chung Hyeon Kor vs Alexander Zverev Ger [4]

                                      Julien Benneteau Fra vs Fabio Fognini Ita [25]
                                      Tomas Berdych Cze [19] vs Juan Martin del Potro Arg [12]
                                      Fucsovics Hun vs Nicolas Kicker Arg
                                      Richard Gasquet Fra [29] vs Roger Federer Sui [2]


                                      Women's Singles

                                      Simona Halep Rou [1] vs Lauren Davis USA
                                      Ashleigh Barty Aus [18] vs Naomi Osaka Jpn
                                      Bernarda Pera USA [LL] vs Barbora Strycova Cze [20]
                                      Lucie Safarova Cze [29] vs Karolina Pliskova Cze [6]

                                      Hseih Su-wei Tpe vs Agnieszka Radwanska Pol [26]
                                      Angelique Kerber Ger [21] vs Maria Sharapova Rus
                                      Ana Bogdan |Rou vs Madison Keys USA [17]
                                      Aliaksandra Sasnovich Blr vs Caroline Garcia Fra [8]


                                      Luksika Kumkhum Tha [Q] vs Petra Martic Cro
                                      Elise Mertens Bel vs Alize Cornet Fra
                                      Denisa Allertova Cze [Q] vs Magda Linette Pol
                                      Marta Kostyuk Ukr [Q] vs Elena Svitolina Ukr [4]

                                      Jelena Ostapenko Lat [7] vs Anett Kontaveit Est [32]
                                      Kaia Kanepi Est vs Carla Suarez Navarro Esp
                                      Kateryna Bondarenko Ukr vs Magdalena Rybarikova Svk [19]
                                      Kiki Bertens Ned [30] vs Caroline Wozniacki Den [2]


                                      Elena Svitolina has had the path open up for her the most.

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                                        #44
                                        Originally posted by Jimski View Post
                                        Really want Halep to win this now.
                                        Halep's talking about dropping out because of the ankle. She looked OK today but said on Romanian TV that she is not sure if she'll play the next round.

                                        Seems improbable that she'd drop out, but I guess if the ankle is really hurting

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                                          #45
                                          I don't much care who wins the women's singles, as long as it's not Sharapova. Difficult to see who's going to stop her, now that she's beaten Sevastova. Possibly Ostapenko, Svitolina or Wozniacki in the final. Can't get confident about the chances of anyone in Drugcheat's half of the draw.

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                                            #46
                                            Kerber's in decent form right now, and has won this before, so here's hoping she's too much for Sharapova.

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                                              #47
                                              I'm sure EEG was saying similar prior to Sevastova winning in New York. Whilst I understand the emotion, let's not overstate Sharapova's chances. She hasn't even made a final since returning from her doping ban. Her overall record in Slams is five titles from 50 starts, which is decent but hardly dominating. And the ratio has been dropping in recent years, even discounting the doping ban (have I mentioned she was banned for doping?); she won three Slams in her first 21 goes, in fact three in fifteen as that first 21 includes her debut season as 16 year old. She has only claimed two in the last 29 attempts since her last Slam title on a hard court, which was exactly a decade ago now. This even predates Serena's golden period, so that doesn't fully explain it. In fact, the issue is that Sharapova's fame oversells her talent. Even when on performance enhancing drugs.
                                              Last edited by Janik; 18-01-2018, 22:18.

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                                                #48
                                                Well, yes, I agree with all of that, and in particular the point about the extreme infrequency of her slam titles is one I've made myself before on here.

                                                The thing that bothers me is that, apart from the absent Serena (against whom her H2H record is laughably hopeless), she has winning H2H records against almost every significant player still in the sport, in many cases (e.g. Halep, Radwanska) dramatically so. And the two current players who have level H2H records against her, Cibulkova and Mladenovic, are both out already. That's why I picked on the 3 players I named above as the best hope of stopping her taking the title: Ostapenko hasn't played her yet (so I suppose also has a "level" H2H), the most recent of Svitolina's only 2 defeats to Drugscheat was over 3 years ago before Svitolina was in the top 20, and Wozniacki is a player in form whose H2H against Sharapova is only narrowly in Drugscheat's favour.

                                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_...eer_statistics

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                                                  #49
                                                  Let’s talk about something more savoury for now, like the upcoming matches to keep an eye on.

                                                  Day 5 picks

                                                  Nadal [1] vs Dzumhur [28]
                                                  R.Harrison vs Cilic [6]
                                                  Dimitrov [3] vs Rublev [30]
                                                  Kyrgios [17] vs Tsonga [15]

                                                  Damir Dzumhur has made some decent waves in the last 12 months, with three Tour level Finals reached in the last portion of 2017, two of them converted into pots. He has had a handful of top 10 wins, including one over Nadal. However that was by retirement, and he has no record of success in Slams. Rafa has looked in very good nick so far, and one thinks barring an unexpected bad reaction to the heat he will cruise through this.
                                                  There should be lots of biff and bash in the meeting of Ryan Harrison and Marin Cilic. Both hit a big ball off the ground, and thump their serve. Harrison has moved up a level over the last year, pushing into the top 50 for the first time and beginning to make an impression on Tour finals, the last of which came in Brisbane just two weeks ago. He is capable of beating a very top player like Cilic if it all comes together, particularly if his serve is firing to get him through sets unbroken. The American’s problem is that his game is so similar to the Croats, and Cilic executes it all that bit better; if both are playing at 95% or 100% there is only one winner. Harrison has to hope he hits 100% and Cilic is only operating at 90% on the day.
                                                  Grigor Dimitrov escaped in five sets against Mackenzie MacDonald (the most Scottish name ever for a non-Scot?) in the last round, and one might say that ought to count against him in sapping conditions. However his next opponent, Andrey Rublev, has had his own battles, needing nine sets to get past David Ferrer and Marcos Baghdatis. Rublev is a young talent, with a very big first serve and recent form (finalist in Qatar this year), but he does have a tendency to hang deep on the court and play a clay-court style of game. That makes me favour Dimitrov’s more varied approach. I think the older man will be too solid here.
                                                  Wooo! Nick Kyrgios vs Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. This really ought to be special. Definitely the match of the day on the Men’s side, between two pretty kindred spirits. Both are explosive hitters and pretty phenomenal athletes. However of the pair, Kyrgios is both the more creative in his shot-making and the greater showman and limelight lover. That said, Tsonga may thrive in very lively atmosphere but one that is mostly focused on the bloke on the other side of the net. That gives a perfect combination of a big setting, but not big expectation which is something Jo-Willy has sometimes found hard to cope with (mostly in Paris). I’ll stick with my pre-tournament tip who has done nothing so far to make me question my sanity in going for him, and saying Kyrgios in four. Pass the popcorn.


                                                  Mertens vs Cornet
                                                  Kostyuk [Q] vs Svitolina [3]
                                                  Ostapenko [7] vs Kontaveit [32]
                                                  Bertens [30] vs Wozniacki [2]

                                                  With the day 1 seeds massacre, there is a slightly less famous cast assembling for the later rounds in the Women’s bottom half. That makes for an opportunity for players like Elise Mertens and Alize Cornet. Both earned their spots here with good wins over in-form opponents in the previous round (Dasha Gavriolva and Julia Goerges respectively) and both have the game to not be out of place on such a stage. This is Mertens first ever Aussie Open as she was forced to skip last years because she couldn’t play qualifying due to being busy winning the warm-up event in Hobart. She defended that title coming in, and won the doubles for good measure and is a really solid player. Cornet, by contrast is extremely talented, but solid is not a word one would associate with her. She is more like a French stereotype, mercurial, emotional, capable of wild brilliance (cf. the famous win at Wimbledon over Serena, one of three wins that season over the GOAT) or just plain wildness (cf countless other matches thrown away in a blizzard of self-recrimination). I’ll go for Alize to win this one, her extra experience of occasions like this giving her the edge.
                                                  Never heard of Marta Kostyuk? Well, I don’t blame you. The girl (and that is the right word here) is just 15. Her win in the opening round were made her the youngest player to win a match at a major since CiCi Bellis three years back. But Kostyuk’s story is more impressive than that, as she had to win through qualifying to get a place in the draw. That is a tough school, so simply by coming through that already raised eye-brows; she is the youngest qualifier at a Slam in over a decade. However the match-up hasn’t been kind here, as Svitolina must be a role model for the younger Ukrainian players. The gap in ages is big enough for Kostyuk not to have been in competition with her countrywoman at any point. She needs to avoid being overawed. As for Elena, play your game and don’t get ahead of yourself on the massive opportunity that is being presented. One step at a time.
                                                  Well, we all know about Jelena Ostapenko after Paris. It is a pretty rare thing for a player’s first Tour title to be a Slam. That really says it all about the Latvian, she can blow extremely hot but can have her rather cold days as well (well, she is from the Baltic, after all). Anett Kontaveit is also a Baltic girl of course, but in terms of Tennis player she is kind of the opposite to Ostapenko, someone with a very solid level of play that doesn’t vary much. Professional, tenacious, that sort of thing. So this all depends on Ostapenko, I think. She will go for everything, because that is the only way she can play. If more land than miss, she wins. Other way round and Kontaveit won’t choke on the chance. I’ll go for another good day for the narky Latvian.
                                                  Caroline Wozniacki is so, so lucky to still be involved in this tournament. She trailed Jana Fett by 1-5 in the deciding set of their R2 match and had to save match points at 5-3 and 5-4. But she came through in the end as the Croat couldn’t take that final step. As Angie Kerber will confirm, tournaments, years, even careers can turn on an event like that (Kerber saved a match point in R1 two years ago, which launched her annus mirabilis). The Dane won’t want to get into a similar situation against Kiki Bertens, both because a Tennis player never wants to be in that hole but also because Bertens is an experienced enough winner not to wobble as dramatically. This one could see some drawn-out rallies as both are most comfortable playing the baseline counter-puncher game, or more accurately with clay under their feet. Bertens has only won three previous Aussie Open matches, two of which came this year and that sort of thing makes me heavily favour the Dane for this one.

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                                                    #50
                                                    Kerber is favourite with the bookies to beat Sharapova:

                                                    https://www.oddschecker.com/tennis/a...arapova/winner

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