21-1-16 AUSTRILIAN OPEN MENS

TENNIS  MENS

Gail Monfils from France had no problem in dismissing Mahut from France but Mahut did give him a battle for the first 2 sets then he just burned out in the third

Swiss player Stan Wavwenka had a few problems in dismissing Spepanek but to the Czechs advantage he did get better and better each set

American Isner had some real problems in dismissing Granollers-Pujol as again he took 3 sets but the second and third both went to tie breaks which to me at least means they could have went either way.

Andy Murray had a problem in the second set against Groth from Australia but except for that it looks like full steam ahead.

Milos Ranoc from Canada  had a bit of a battle in getting past Tommy Robredo of Spain as again 3 sets but he Robredo took him to 2 tie breakers in the first and second sets

Rosol from the Czech Republic pulled of a shock as he beat American Jack Sock in straight sets

Lopez from Spain needed 5 sets to defeat Pella from Argentina

Jeremy Chardy from France is out after a disappointing straight sets defeat to Kuznetsov from Russia

20-1-16 womens singles aussie open

WOMANS SINGLES

Serena Williams from the USA had no problem in dismissing Hsieh from Romania and it was like they were on 2 different planets

 Maria Sharapova had no problem in dismissing Sasnovic from Belarus

Anna Radvanska from Poland found it tricky to dismiss Eugenie Bouchard of Canada Bouchards is one of the players that I like and hope does well so I am disappointed

Italian Roberta Vinci had no problem in defeating Fatoni as she cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win

Spaniard Carla Suarez Navaro needed a third set to defeat Sakkari from Greece after losing the first in a tie break she was able to just take control of the second and third

 

 

 

 

20-1-16 mens singles aussie open

MENS SINGLES

Frenchman Jo Wilfred Tsonga had no problem in dismissing Jasika from Australia in straight sets. The first set was a hard set to win but in the second the Australian seemed drained. The Ausstrilian did come back in the third and Tsonga only broke once.

Kei Nishikori from Japan had a few problems dismissing Krajicek from the USA as all 3 sets were difficult to win the first and third was won 6-3 but the second did need a tie break. I am not sure of him as a potential champion as he seems to be a bit week in bits.

Roger Federrer the Legend from Switzerland played hard in the first 2 sets before Dolgopolov from the Ukraine broke down in the third.

Nick Kyrgios from Australia had a few problems in getting by Cuevas as he had won 3 close sets and the final won on a tie break.

Tomas Berdych showed that there is potential here to win this competision if he gets his act together like he did in the second set but having hard tennis dcan help alo but

Belgian David Goffin showed both his good and his bad side in this match against Dzumher bad because of the fact he lost a set 6-0 against a qualifier but good as he was able to pick himself up and win the next 2 sets

French favourite Giles Simon gave the crowd what they wanted a five setter against Donskoy as it took him 5 sets to get past this qualifier. I think that Simon has got a lot to look at if he is going to beyond this point

mens tennis aussie open 19-1-16

MENS

In the shock of the round no 5 seed Rafa Nadal from Spain was beaten by 3 sets to 2 by fellow Spaniard     Fernando Verdasco won the first set in a thriller as it went to a tie break and as the second and third went to Nadal we thought this was over but Verdasco came back to win the fourth and cruise into the second with a double break in the fifth.   

No 16 seed Aussie Bernard Tomic needed 4 sets to beat Istomin but the set the Uzbekistani did win was a hard one to win as it went to a tie break and maybe that drained him.

Brit no 2 seed Andy Murray did not need to get out of third gear to beat Zerev from Germany winning 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 and maybe the only consolation the German can have is that he did get better through the match. I want Murray to win the Aussie open so he can be one title of a grand slam of grand slams

Canadian no 13 seed Milos Ranoc found it easy also against Pouille from France winning 6-1, 6-4,6-4 will he be one to watch out for going forward in the competition.  

American no 10 seed John Isner found a way to simplify things against Pole Janowicz as the first and third were simple but the second he found trickier to get into

One of the men I would like to see do well in the competition no 8 seed David Ferrer from Spain cruised into the second round win by only needing 3 sets to beat Gojowczyk from Germany

Fernando Lopez from Spain and number 30 seed only needed 3 sets to defeat Dan Evens from Great Britain there does not seem to be that much depth in British tennis.

19-1-16 austrilian open tennis womens

WOMENS

Muguranzaq from Spain seeded number 3 beat Kontaveit from Estonia 6-0, 6-4

Venus Williams has pulled up her seeding to number 8 but this did not help her against Brit Konta who beat her in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 will Konta be one to watch out for or is she just a one hit wonder how far can she go?

Pliksova from the Czech Republic had no problems in dismissing Birrell in straight sets

A player I like Madison Keys from the US had no problem in dismissing Diyas in straight sets also |I really hope she goes far in the competition

Anna Ivanovic defeated Petterson in straight sets you would think she would be higher up in the rankings

A major shock in the women’s draw as Rominian Simona Halep was defeated in the first round by Chinese player Zhang results like this can do a lot for Chinese tennis.

German Angilique Kerber needed 3 sets to beat Doi of Japan as Doi took her to 2 tie breaks winning one and maybe that made her loose the energy she needed to win the match.

Bacsinszky from Switzerland only needed 2 sets to defeat Siniakova from the Czech Republic as she did so in straight sets.

 

 

mens singles 18-01-16

Results from the Australian Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday

 

9-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2 24-

28-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(10)

29-Nick Kyrgios (Australia) beat Pablo Carreno (Spain) 6-2 7-5 6-2

 

3-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) 6-2 6-1 6-2

Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-3 7-6(8) 6-3

Noah Rubin (U.S.) beat 17-Benoit Paire (France) 7-6(4) 7-6(6) 7-6(5)

Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) beat Sam Querrey (U.S.) 6-7(5) 4-6 6-4 6-2

14-Gilles Simon (France) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 6-4

 

1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Chung Hyeon (South Korea) 6-3 6-2 6-4

 Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(1)

26-Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-4 6-4 6-4

 

6-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Yuki Bhambri (India) 7-5 6-1 6-2

 Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) beat Kyle Edmund (Britain) 1-6 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 6-1

 19-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 6-2 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(0)

 

15-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4

7-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-4 6-3 6-3

Federico Delbonis (Argentina) beat 22-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6(4) 6-4 2-1

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3404331/Australian-Open-mens

 

 

 

18-1-16 womens tennis

The Australian Open started this morning here are some of results that have happened. I apologise for not going into more detail but this is only the first round. The players with pictures I like to go far  

 

Women’s singles

Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat 25-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-4 7-6(6)

Timea Babos (Hungary) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5

Elizaveta Kulichkova (Russia) beat 22-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 7-5 6-4

 

 

5-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Nao Hibino (Japan) 6-1 6-3

Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) 6-3 6-4

23-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-0 6-2

12-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) beat Alison Riske (U.S.) 6-4 6-3

13-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Tamira Paszek (Austria) 6-4 6-2

 

4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Christina McHale (U.S.) 6-2 6-3

Darya Kasatkina (Russia) beat 27-Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-3

28-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-3 6-4

Wang Qiang (China) beat 24-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 6-3 6-3

 

1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-4 7-5

10-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) 7-5 6-4

6-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) 6-3 6-1