Such a shame.

Yeah, well done to the Scot for all but sealing the runners up trophy

I do like this woman's face, she looks like one of those minks you see in Austria... but shes just going to a be mere runner up against the beast



Makeup is deceptive to men, but i'll take it if she looks like this \:d/

Edited by condemned666: 30/1/2016 06:14:28 PM

Stop calling her Angie ffs.

Kerber with the early break.

For like the tenth time no one gives a fuck that Michelle Payne is at the tennis.

Kerber up 5-2 in the third. :d

THE BEAST IS TAMED!

also the tournament organisers wont admit it, but its probably the hardest australian open in recent memory in a spate of incidences in the crowd through medical emergencies

And the betting scandal was so bad the promotion gambling was put on a muzzle for the women's singles final. Where were the odds courtesy of William Hill?

That would have been hard for the tournament organisers as they were the main sponsors. Apparently tennis betting has become so bad that people are betting on whole tennis tournaments without watching a single point, those punters were going by rankings and they were still profiting

That was a great final. =d>

Serena really didn't play like her normal self but Kerber was superb, her serving in that first set =d>

After watching a few matches this tournament I really thought it was going to be between Serena and Azarenka but for Kerber to beat both she's certainly a well deserving champion.

Kerber seems like a cool chick as well.


Doesn't surprise me, I wish I found out about William Hill's Chase the Ace Promotion earlier and had the time to set up an account, they were practically handing out free money.

So Djokovic wins his 6th Aus Open, now has 11 Grand Slams. =d>

Current top ten after the Aus Open


http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/rankings/singles
In terms of the Aussies:

Tomic 20 (Down 3).
Kyrgios 41 (Down 11).
Groth 77 (Down 10).
Millman 78 (Up 17).
Kokkinnakis 98 (Down 12).

Federer has also had knee surgery and will be out for the next month.

Harsh on Tomic and Kyrgios.

Tomic made the last 16 and Kyrgios made the last 32. If anything they should've risen.

Yes I was just about to make a post about this, it's basically always about defending your points that you've earn't in the previous year.

So in Kyrgios's case before the Aus Open he started with 1,260 ranking points. Last year due to making the QF at the Aus Open he made 360 points but from only making the Third Round this year he only made 90 points. So he lost 270 points from his ranking points and is now on 990.

Tomic is quite unfortunate as he made the Fourth Round last season and this year, so he defended his points but the performance of others saw him drop.

ie:
Monfils 2015: 2R, 2016 QF.
Bautista Agut 2015: 2R, 2016 4R.
Thiem 2015 1R, 2016 3R.

Just need to be consistent all season long particularly in the big tournaments.

I see, but harsh nonetheless as they both lost to opponents in the top 6. The luck of the draw sometimes.

Fed Cup is on at the moment.

Come on Monfils.

Classic Monfils ffs.

Was Juan Martin del Potro's comeback match today, not only did he win quite easily but he played some great tennis as well. :d

Kyrgios attempting to win his first ATP Title right now against Cilic.

Kyrgios wins!

Ended up beating Gasquet, Berdych & Cilic in this tournament. Impressive.

Wish he lost.

Another day, another good win for Kyrgios.

Dam Kyrgios just retired hurt against Wawrinka has been battling a back injury the past few days. A shame as if he beat Wawrinka he would've been favourite to win a second title in the space of a week. But nonetheless he'll finish the week inside the top 30.

But anyway Tomic has a huge chance to Acapulco in Mexico this weekend, has a semi against Dolgopolov and would play Thiem/Querrey in the final. If he were to win the tournament he'd reach a new career high ranking at 15.

I dunno tbh he's been particularly average in the last two weeks, he's gone deep in this tournament here but he's only beaten Ram, Mannarino & Marchenko. He's finally come up against a quality player in Dolgopolov and is currently getting battered.

So Despite going down 1-6 in the first set, he ended up getting his shit together and won the match, hopefully he plays Querrey in the Final can't see him beating Thiem.

Missed the match, Tomic loss the final to Thiem sounds like he had his chances though.

@Helloworld1992 you're certainly onto something with Tomic v Kyrgios. Midway through an important Davis Cup match you have Tomic having a sulk about Kyrgios instead of concentrating on the match, the jealousy is strong in this one.

And now Kygrios just before tweeted a dig about Tomic's record loss in 28 minutes to Sam Querrey. He then deleted it almost immediately :lol:

a belated RIP, but the voice of tennis in the USA for many generations- Bud Collins has passed away at age 86

Obituary

He had many inside stories about the players, how they got along on tour; and how the professional athletes which many of us see as robots, actually felt being on tour