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2008 Australian Open. Sunscreen required, 4th round tickets optional...

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Yeah, I know we usually have a Kooyong/Bong title, but we can do that next week. This week, Andy is in Hawaii (Kona region), and he needs sunscreen while he works out and gets tuned up. Hopefully, he's using the right products and applying it liberally before he gets dressed. When we say we want him to wear more colors, we don't mean a lobster red skintone.
 
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#271 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Well, I hope not.

I think they said Andy has a qualifier in the first round and potentially Young in the 2nd.

Andy couldn't face Murray til the semis and murray has Tsonga first up
 
#273 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Glad we heard the same thing :lol: :yeah:
 
#275 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Pretty nice draw. :shrug:

97 [6] Roddick
98 Q
99 Young
100 Berrer
101 Korolev
102 Q
103 Q
104 [29] Kohlschreiber
105 [24] Nieminen
106 Dancevic
107 Levine
108 Vassallo Arguello
109 Fish
110 Pashanski
111 Zverev
112 [11] Robredo
113 [16] Moya
114 Koubek
115 Horna
116 Calleri
117 Capdeville
118 Klein
119 Hanescu
120 [23] Mathieu
121 [28] Simon
122 Reynolds
123 Clement
124 Schuettler
125 Serra
126 Mayer
127 Q
128 [2] Nadal
 
#277 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

eek mardy's in his section? :awww:
 
#282 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Laughable draw up until the QF. Not sure if Nadal will even make it to the quarters, he's not as good at the other Slams than he is at RG (I don't count his 2 freak finals in Wimbledon). IF he does, Andy's chances are much better than that shit he cooked up at IW last year. If he can get past that, a finals appearance seems most likely. Love Fed's draw, but watch him win the whole fucking thing yet again!:zzz:
 
#284 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

so his possible opponents are

R1 - qualifier
R2 - Young
R3 - Kohlschreiber
R4 - Robredo
QF - Nadal
SF - Davy
F - Fed

Andy, please. PLEASE! The QF should be certain.
 
#287 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Re :awww: , Fab will be fab ;)


So Andy faces Baghdatis in the final. Go Andy :p
 
#288 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

I listened to the draw on AO Radio and when I heard Andy was the 5-8 seed in Rafa's quarter, I was so happy I started shaking. I literally had a physical reaction to the draw. :lol: That hasn't happened since I cried over the USO '05 and AO '06 losses.
 
#289 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

finally, andy practices at melbourne park :lol:
 

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#290 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Kooyong is near Melbourne then? I'm assuming he's not riding hundreds of miles to practice there. :lol:
 
#291 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Kooyong is in Melbourne, it's not a city. It's the name of the Tennis Club where the exhibition takes place, and there are pictures of him (and others) every year practicing at Melbourne Park during Kooyong
 
#293 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Kooyong is in Melbourne, it's not a city. It's the name of the Tennis Club where the exhibition takes place, and there are pictures of him (and others) every year practicing at Melbourne Park during Kooyong
Kooyong is IN Melbourne. It's where the Australian Open was played until it moved to Melbourne Park.
No wonder he plays there every year!! It's smart to stay in Melbourne for all his preparation for the AO rather than to fly all over Australia and New Zealand for matches. :ras:
 
#298 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

wow every morning I come in here with great posts from everyone. Finally Andy gets a good draw and he is away from Fed. Honestly think that this year Roger maybe a tiny bit vunerable then again I am always wrong.

I do predict Andy wins Kooyong tomorrow though - I like Baggy but Andy will want revenge for that Aussie open loss a while back.
 
#299 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Checkity Check it!

It’s the time again! What time is that Fumus?

Well it’s that time before a big tournament when I look at the draw and break it down for y’all! And by y’all I mean all those super sexy Roddick fans out there…yea that’s right!

The draw for Andy couldn’t be much better than if I drew it up myself. All of the major threats, i.e. Federer, Nalbandian, Safin, Djokovic…are located on the other half of the draw. Although a possible quarter final match looms with the world number 2 Rafael Nadal, I think Nadal is certainly beatable at this tournament.

After a first round qualifier, Andy will likely play Donald Young. Andy is usually pretty merciless to young American players he faces; anyone remember the beat down he laid on Scoville Jenkins at the US Open in 04’? Into the third round and it could be the 29th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, the German has never made it past the 4th round of a slam and has bowed out in the first round at the Aussie the last two years, but at the time of this post Philipp is a finalist in Auckland and has been blowing past opponents; this match should be a good test. The forth round gets a little more interesting but not very, Andy will likely play one of his two biggest bitches Mardy or Tommy. Andy is 12 and 1 combined against the pair, the only loss coming from a retirement to Fish in 2003.

Nadal might play Andy in the quarterfinals, if he doesn’t he’s likely to see Moya or Mathieu. The truth is really that all these players are beatable for Andy. If Andy is on his game, can serve well and take his opportunities while returning; I’d like to think he would be through in 3 maybe 4 close sets…with a possible tiebreaker in a few.

If Andy can play well enough get through that tough quarterfinal, than the semifinal should be a little easier with some known comities in the form of Gasquet, Murray, and Davydenko. Davydenko is Andy’s bitch, so if it's him Andy plays I have no worries. Gasquet is 0 and 2 versus Andy on hard court. Aside from that retirement in Miami, Roddick has won his last 2 of 3 matches against Murray.

Realistically I think Andy can make the final, lets all hope for the best!
 
#302 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Yea, but I am not going to spend the time on ATPtennis.com to find all the players he's beat after he's lost to them the first time.
Fumus, you don't have to because I've done it for you. :)

The matches I've bolded are what I consider to be the big turning-point matches where people thought that that particular loss marked the beginning of the end of Roddick's career. ;)

2004

lost to J. Johansson, USO QF
beat PimPim in Davis Cup 2007, USA vs Sweden, RR


lost to F. Gonzalez, Athens Olympics R16
beat Gonzo next in Indian Wells 2005, R16

lost to T. Henman, Indian Wells QF
beat Tim next in Houston TMC 2004, RR

lost to V. Spadea, Scottsdale, SF
beat Vinnay Ice next in Miami 2004, SF

lost to M. Safin, Australian Open, QF
beat Marat next in Indian Wells 2004, R32


2005

lost to I. Ljubicic, Paris Masters, SF
beat Ivan next at TMC 2006, RR

*lost to G. Muller, USO, R128
beat Gilles at Indianapolis 2006, QF

lost to P. Mathieu, Canada Masters, R64
beat Paul Henri next at Wimbledon 2007, R16

lost to J. Acasuso, Roland Garros, R64
beat Jose next at Indian Wells 2006, R64


lost to F. Verdasco, Rome Masters, R16
beat Fernando next at Indian Wells 2006, R32

*2005 was a fun year, wasn't it? :eek:

2006

lost to T. Berdych, Madrid Masters, R16
beat Tomas next in Davis Cup 2007, USA vs Czech Republic and again at 2007 USO (Berdy retired)

lost to A. Murray, Wimbledon, R32
beat Andy next in Cincy 2006, QF

lost to M. Baghdatis, Australian Open, R16
beat Marcos at Rome Masters 2006, R32



Next on Andy's To-Settle-the-Score list:

2006
lost to D. Nalbandian, Shanghai
lost to J. Blake, Queen's Club
lost to J. Benneteau, Memphis :retard:

2007
lost to R. Nadal, Indian Wells
lost to N. Djokovic, Canada Masters
lost to F. Dancevic, Indianapolis
lost to G. Monfils, 2007 Poertschach and 2006 Rome
lost to J.I. Chela, Rome Masters, R16
lost to I. Andreev, 2007 Roland Garros and 2006 Indian Wells
lost to R. Gasquet, Wimbledon
lost to F. Santoro, Lyon, R32
lost to D. Ferrer, Cincy and Shanghai

The only two players who have really owned Andy are Hewitt and Federer, and right now it's really only Federer (who owns everybody else, too, except for Rafa).

Andy's rivalry with Tommy Haas is unique. Whereas Andy will win-one-lose-one with most other players, with Haas the wins and loses go on for several matches at a time. Right now, it appears that Haas has the upper hand on Andy.

Andy has lost in back-to-back matches to Haas, Ferrer, Nalbandian, Verdasco, Andreev, and Monfils.
 
#303 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Fumus, you don't have to because I've done it for you. :)

The matches I've bolded are what I consider to be the big turning-point matches where people thought that that particular loss marked the beginning of the end of Roddick's career. ;)

2004

lost to J. Johansson, USO QF
beat PimPim in Davis Cup 2007, USA vs Sweden, RR


lost to F. Gonzalez, Athens Olympics R16
beat Gonzo next in Indian Wells 2005, R16

lost to T. Henman, Indian Wells QF
beat Tim next in Houston TMC 2004, RR

lost to V. Spadea, Scottsdale, SF
beat Vinnay Ice next in Miami 2004, SF

lost to M. Safin, Australian Open, QF
beat Marat next in Indian Wells 2004, R32


2005

lost to I. Ljubicic, Paris Masters, SF
beat Ivan next at TMC 2006, RR

*lost to G. Muller, USO, R128
beat Gilles at Indianapolis 2006, QF

lost to P. Mathieu, Canada Masters, R64
beat Paul Henri next at Wimbledon 2007, R16

lost to J. Acasuso, Roland Garros, R64
beat Jose next at Indian Wells 2006, R64


lost to F. Verdasco, Rome Masters, R16
beat Fernando next at Indian Wells 2006, R32

*2005 was a fun year, wasn't it? :eek:

2006

lost to T. Berdych, Madrid Masters, R16
beat Tomas next in Davis Cup 2007, USA vs Czech Republic and again at 2007 USO (Berdy retired)

lost to A. Murray, Wimbledon, R32
beat Andy next in Cincy 2006, QF

lost to M. Baghdatis, Australian Open, R16
beat Marcos at Rome Masters 2006, R32



Next on Andy's To-Settle-the-Score list:

2006
lost to D. Nalbandian, Shanghai
lost to J. Blake, Queen's Club
lost to J. Benneteau, Memphis :retard:

2007
lost to R. Nadal, Indian Wells
lost to N. Djokovic, Canada Masters
lost to F. Dancevic, Indianapolis
lost to G. Monfils, 2007 Poertschach and 2006 Rome
lost to J.I. Chela, Rome Masters, R16
lost to I. Andreev, 2007 Roland Garros and 2006 Indian Wells
lost to R. Gasquet, Wimbledon
lost to F. Santoro, Lyon, R32
lost to D. Ferrer, Cincy and Shanghai

The only two players who have really owned Andy are Hewitt and Federer, and right now it's really only Federer (who owns everybody else, too, except for Rafa).

Andy's rivalry with Tommy Haas is unique. Whereas Andy will win-one-lose-one with most other players, with Haas the wins and loses go on for several matches at a time. Right now, it appears that Haas has the upper hand on Andy.

He has lost in back-to-back matches to Haas, Ferrer, Nalbandian, Verdasco, Andreev, and Monfils.
Thanks Tangy, I love you! :):)

Yea that poster was just being a dick. I hate people that want to pick apart things I say instead of making a valid argument. Cuz duh, I mean seriously anyone can lookup stats. Obviously, when I use words like "rarely" in a non-specific and genuine manner anyone can take that anyway they want to and run with it. I was talking about Nadal vs. Roddick...then that poster goes and posts something like that. I know what it involves I am going to have to end up looking stuff up to prove a point that I don't even really care about, it's just annoying.
 
#304 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

I just have to laugh because I look back at all those matches where Andy suffered a bad loss and people in GM would start digging his grave, saying his career was over and blah blah blah, well, that hasn't happened has it? :) And it's really amazing when you think about it because other players have lost the heart for the game (Coria for one) but Andy just gets back on the horse and tries again. *is proud of our battle weary Duck* :D
 
#305 · (Edited)
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

I just have to laugh because I look back at all those matches where Andy suffered a bad loss and people in GM would start digging his grave, saying his career was over and blah blah blah, well, that hasn't happened has it? :) And it's really amazing when you think about it because other players have lost the heart for the game (Coria for one) but Andy just gets back on the horse and tries again. *is proud of our battle weary Duck* :D
Well, yea I mean and it's so easy for Fed fans to bash, aside from the French he rarely has any bad losses. It really takes heart to follow Roddick, I mean you don't know many times I've wanted to give up and stuff, ya know I am sure he's felt the same way. But, we're here, he's kept winning.

So aside from Andy, I just hate posters that try to nit pick me. Like last year when I said that if Andy serves over a certain percentage and is playing well only Fed can beat him. I had all these posters coming back with matches where Andy served over a certain percent but played like shit and lost...I'm like, are you serious?...obliviously he can lose to anyone if he serves at 100% and plays poorly, it doesn't matter unless he's playing his best. Does it mean that much to you to prove me wrong you are going to look that stuff up, because you're not reading my whole post you are looking at one sentence...ya know, let's talk about the matches coming up...lolz. Shit do I have to put a disclaimer in front of everything I write to not take me literally, and to just generalize what I am saying. , I just wanna talk about tennis. I am as excited about the Australian as everyone else. GWH is like the worst at doing that, it's so annoying. Adam and I had a huge laugh about his posts before the Davis Cup final, after going back to look at them. lolz
 
#306 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

Why give any credence to anything anyone in GM says? Who cares? don't even dignify their :bs: by recognizing or acknowledging it in any way :shrug:
 
#307 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

I hear you, Fumus. I hate it when people try to put words in my mouth (as GWH does) or project their own thoughts and insecurities onto me (as P. Antonius tried to do). They can't win the argument so they bring in other things to try to needle and poke you with.

GWH is like the worst at doing that, it's so annoying. Adam and I had a huge laugh about his posts before the Davis Cup final, after going back to look at them.
GWH accuses me of running away from things or not backing up my arguments :retard: I had to laugh when he did exactly those two things when the US beat the Russians in DC. He never finished that discussion he was having with you in GM, did he? Surprise, surprise.
 
#309 ·
Re: Grab the sunscreen and the bong, it's time for Kooyong.

I hear you, Fumus. I hate it when people try to put words in my mouth (as GWH does) or project their own thoughts and insecurities onto me (as P. Antonius tried to do). They can't win the argument so they bring in other things to try to needle and poke you with.


GWH accuses me of running away from things or not backing up my arguments :retard: I had to laugh when he did exactly those two things when the US beat the Russians in DC. He never finished that discussion he was having with you in GM, did he? Surprise, surprise.
Oh yea of course not. Why would he? He was insisting that I was saying the Americans were unbeatable and all this and all that. Yea, he said after the Russians won I was going to have to buy him a beer...lolz...

He also predicted Hewitt would school Roddick at USO in 06', but he ate humble pie on that one too.
 
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